Where I grew up we called it Gate Night. Toilet paper and eggs were nothing compared to the mayhem in Detroit.
1 posted on
11/01/2019 8:39:18 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
“Mischief Night” here in central NJ, though I don’t think a lot of kids do much of it anymore.
2 posted on
11/01/2019 8:43:17 AM PDT by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: C19fan
They ran out of abandoned houses to torch?...... 😱
3 posted on
11/01/2019 8:43:35 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: C19fan
Every night is Devils Night in Chicago.
4 posted on
11/01/2019 8:45:49 AM PDT by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneoWhat will it take to get her investigated for immigration fraud involving a marriage t)
To: C19fan
I never heard of the night before Halloween being called anything or of any mischief until this year.
5 posted on
11/01/2019 8:46:05 AM PDT by
bgill
To: C19fan
Kids today
Too busy playing video games.
Lazy pukes.
6 posted on
11/01/2019 8:53:11 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: C19fan
I lived in Michigan in the late 80’s. It was a real serious deal.
Not only in Detroit but in smaller cities like Flint, Lansing and Saginaw. A lot of it teens who were really looking to cause havoc. Some of it neighbors who saw no other option to make the local crack house go away.
7 posted on
11/01/2019 8:56:01 AM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: C19fan
Mischief Night was big in my grandparents time and place (Newark, NJ - 1930s/40s). Mostly petty vandalism and fights back then. By the time I arrived, it had died as a tradition although shaving cream fights were popular on halloween on Long Island in the 1980s.
9 posted on
11/01/2019 9:07:32 AM PDT by
Clemenza
To: C19fan
Good news. Thanks for posting. HOORAY Detroiters!
10 posted on
11/01/2019 9:07:50 AM PDT by
PGalt
To: C19fan
11 posted on
11/01/2019 9:07:59 AM PDT by
robel
To: C19fan
That sounds like a typical holiday evening in the better neighborhoods of Paris, and various cities of Sweden.
To: C19fan
When I was a kid it was called “beggars night”, and it was just an extra night to go out and get more candy. lol
Not too many kids did it because it wasn’t very successful. lolol
14 posted on
11/01/2019 9:36:21 AM PDT by
gimme1ibertee
(Yeah, let's GO THERE. I'm ready...)
To: C19fan
Grew up there in the 70s... Fond memories of Devil’s night.. Thought folks all over did it like that...
17 posted on
11/01/2019 10:25:37 AM PDT by
dakine
To: C19fan
Two words — Alice Cooper.
18 posted on
11/01/2019 11:33:45 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: C19fan
In the Deep South we only had Halloween
Egging mostly
19 posted on
11/01/2019 11:36:30 AM PDT by
wardaddy
(I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
To: C19fan
The most dangerous night in the City of Detroit is New Year’s Eve.
Devil’s Night was a lot of work, no break, no rest.
But New Year’s Eve, it seems everyone was firing their weapon all night long. A fire truck or ambulance with lights and sirens on, were just a fun moving target from a high rise building.......
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