There is a rise in occult interest, particularly by young people.
The Bible did say in the end times folks would fall away.
Last week I went to the local Walgreen's to buy a Rosh Hashanah card. (Jewish New Year.) To my surprise, I found very few. Instead, there were shelves and shelves of Halloween cards.
Since when did Halloween, a minor kid's holiday, get so popular? Part of it has to do with the interest in the occult, which replaced conventional religion among the young. (In late 19th-century Europe, occult-mania took over the upper and middle classes, who also also largely abandoned the Judeo-Christian framework.)
The gay culture has a lot to do with it, too, as Halloween allows them the opportunity for dress-up and perversion.