Here in the US, we're getting ready for trick or treaters on this Halloween night. But in Scotland, kids go guising instead - because there, you can’t go door to door for candy without giving a bit of a show. Plus: a visit to a very creepy medical museum in Lexington, Kentucky.

Halloween in Scotland (Historic UK)

The Creepiest Museum In The Country Can Be Found Right Here In Kentucky (Only In Your State)

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A lot of us enjoy a good pretend-scare around this time of year. But around this time in 1986, a school in California offered up a Halloween hoax that was a little too on the nose for the student body. Plus: a public library in Massachusetts has a ghost hunting kit that patrons can check out and use.

School Prank--Pupils Told That War Has Started (Los Angeles Times)

Ghost Hunting Kit Available at the Public Library (Neatorama)

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For National Cat Day, we have the story of how one of the biggest museums in the world once had to deal with a large collection of feral cats. Though of course the museum wasn't the only workplace in the UK that had cats in important places.

The British Museum podcast: The purrrplexing story of the British Museum cats (British Museum)

Bureaucats: The felines with official positions (BBC)

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