Mischief Night is an informal holiday on which children, teenagers and adults engage in jokes, pranks,

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, or

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. It is known by a variety of names including Devil's Night (particularly in Detroit), Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Night, Cabbage Night, Mystery Night and Mat Night.

Historical background

The earliest use of the phrase 'mischief night' comes from 1790, when a headmaster encouraged a school play which ended in "an Ode to Fun which praises children's tricks on Mischief Night in most approving terms". The concept of Mischief Night is certainly older though, as Puritan Philip Stubbs decries the May Day Eve mischief night as early as 1583. In some regions in

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, these pranks originated as part of 'Bringing in the May' on

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Eve, but gradually shifted to later in the year. Dates vary in different areas, with some marking it traditionally on 4 November (the night before Bonfire Night), or the 30th October (the night before

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), though the latter is more common nowadays. According to one historian, "May Day and the Green Man had little resonance for children in grimy cities. They looked at the opposite end of the year and found the ideal time, the night before the Gunpowder Plot." However, the shift only happened in the late 19th century and is described by the Opies as "one of the mysteries of the folklore calendar". Word of Mischief Night began to appear in U.S. newspapers in the 1930s and 1940s and told of those who were celebrating wanting to put distance between the wholesome night of trick or treating and the chaotic night of causing havoc around the town. Some believed that the stress of the Great Depression was causing people to act out and this is what caused Mischief Night to break out at that time.

Naming variations

Canada

West Kootenay (British Columbia),

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, Thunder Bay (Ontario), and

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also called it "Gate Night"; in English-speaking

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it is known as "Mat Night" where a tradition of stealing front door mats developed while "Devil's Night" is a common name in many places throughout Canada. In rural

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, during the 1950s and 1960s, "Cabbage Night" () referred to the custom of raiding local gardens for leftover rotting cabbages and hurling them about to cause mischief in the neighbourhood. The night is still celebrated in Ontario.

United Kingdom

Some parts of the country hold a Mischief Night on 30 October, the night before

. The separation of Halloween tricks from treats seems to have only developed in certain areas, often appearing in one region but not at all nearby regions. It is known in Welsh as ''Noson Ddrygioni'' and in

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as ''Oidhche nan Cleas''. Mischief Nights are sometimes also held on

Eve, as part of 'Bringing in the May.' It was historically common for that night to involve playing pranks on neighbors, gathering flowers and greenery for May morning, making loud noise with gunfire or horns, and having sex.

Northern England

It is celebrated across

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on 4 November, the night before Bonfire Night. In parts of

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as ''"Mischievous Night"'' or the shortened "'Chievous Night" ''"Miggy Night"'', "Tick-Tack Night", "Corn Night", "Trick Night" or "Micky Night" In some areas of Yorkshire, it is extremely popular among 13-year-olds, as they believe it to be a sort of "coming of age ceremony". In

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and parts of the surrounding

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, Mischief Night is often shortened to "''Mizzy Night''". Locally it has a reputation of causing anti-social and disruptive behaviour as well as vandalism in the area. In 2023 the night was described as being like a 'Warzone'. The local police force

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often has increased patrols of areas on Mischief Night.

United States

In most of

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, and other regions of the United States, including

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, the

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region of eastern

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, parts of

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, and

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, it is referred to as "Mischief Night". In the

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, western New York, and western

it is known as '' Devil's Night''. In

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and its surrounding suburbs, it is known as “Beggar’s Night”. It is common for children to trick-or-treat on Beggar's Night rather than Halloween. In some towns in

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and parts of

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, it is also known as "Goosey Night". ''Cabbage Night'' is also used in this area as it is the term used in

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, Bergen County (New Jersey),

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, Newport (Rhode Island) and

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(

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) traditionally refers the night as ''"Moving Night"'' due to the custom of exchanging or stealing porch furniture and other outside items. It is known as "Gate Night" in Bay City (Michigan), Rockland County (New York),

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and

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. In

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, which was particularly affected by Devil's Night arson and vandalism throughout the 1980s, many citizens took it upon themselves to patrol the streets to deter arson and other crimes. Started in 1997 as an initiative to combat the legacy of Devil's Night, "Angels' Night" usually ran October 29 through October 31 with up to 40,000 volunteers on patrol, around the time most

festivities were taking place. However, official city support for Angels' Night patrolling was discontinued in 2018 after arson had declined significantly.

Detroit

Devil's Night, especially from the late 1960s to the 1990s, involved widespread serious

and

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in the Detroit area. Devil's Night made its way to Detroit in the 1930s and 1940s. Traditionally, city youths engaged in a night of mischievous or petty criminal behavior, usually consisting of minor pranks or acts of mild

(such as

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, soaping or waxing windows and doors, leaving rotten vegetables or flaming bags of canine feces on stoops, or

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trees and shrubs) which caused little or no property damage. By the 1970s, the concept of Devil's Night as a phenomenon of a night of mischief and vandalism had spread, in a limited way, to cities around the state of Michigan, around the Midwest, and a few other cities around the country. However, in Detroit in the early 1970s, the vandalism escalated to more destructive acts such as

. This primarily took place in the

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, but surrounding suburbs were often affected as well. The crimes became more destructive in Detroit's inner-city neighborhoods, and included hundreds of acts of arson and vandalism every year. The destruction was worst in the mid- to late-1980s, with more than 800 fires set in 1984, and a number in the hundreds for each subsequent year until 2011. The damage was exacerbated by the severe population decline and widespread abandonment of buildings that occurred in Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. Devil's Night arson in Detroit had not declined by the early 1990s. After a brutal Devil's Night in 1994, mayor Dennis Archer promised city residents arson would not be tolerated. In 1995, Detroit city officials organized and established Angels' Night on and around October 29–31. Each year as many as 50,000 volunteers gather to patrol neighborhoods in the city. Many volunteers kept a high profile, patrolling neighborhoods with magnetic-mount flashing

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beacons on their personal vehicles, along with communicating with command centers via

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s or by

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s to report any suspicious activity. Incidences of arson and other crimes declined, a success largely attributed to the Angels' Night volunteers. The drop in reported fires for the year 2008 was credited to the Angels' Night program. That same year, 35,000 signed up to volunteer in the city, according to Daniel Cherrin, spokesperson for Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. As a result of the efforts, the number of fires decreased to near-ordinary levels in the first decade of the 21st century. In 2010, the number of reported fires increased to 169, a 42 percent increase compared to the previous year. However, subsequent years saw the totals again decline to the low 90s for the three-day period. This average of about 32 fires per day is somewhat higher than the expected 26 fires per day through the year. 2015 saw 52 fires recorded and only 24 considered possibly arson. 2017 saw the lowest recorded number of fires with only 21 fires recorded.

Modern practice in the United States

Mischief Night is generally recognized as a New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Delaware, phenomenon. Mischief Night tends to include popular tricks such as

yards and buildings, powder-bombing and

cars, people, and homes, using soap to write on windows, 'forking' yards, setting off

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and smashing

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s and

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s. Local grocery stores often refuse to sell eggs to children and teenagers around the time of Halloween for this reason. Occasionally the damage can escalate to include the spray-painting of buildings and homes. Less destructive is the prank known as " Ding-dong ditch". In New Orleans, from 2014 to 2018, Mischief Night involved a series of unruly parade-like riots. According to participants, the Mischief Night ' krewes' follow in New Orleans' carnival's centuries-old tradition of 'walking parades', most of which take place in the lead-up to Mardi Gras. Mixing revelry with mindless violence, Mischief Night parades involve thematic floats and costumes as well as targeted vandalism and fires. Targets of vandalism, attacks and arson have included the police, bystanders and property. When asked in an interview from 2017 how Mischief Night in New Orleans fits into the context of carnival, a parader replied "Our Carnival traditions are those that actually want to 'turn the world upside down'." After a parade through downtown in 2016 that saw bonfires in the street, police cars hit with paint and the Battle of Liberty Place Monument chipped away at with a sledgehammer, another participant wrote: In some areas of Queens, New York, Cabbage Night has included throwing rotten fruit at neighbors, cars and buses. Children and teenagers fill eggs with

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and

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hair remover and throw them at unsuspecting individuals. In the mid-1980s garbage was set on fire and cemeteries were set ablaze. In

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, Mischief Night escalated to the point that in the 1990s widespread

was committed, with more than 130 arson attacks on the night of October 30, 1991. By the end of the 2010s, the destructive elements of Devil's Night in Detroit had largely ceased to exist. In 2018, formal support of Angels' Night was ended with city resources being instead allocated to host neighborhood Halloween parties. Devil's Night 2018 recorded a total of five structure fires, with only four on the night before. Devil's Night 2021 saw the lowest totals in multiple decades, with only three structure fires recorded. In the 2010s, the decline of Devil's Night fires coincided with an increase in similar arson on the nights surrounding the July 4

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holiday.

In popular culture

Film and Television

* ''

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'', season 1 episode 4 "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" opens on Mischief Night and plays an important role in the plot of the episode. * In the 1994 film ''

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'', the protagonist and his fiancée are murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding on "Devil's Night" by a street gang on the orders of Detroit's most notorious crime lord, Top Dollar. With the help of a mystical crow, Eric returns from the grave on "Devil's Night" one year later to exact revenge against the crime lord and his henchmen. * In the 1997 film '' Grosse Pointe Blank'', Debbie (

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) refers to the reason why she is living with her father is because her apartment was burned on Devil's Night. * A 1999 episode of '' Rocket Power'' explores the joys of Mischief Night in ''The Night Before''. * A 2006 film, ''

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'', is based on events surrounding this night in

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, U.K. * '' NCIS'' Season 7 Episode 5 "Code of Conduct", the dead body of a prankster is found on Mischief Night. * Lark Rise to Candleford: In episode 11 of the third series, Dorcas Lane and the citizens of Candleford and Lark Rise celebrate Mischief Night. * "Devil's Night" is the title of the sixth episode in the sixth season of ''

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''. In the episode, the

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's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is called to Detroit to help catch a serial killer who burns people alive once per year in the days leading up to Devil's Night. * A horror film was released in 2013, ''

'', directed by Richard Schenkman. * A different horror film was released in 2014, also called ''

'' and directed by Travis Baker. * "Devil's Night" is the title of the fourth episode of '' American Horror Story: Hotel'', which is the fifth season of the series. It allowed the ghosts of former serial killers like Aileen Wuornos,

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, John Wayne Gacy, and

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to return to the Hotel Cortez for a mischievous night. * ''

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'': In season 6, episode 5, the main characters are subjected to pranks throughout the episode because of "Mischief Night". * An episode of the documentary miniseries '' Flint Town'' called "Devil's Night" focuses on arson in

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. * "Devil's Night" is the title for the second episode of the third season of '' Scream'', as the events in the episode take place the night before Halloween.

Music

* In 1993, underground Detroit rapper Esham released his song "Devil's Night", about arson and mayhem in the city. * Detroit hip-hop group D12's 2001 debut album is titled '' Devil's Night'' which also features a song with the same title. * Beginning in 2003, an annual series of

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mixtapes called "''Devilz Nite''" was released. * "Devil's Night" is the title of a song from gothic metalcore band Motionless in White's album '' Infamous''.

Literature

* "Devil's Night" is the title of author Penelope Douglas' book series centered on the holiday itself.

Sports

* On October 30, 2023, the

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recorded their first “Devil’s Night” home victory at

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in Detroit, against the

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References

External links

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