1. As night fell and All Souls' Day arrived, "bells were rung for the souls in purgatory," writes Rogers.

2. All Souls' Day, or Pure Brightness, is a day when Chinese remember their ancestors, primarily by paying respect at their tombs.

3. Haitians also celebrate a day of the dead known as Ghede, a voodoo tradition that's celebrated in conjunction with Catholic All Souls' Day.

4. It's celebrated on the first days of November, coinciding with the Catholic observances of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.

5. Across Catholic Europe "food was laid out for the dead whose souls were expected to return to their former abodes on All Souls' Day " a practice we see today in Mexico's Day of the Dead.

6. It was at this time that he experimented with playwriting, but his two short plays, All Souls' Day and Fata Morgana, failed onstage.

7. "Soul cakes" (square biscuits with currants) were baked and given to relatives poor neighbors or beggars on All Souls' Day.