Devil Night -

Long before it was synonymous with fire, the night before Halloween was widely known across North America as or "Cabbage Night". Rooted in 19th-century European traditions brought over by Irish and Scottish immigrants, it was a time for youth to blow off steam through "harmless" practical jokes.

The 1980s marked the peak of the crisis. What had been a localized nuisance became a global headline as Detroit’s sprawling landscape of abandoned buildings became tinder for a ritualistic arson spree. Devil Night

: In the 1930s and 40s, "Devil’s Night" in Michigan typically involved soaping windows, draping trees in toilet paper, and the occasional "ding-dong-ditch". Long before it was synonymous with fire, the