Plus: Michigan football games | Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman Spooky season is upon us! As Tithi Bhattacharya explores in Made by History, our impulse to celebrate this time of year with pumpkins and ghostly spirits is rooted in a longer history of harvest festivals marked by visits from ghosts. In premodern societies, ghosts were an intimate part of everyday life, serving different roles, variously scary, pragmatic, and joyful. From the Irish Samhain to the Bengali Bhoot C...