It’s Halloween—celebrate with some topical spooky stories . See you on Election Day! After it was all over, everyone tried to forget World War I. No one wanted to remember that the greatest minds of their generation had designed a war that ultimately slaughtered over 16 million people . They had died choking to death on mustard gas, being burned alive by flamethrowers, being crushed beneath tank treads, being stabbed by bayonets, being clubbed by rifle butts: On average, some 456 people