Episode 3549: ISIS HALLOWEEN THREAT: False Alarm or Previews of Coming Attractions?

A credible threat that a lone wolf -inspired by ISIS- 

would attack Virginia over Halloween weekend put 

everyone on alert and police increased their 

presence. So far, it hasn’t happened, but is it too 

soon to breathe a sigh of relief? Absolutely! 

Though terrorists like to kill and injure as many as 

possible, the Virginia terrorists were at least able to 

accomplish part of their plan, that of spreading 

terror, because the warnings about the attack 

triggered memories of the 2017 Halloween attack 

in NYC. We’ll revisit ghosts of Halloweens Past 

and you’ll hear about the NYC lone wolf, Sayfullo 

Saipov, who was also inspired by ISIS. 

Rumor and Intel had it that the terrorists planning 

the 2021 Halloween attack were Afghan refugees. 

And, indeed, since a literally unknown number of 

jihadists snuck in amongst our Afghan friends, who

we transported to America, we are likely to see 

them perpetrate attacks in the future. 

Finally, you will get two ’treats’ this Halloween Eve: 

two stories that will provide some gallows humor. 

They are so scary and unbelievable that you will 

want to find the humor in them - dark though it is. 

The first relates to an historic hotel in the UK, now 

overrun with out of control Afghan refugees. The 

second relates to UC Berkley students who happily 

pledge money to kill Americans inside the U.S.