What’s Halloween Like For A Blind Person?

Tommy Edison, who’s been blind since birth, talks about how he celebrated Halloween growing up without sight and what Halloween is like as an adult.

Directed/Edited by Ben Churchill

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MUSIC
David Hlebo - “Playing in the Graveyard”
Light Years - “Take Off”
David Hlebo - “Death the Final Goodbye”
Simon Osterhold - “Orugoru No Bouken”
Ocean - “Ocean”
Elvis D Preacher - “Spark for World Peace” (Instr)

#halloween

[rzeka]

Tommy is the most wholesome guy on this whole site

[SPICYFREEDOM]

Tommy with the full sized candy to give away. LEGIT!

[scotscub]

Tommy I suffer from serious depression and your videos and laughter really help me. Thank you.

[pixelpino]

Tommy! This cracks me up beyond belief! My mother was blind since birth and I remember her wanting me to describe what I looked like on Halloween. I continue to browse your videos, went to Molly's channel, and am just surfing the content. Unfortunately, I lost my mother 2 years ago but all your videos are making me laugh, cry, and just rejoice in my mothers love for me. Man she had stories and we had them as well. I just started my own YouTube channel on gaming, mainly video games, and today I recalled a memory I haven't though about since i was a kid. I loved playing Nintendo, and I once taught her to play a few levels of Super Mario Brothers. I'd instruct, she's listen, and she picked up the sound that the game would make as she jumped and squished goombas. We played like that for hours. In fact, because we couldn't play regular board games or afford the blind version of Monopoly or Scrabble, she always encouraged me to play games and she loved the music. Your videos inspire me, your content urges me to grow my channel. Your doing great work! By the way, I am very jealous of your reel to reel. I am working through thousands of records, reel to reels, and tapes taking in all the music I used to listen to with my mom. Gob bless.

[thejonnuhh]

Aw those costumes of yours as a kid were adorable!

[josuevegaj]

I still think Tommy is one of the best Youtubers :)

[djmetcalf]

I figured Tommy was the type of guy to give out the good candy. Your doing the lords work my man.

[itsyagirlindica]

I love his cheesy jokes and the way he always laughs at them. They're always funnier when he laughs at his own jokes. Nobody has jokes like that anymore its rare and i love that.

[MisterBigBlunts]

Kids run from house to house to get candy quicker. Running = more candy. Source: Was kid

[ActualGoatUnicorn]

You should do a "Blind Person Carves A Pumpkin" as a part of your art series.

[stratsstts]

0:00 I love it whenever he says that! 😄

[creolebastard]

Tommy is my favorite human for giving out full sized bars. I never got that stuff

[daikaijuzilla]

Tommy is so pure, I love his personality and energy!

[daiseysthebaby]

You have the best sense of humor! I hated Trick or Treating as a kid in South Florida. Most of the people would turn off their lights, yell "get off the lawn", or give me a penny! Lame-o!

[helong]

Hey Tommy! I just found your channel this week and I’ve already watched SO many videos! I love how much you’ve taught me already about life as a blind person. You’ve also taught me so much about appreciating life, which I really try to do, but I see you’ve been putting us all to shame in that department. You’re the most positive person I’ve ever seen!
As a person with glasses, I wondered if that was hard for you to fully understand too. I watched your reflective, transparent, translucent video and you seemed to have a great idea of the difference, but I was surprised that Ben didn’t talk more about regular old eye glasses. They’ve always been really fascinating even to me who can see, glass configured in a way that makes my eyesight better. Anyway, I wish you all the best! I love your “dad” jokes!

[tammysheehan]

Tommy, I met someone who lived in Nevada. I found out from her growing up that she always had halloween off! The reason why though is because it is Nevada Day. (Now though they celebrate it the last Friday of October)

[BlueSkyFight]

Tommy!!! You are just so funny!! I love your jokes about seeing and watching, I love your sense of humour and the fact that you are always smiling. I also think you are quite handsome by the way!! This is an amazing YouTube channel that is educating so many people that I find it amazing. I am from Spain and my mother works in the "blind people national organisation" let's call it that. I have always learnt about blind people through her work. And even me I had so many questions answered thanks to your YouTube channel!!! Keep up the good work. A huge fan from Spain living in Paris :)

[GenJotsu]

Hey Tommy. Keep being cool. Learning a lot.

[erinkaye]

Tommy, you are by far one of the most beautiful people on this planet. Your personality & happy go lucky soul is just refreshing. Thank you for making me smile 💜💜

[CelloSeanMuller]

Does a blind person find places like Halloween Horror Nights at Universal, and other similar experiences (haunted houses for example), frightening and/or scary?