20 things you didn’t know about the Walking Dead (With Pictures)

19. Halloween Pilot

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You don’t break tradition. It’s just something you don’t do. The O.G. fans of the series will remember the show’s pilot airing on Halloween of 2010, following the trend of many major horror projects of the past (just this year, Ash vs The Evil Dead premiered on Halloween).

The first episode, titled “Days Gone By,” was also written by iconic filmmaker Frank Darabont, who himself was responsible for a number of Stephen King novel adaptations such as The Mist, The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. He unfortunately only worked on the show as an executive producer for one season.