Green Skin & Ghosts: How Margaret Hamilton’s Green Makeup Became Halloween’s Iconic Witch

In this episode, Josh Linsk traces how Margaret Hamilton’s emerald complexion in 1939 turned a villain into the cultural icon we still call the Wicked Witch of the West. He explains why that color became shorthand for witchy menace, its practical roots, and the modern commercialization of witch‑themed cosmetics.

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