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Search Results:Halloween

Was the 666th Halloween Celebrated in October 2015?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sept. 8, 2015 A rumor raised an interesting question: When did we begin celebrating Halloween, anyway?
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Is Halloween the second-biggest U.S. holiday in terms of retail sales?

Is Halloween the Second-Biggest US Holiday For Consumer Spending?

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David Mikkelson Jessica Lee
Nov. 3, 2013 Between costumes for pets and candy for trick-or-treaters, the cost of the annual holiday can ad ...
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Rainbow fentanyl scare spreads just in time for Halloween.

'Rainbow Fentanyl Candy' Scare Erupts Just in Time for Halloween

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 28, 2022 So far, it appears to be a 2022 twist on an old type of scarelore.
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As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted.

Scholar: Halloween Celebrations Have Roots in Ancient Celtic Celebrations of Samhain

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The Conversation
Oct. 24, 2022 A folklorist explains how Halloween continues an ancient Celtic tradition of celebrating the dead.
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A TikTok user named Matt Shaver posted a purported Never Forget family costume representing the September 11th terrorist attacks with the former World Trade Center and its twin towers as well as an airplane.

Did Spirit Halloween Stores Sell 'Never Forget' 9/11 Family Costumes with Twin Towers and Airplane?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 31, 2023 A TikTok user posted a video and asked, "Ok, so I just left Spirit Halloween, and can somebody t ...
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A woman seduces her husband at Halloween party, then finds out he switched costumes with someone else.

Legend: Wife Seduces Husband at Halloween Party — but He Switched Costumes?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2008 This story has circulated in various forms since at least the 1960s.
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You Owe Yourself a Treat This Halloween — a Faster Snopes Website

Written by:
Doreen Marchionni
Oct. 28, 2022 Just in time for Halloween, we're preparing to launch new technology that will give our website ...
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Are Drug-Laced Suckers Being Handed Out to Children?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 19, 2004 It appears a valid report about drugs confiscated by the police fell into the hands of someone w ...
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1962 Halloween Massacre

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 19, 2014 Image purportedly documents a masked partygoer who fatally stabbed seven people with a kitchen k ...
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Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades — they were part of my Halloween experience more than forty years ago.

Poisoned Halloween Candy

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 2000 Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...
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Halloween Trickery Turns Deadly

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 11, 1999 These Halloween hanging stunts went terribly wrong.
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Happy Halloween!

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Oct. 31, 2019 Featured on Snopes today: A brief history of Halloween trick-or-treating, our reporter stalks th ...
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Halloween Gang Initiation

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 17, 2009 Were gang initiates really planning to kill 30 or more women on Halloween 2008?
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Cats Sacrificed at Halloween?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2001 Rumor has it that black cats are subjected to all sorts of unkind and even cruel activity around ...
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2017 Tainted Halloween Candy Reports

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Snopes Staff
Oct. 30, 2017 Every year brings multiple news reports of trick-or-treaters receiving tainted Halloween candy - ...
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Ecstasy in Halloween Candy?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 29, 2015 Despite Facebook warnings, there's little reason to expect drug-laced Gummi bears and Ecstasy ta ...
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Why do we wear costumes on Halloween?

Why Do We Wear Costumes on Halloween?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 30, 2022 The history behind why you endure “sexy Freddy Krueger” outfits each October.
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Seth Boyden Elementary Halloween Ban

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 22, 2015 No, "offended Muslims" didn't demand that Halloween be canceled at a New Jersey elementary school.
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Is This 'Karen' Halloween Costume Real?

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Oct. 6, 2021 T-shirts supposedly read, "CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER?"
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Michele Bachmann Wants to Ban Halloween?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 17, 2014 Is Michele Bachmann calling for a ban on Halloween because 'the holiday is based in Satanism'?
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