Does Carrying a Blue Halloween Bucket Signify That a Trick-or-Treater Has Autism?
31 October 2018 - A viral Facebook post created the misleading impression that carrying blue pumpkin buckets on Halloween was a recognized signifier for autism.
Tagged "halloween"
Halloween Can be Deadly for Pedestrians, Traffic Study Says
30 October 2018 - Research published Tuesday found a 43 percent higher risk of pedestrian deaths on Halloween night than on other nights near that date.
Does a Municipal Code Limit Trick-or-Treating to Children 12 and Younger?
11 October 2018 - A viral image of one municipal ordinance regarding Halloween activities left viewers wondering whether police were going to be hauling off bigger youngsters for trick-or-treating.
7 Scary Stories You Hope Aren’t Real
4 October 2018 - Readers beware: True horrors lurk among legends.
Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy
31 October 2017 - Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the years.
Poisoned Halloween Candy
2 November 2000 - Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to children on Halloween.
Warning of Marijuana Halloween Candy Derided as Scare Tactic
29 October 2017 - New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating with no apparent evidence that's ever happened,
Did the 1938 Radio Broadcast of ‘War of the Worlds’ Cause a Nationwide Panic?
28 October 2016 - Accounts conflict about how terrified Americans really were by Orson Welles' infamous 1938 "War of the Worlds" Halloween broadcast.
1962 Halloween Massacre
26 October 2017 - Image purportedly documents a masked partygoer who fatally stabbed seven people with a kitchen knife on Halloween 1962.
Creepy Clowns Plan Halloween Night Purge, Cops Warn ‘Stay Inside’?
20 October 2017 - No, the Department of Homeland Security hasn't advised that a Halloween curfew be implemented over a purported creepy clown Halloween purge.
Buckley Family Halloween Beheading
19 October 2017 - Grisly photograph purportedly shows the Buckley family, whose children beheaded their mother with an axe on Halloween.
Was Freddy Krueger from ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Based on a Real Serial Murderer?
17 September 2018 - The explanatory last line of a Halloween joke about a real-life Freddy Krueger was removed in subsequent shares.
