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Halloween
'Stingy Jack' and the Origins of the Jack-o'-Lantern
Written by:
David Emery
Oct. 23, 2021
Stingy Jack was a ne'er-do-well who outsmarted the devil. The price? Wandering the earth with a ...
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Did Spirit Halloween Say It Would Not Open Stores in 2020?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2020
Halloween may look a little different in 2020, but not due to a lack of Spirit Halloween stores.
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Tricking and Treating Has a Long History
Written by:
The Conversation
Oct. 22, 2019
Many of the modern-day practices of Halloween and even its name were influenced by Christianity
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Does a Municipal Code Limit Trick-or-Treating to Children 12 and Younger?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 2018
A viral image of one municipal ordinance regarding Halloween activities left viewers wondering w ...
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7 Scary Stories You Hope Aren't Real
Written by:
Bond Huberman
Oct. 3, 2018
Readers beware: True horrors lurk among legends.
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2017 Tainted Halloween Candy Reports
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Oct. 30, 2017
Every year brings multiple news reports of trick-or-treaters receiving tainted Halloween candy - ...
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Creepy Clowns Plan Halloween Night Purge, Cops Warn 'Stay Inside'?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2017
No, the Department of Homeland Security hasn't advised that a Halloween curfew be implemented ov ...
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Was Freddy Krueger from 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Based on a Real Serial Murderer?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 17, 2017
The explanatory last line of a Halloween joke about a real-life Freddy Krueger was removed in su ...
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Does This Photograph Show a Scarecrow Made from a Corpse?
Written by:
Dan Evon
July 20, 2017
"This poor fellow trespassed on the wrong farmer's property."
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WalMart 'Suicide Scar Wound' Costume Provokes Outrage
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2016
The retailing giant's Halloween offering of a 'Suicide Scar Wound' costume accessory didn't sit ...
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'Clown Purge' on Halloween?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 14, 2016
The social media clown panic has inevitably merged with "purge" rumors, just in time for Halloween.
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Did 'Killer Clown' Leave Warning Note to Cancel Halloween or 'Kids Will Die'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 6, 2016
The story of a "killer clown" leaving a threatening note at a school was published by a self-des ...
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Hiker Finds Creepy 'Shrine' to Missing Persons in New York Woods
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 5, 2016
An alarmed hiker believed he had stumbled on evidence of nefarious activity in Long Island.
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Were Halloween 'Blood Rave' Attendees Sprayed with Real Blood?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2016
It supposedly happened at a night club in Amsterdam.
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All Aboard the Queen Scary
Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2015
A fake news web site published a story claiming that 53 people had died in a Halloween "hatchet ...
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Who Was Michael Myers?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2015
The face of the mass-murdering Michael Myers character in the 'Halloween' films was originally a ...
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The Teal Pumpkin Project
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 25, 2015
Teal pumpkins have been adopted by a food allergy group as a signal that a home is offering non- ...
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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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Evilstick 'Princess Wand' Images Horrify Parents
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 11, 2014
A dollar store princess wand called the 'Evilstick' shocked some parents with its gruesome hidde ...
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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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