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Does Halloween Fall on Friday the 13th for the First Time in 666 Years?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 7, 2014 An old joke that is recycled yearly makes no calendrical sense, as Halloween never falls on the ...
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Buckley Family Halloween Beheading

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 24, 2013 Grisly photograph purportedly shows the Buckley family, whose children beheaded their mother wit ...
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Is This Halloween 'National Kill a Pit Bull' Day?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2012 "National Kill a Pitbull Day" messages were part of an anonymous prank back in 2012.
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Halloween Gang Initiation

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2008 Were gang initiates really planning to kill 30 or more women on Halloween 2008?
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Was a Suicide Mistaken for Halloween Decoration?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 27, 2005 “The body was in plain view of the entire apartment complex [and] they all didn’t do anything.”
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Halloween candy purchases

Did Terrorists Purchase Large Quantities of Halloween Candy in 2001?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 24, 2001 In the wake of 9/11, rumors spread that large quantities of candy were purchased just before Hal ...
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The Unfinishable Haunted House

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 28, 2001 Does a Halloween haunted house attraction exist that is so scary no one has ever finished it?
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Is the Bloody Mary Story True?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
April 27, 2001 Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
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The Boyfriend's Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001 Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?
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Did a Statue Called Black Agnes Kill a Teenage Girl?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2000 Horror legend holds that a teenage girl was found dead in the arms of a graveyard statue.
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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. 1, 2000 Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...
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Pins and razors and needles in Halloween candy is the subject of this story.

Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2000 Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the ...
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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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The Hook

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 1998 An escaped killer interrupts a young couple's make-out session.
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Did Psychic Predict Campus Halloween Murders?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 1998 This Halloween urban legend dates back to the late 1970s.
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