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Halloween

Will There Be a Full 'Blue' Moon on Halloween 2020?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 30, 2020

Readers beware. The conditions are perfect this year for a werewolf sighting.

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Did a Texas Woman Display a 'Skeleton Strip Club' in Her Yard for Halloween?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 30, 2020

The Richmond resident had some adult fun with Halloween this year.

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Bleached Halloween Pumpkin Post Sparks Vitriolic, Misinformed Backlash

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 13, 2020

Please remember to check your facts before piling on to the social media hate fest.

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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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Blood rave in Amsterdam

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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The Chicago Gun-Crimes

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

Fake news site reports 318 people were shot in Chicago as part of a "Halloween purge."

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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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Candy Fascists

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Oct. 22, 2015

A satirical sign threatening to withhold Halloween candy from "bigoted children" caused offense ...

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