As the leaves turn vibrant autumn shades, temperatures drop, and you start to pull out sweaters and jackets, it's time to deck out your porch with pumpkins and get to carving. Halloween, celebrated on ...

What is the history of Halloween? The modern holiday of Halloween traces its origins back to Samhain, an ancient Pagan festival that marked the end of summer and the harvest season and the beginning ...

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BOTH: And you are listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. HEINEN: We are less than a week out from Halloween, one of the most widely celebrated holidays in ...

Editor's note: This story previously misstated in which month All Souls' Day falls. You eat the candy. You buy the costumes. Practically everyone has celebrated Halloween in some way, shape or form.

“There is much that is mystifying, interesting and beautiful in the beliefs on which the festival of All Hallows was originally based.” That was the opening line of the Washington D.C. Sunday Star ...

Today is the day kids everywhere dress up as ghosts, ghouls, goblins or their favorite characters to trick you into giving them treats. But Halloween wasn't always filled with candy. According to the ...

Halloween is a magical time of year for many people. It’s a time when we can let some of our inhibitions go temporarily. Halloween allows all of us to confront our fears in a controlled way via scary ...

Skeletons, ghosts, goblins and other creepy things are iconic symbols of Halloween. So how is it that a holiday that nowadays is often associated with candy, costumes and fun has ties to a darker side ...