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Halloween is our darkest holiday, so it naturally spawns dark misinformation, whether it’s the famous razor-blade-in-the-apple myth, the persistent rumors about black-cat butchery, or the specter of “mischief night” arsonists.…
Vintage Halloween Holiday Parade 1958 Kansas USA Trick or Treat Elizabeth Krebs, of Hiawatha, Kansas, is an unsung hero of Halloween, but she wasn’t fond of children. The founder of…
Photo: AlexMaster (Shutterstock) Even though I live in the Pacific Northwest, between the pandemic and having fairly young kids, we haven’t experienced a super wet trick-or-treating night yet. This year,…
Photo: FamVeld (Shutterstock) For previous generations, Halloween was generally a pretty low stakes holiday. Parents pretty much just put sheets over kids’ heads and pushed them out the door with…
Photo: WH_Pics (Shutterstock) I’m deeply suspicious of “safe” Halloween events like trick-or-treating at the mall, or taking candy out of the trunks of people’s cars. Halloween is about knocking on…
Photo: Triff (Shutterstock) The idea of a crazed poisoner taking out random kids on Halloween is terrifying, and seems somewhat plausible: After all, people have randomly killed strangers with poison.…
Photo: Leena Robinson (Shutterstock) As trick-or-treating time approaches, you may have seen reports suggesting that we may face a Halloween candy shortage this year. Like other product shortages, this one…
Photo: Evgeny Atamanenko (Shutterstock) It’s that time of year again. To help your kids brainstorm, choose, and procure their costumes, alter the sleeves, finagle the belt, get the sword, take…
Photo: Sharkshock (Shutterstock) It’s (almost) that time of year again. When kids run giddily through the neighborhood (hopefully not freezing under those Star Wars costumes made of impossibly thin fabric)…
Even years later, as a world-weary adult, I can clearly remember the excitement of getting a full-sized candy bar while trick-or-treating on Halloween. Households that handed them out were rare…