Those who first celebrated what we now call “Halloween” probably wouldn’t recognize the holiday today. Still, you can see signs of the day’s somber origins all around at Halloween ...

By request of UW Chancellor John Wiley, University Communications put together a history of the event citing the initial event as held by the student government in 1979. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, ...

Trick-or-treating has a long and winding history, beginning as a tradition during a Celtic holiday in medieval Europe. The modern version of the Halloween tradition began to take shape after it ...

Since the late 1970s, the celebration of Halloween on State Street has changed dramatically. The very beginning The history of Halloween on State Street begins in the late 1970s, when a crowd of ...

Ends (now streaming on the SYFY app), the conclusion to director David Gordon Green's legacy sequel trilogy which offered a ...

you have to understand Halloween history. The Celtic holiday Samhain (pronounced sow-win) is normally celebrated from October 31 to November 1 to signify the end of summer and welcome in the new ...

Halloween began as the festival of Samhain. It was part of the ancient Celtic religion in Britain and other parts of Europe. At the end of summer, the Celts thought the barrier between our world ...

Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become so thoroughly Americanized that we often forget the holiday grew from much ...

There are numerous Halloween traditions and superstitions. The name comes from All Hallows’ Eve, which marks the day before the Christian holiday of All Hallows’ Day, also known as All ...

When: Wed., May 14 & 7-8 p.m., Tue., May 20, 5-6 & 7-8 p.m., Wed., May 21, 5-6 & 7-8 p.m., Tue., May 27, 5-6 & 7-8 p.m. and Wed., May 28, 5-6 & 7-8 p.m.

US Ghost Adventures is hosting a "Halfway 2 Halloween Spooktacular" in Salem this spring. Several themed tours are offered, including ghost tours, pub crawls and witchcraft history tours.