A Dearth of Darth: The 'Star Wars' Halloween Costume Shortage of 1977
During Halloween '77, dressing up as Chewbacca meant buying a werewolf mask and keeping your yap shut.
During Halloween '77, dressing up as Chewbacca meant buying a werewolf mask and keeping your yap shut.
These haunted woods are not for the faint of heart.
Paranormal investigator Nandor Fodor angered spiritualists, earned praise from Sigmund Freud, and influenced one of the most famous ghost stories of all time.
If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to attend a séance during the spiritualist movement, this clip will give you an idea.
Spotting jack-o’-lanterns lurking in a 2D haunted house is a lot less messy than carving pumpkins yourself.
Christmas has tons of music associated with it, while Halloween is practically devoid of holiday tunes. It hardly seems fair.
Is a jack-o'-lantern a 'poke of moonshine' to you? Use these terms from regions around the United States to confuse and delight your fellow trick or treaters.
Blavatsky asserted that she was able to perform extraordinary paranormal feats because she had been given access to an ancient wisdom, known only to a select few.
Witches and vampires are eternally popular, but Wyoming seems to have a thing for ninjas.
Sampson's confession played a central role in the North Berwick witch trials of the 1590s, entangling her with the ambitions of the Scottish king.
From rock classics to horror movie tracks, these are the Halloween songs Spotify users are listening to.
Celebrate the spookiest time of the year with these top-rated Halloween advent calendars.
In the 1980s, Detroit pranksters celebrated the night before Halloween by trying to burn the city to ashes.
Legendary drive-in film critic and host Joe Bob Briggs talks about the history of midnight movies, his upcoming Shudder special, ‘Joe-Bob's Haunted Halloween Hangout,‘ and more.
'Nosferatu' was not the first vampire film, but it is (arguably) the oldest surviving one. Which is ironic because someone was actively trying to kill it.
The liminal space aesthetic has only been around for a few years, but it triggers a primal fear that predates the internet.
Maniac Pumpkin Carvers’ co-founder Marc Evan shares his tips, tricks, and picks for the best pumpkin carving tools.
You don’t need to sign up for a streaming service to satisfy your horror craving.
See what a chainsaw does to a pumpkin that's too big to fit on most people's porches.
Familiarize yourself with these spooky regional slang terms for the spectral from the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE).
Not all dolls are created equal: Some are kinda creepy, some are hella creepy, and some are haunted. Or at least, they’re said to be.
From spiritualism's beginnings at the Fox cottage to ectoplasm, so-called spirit photography, and beyond, here's what you need to know about this controversial cultural phenomenon.
The witch in this Halloween puzzle is missing her black cat—see how long it takes you to find it.
Bobby Pickett didn't sport a lab coat or a hunchback, but his animated performance makes up for his deceptively normal appearance.