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murder

How Colombia's Biggest Murder Investigation Was Swayed by a Dream

The crime of the century was, supposedly, revealed in a dream.
Mariana Zapata October 7, 2016
video

Watch This Guy Review Halloween-Themed Sushi, Hot Chocolate, and More

It's the candy you see at the grocery store check-out, but never thought to buy.
Lauren Young October 4, 2016
31 days of halloween

The 1980s Crime Ring That Poisoned Japan's Candy And Never Got Caught

The "Mystery Man with 21 Faces" mocked the police ruthlessly and stocked Japan's supermarkets with cyanide-filled candy. To this day, no one knows who they were.
Cara Giaimo October 3, 2016
A punkin, mid-chunk.
sports

The Explosive Past And Uncertain Future Of The All-American Punkin Chunk

Cara Giaimo November 4, 2015
A participant in the Elmore Tombstone Derby
Elmore, Ohio

Elmore Tombstone Derby

Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.
candy

Middle Schooler Halloween Strategies for Maximizing Candy and Coolness

Tao Tao Holmes October 30, 2015
An 1864 painting of the Acropolis in Athens, where the pharmakos ritual became an annual event.
ancient

The Ancient Greeks Sacrificed Ugly People

Dania Rodrigues October 30, 2015
houses

Photos of Suburban Halloween Decorations from the 1980s

Anika Burgess October 30, 2015
books

R.L. Stine Loved Haunting Your 90s Childhood With 'Goosebumps' Books

Atlas Obscura October 29, 2015
Haribo sugar free gummy bears
candy

Six Banned Candies You Won’t Be Getting On Halloween

Matthew Blitz October 29, 2015
candy

The Sweet Halloween Archives of a Candy Historian

Tao Tao Holmes October 28, 2015
haunted

Inside the Disgusting Los Angeles Haunted House Where They Touch You

Laura Hooper Beck October 28, 2015
Grimacing turnips no longer herald Halloween.
halloween

Turnip Jack-o'-Lanterns Are the Root of All Evil

These vegetables were once the carving canvas of choice.
Ella Morton October 30, 2025
haunted

The Scientist Whose Lab Is a Haunted House

Chau Tu October 26, 2015
La Cabotina, the lair of the witches
Triora, Italy

The Town Of Witches

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
"The Vale of Rest" by John Everett Millais, 1858.
death

Plan Your Own Green Death With This Progressive Funeral Parlor

Sandi Hemmerlein October 19, 2015
Detroit by night.
fire fighters

How Detroit Exorcised Devil's Night

Cale Weissman October 16, 2015
One vertex of the 6th Annual Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival.
world record

Fleeting Wonders: 27,581 Pumpkins Colonize a Town in Illinois

Cara Giaimo October 12, 2015