Everyone knows Halloween traditions - costumes, candy, and of course plenty of spooks! But do you know the history behind ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – traditions.

Halloween, celebrated on October 31, is a festival of costumes, candies, spooky tales, and ghostly decorations, enjoyed ...

You’ll be gratified to know that Halloween’s origin story is as delightfully spooky as the holiday deserves. Most historians ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s impossible to declare a real approach to the religion, though members of each denomination are under the impression that ...

Did you know the curious history of spooky Spain? Learn all about the origins of Halloween's Celtic origins. Though most ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It ...

The exact origins of Samhain ... as Halloween. "There is a long tradition of costuming of sorts that goes back to Hallow Mass when people prayed for the dead," explains Nicholas Rogers, a history ...

Halloween as a modern celebration conjures up images of pumpkins, trick or treating, black cats, and witches. But where did this tradition begin? Halloween is situated squarely within the season of ...