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

October 31 means it's Halloween! Wondering how the holiday got started and why we trick or treat for candy? Here's what to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Halloween has been around for many centuries, but why have these traditions continued through the 21st century?

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

Candy, costumes, haunted houses, ghosts and monsters are a few things associated with Halloween, but when did all that begin?

Legend has it that on October 31 the veil between this world and another realm becomes very thin, so creatures - mostly ...

Many Roman traditions were merged with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain, History reports. All Saints’ Day continued the Samhain tradition into the eighth century. When Pope Gregory ...

Samhain and Beltane are part of the Wheel of ... Mass when people prayed for the dead," explains Nicholas Rogers, a history professor at York University in Canada. "But they also prayed for ...