The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...

An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the holiday we know today. Here's the history.

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

Wondering how and when Halloween started and why we trick or treat for candy? Here's what to know about Halloween's past and ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Halloween originated from early Pagan and Celtic traditions involving costumes and feasts. At that time, there was a common belief in the existence of the barrier of worlds, ...

Carving jack-o'-lanterns started long before the legend of the Headless Horseman. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Cindy Ott, author of "Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon." ...

Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain have to do with it?

A visual history of Heidi Klum’s epic Halloween costumes over the years - From a worm to Shrek, via an alien and Kali; the ...

Today's creepy clown is a Halloween favorite—and a return to the subversive figure clowns represented in the past.

There's no snow in the forecast for Friday​, but Halloween in Minnesota does have a history of seeing some weather extremes.