Ouija boards are the must-have gift this Christmas. "You know, for kids"

What better time to talk to dead people for fun than the festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus? Ouija boards are flying themselves off ...

Inside the brain of the walking dead

The rotting flesh, the shuffling walk, the unintelligible groans — it's not hard to spot a zombie at a glance even among the most gru...

What is the origin of the Jack-'O'-Lantern

The term jack- o’-lantern was first applied not to pumpkins, but people. As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern, or a nigh...

Devil's Night: The History of Pre-Halloween Pranks

We all know what happens on Halloween, the night that little boys and girls dress up and (unwittingly) celebrate the ancient Celtic traditio...