halloween

I bet these look even more creepy to us now :shock: Can't see any "Department of safety" approving these today either! Ebay Link

The eve of all hallows is a special day in the Animist and Christian calendar, marked by a thin divide between manifest and occluded worlds, questionable television programmes and drunken people in bad makeup and inappropriate hemlines. Above all it is associated with ghosts and spirits. The...

Halloween origins, extensions and oddities. Halloween is less than a month away, so I think it's time for Newbie posters, and the invocation of long dead threads... Halloween Origins: I bet most of the people have heard of the following... 1. A celebration of the Celtic new year. 2...

Does anybody really know when Halloween (or the festival/religious observance that srted it) would have been held in ancient pagan europe? It seems like it could be a set day, with October 31- November 2 being the likely candidate, but it seems more likely that it was based in a season rather...

As the one time of the year when most peoples thoughts turn toward the weird and unusual, does any one know of any Fortean events that have occurred on Halloween night. Discount the traditional tales of the Witches Sabbat and other ancient stories. Does the Halloween night of say the last 100...