Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths. The town's civic festivities, including a parade, became a model for other cities to deter ...

Many early pranks involved “buggies.” Teenaged boys would sneakily take a buggy apart, piece by piece, only to reassemble it in unusual places, like churches, schools, or “rooftops.” Another popular ...

"Give us candy, give us cake, give us something sweet to take. Give us cookies, fruit and gum, hurry up and give us some. You had better do it quick or we'll surely play a trick." That quote is from ...

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- Forget about "Elf on a Shelf" this holiday season and worry about "Doll in the Hall." One Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mom is terrorizing her kids with a spooky toy this ...

Sometimes, it be your own people. After three individuals in Halloween masks were wanted for burglary in Alexandria, Virginia, earlier this month, the culprits have been revealed in a wild twist that ...

ANOKA, MN – Anoka’s Halloween tradition began less as a celebration than an intervention. It was 1919, and the one-time logging town set along the Rum River about 20 miles north of Minneapolis was ...