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“Well, looks like the power’s out,” the theatre director announces to the Redrum High theatre club within the pitch-black of Edicius Theatre. “Figures for a place that costs virtually nothing to rent, ...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 31, the 305th day of 2024. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today in history: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for more than ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Halloween-inspired “Goosebumps Festival” held at a historic former railway factory in Bangkok has ...

Google's Halloween Doodle 2024 features an astronaut cat vanquishing creepy creatures ... dressing up, watching scary movies, or defeating villains with Momo, we hope you have a happy Halloween!," ...

How did pumpkins go from being an ordinary squash to a Halloween staple? In Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon, ...

First, a man carrying a white paper lantern and scattering fake paper money ... perhaps with a black cat. They were corpse walkers — and the giant was the corpse. Bad things happen when someone ...

And it looks like many of you have been getting into the spirit of Halloween over the past few days. We asked you to share your carved pumpkin lantern creations that will be lighting up your windows ...

We asked you to share your carved pumpkin lantern creations that will be lighting up your windows and doorsteps. There were witches and ghosts and werewolves as well as vampires and skeletons.