Halloween 2025 brings ancient myths, eerie origins, and global twists to the spooky season. Know about 8 fascinating facts about the world’s most mysterious and thrilling celebration.

The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing spirits to pass through. Matt Cardy/Getty Images The Irish often get ...

Before pumpkins, costumes, and candy, there was Samhain, the Celtic festival that marked the end of harvest and the beginning of winter. Celebrated on October 31st, it was believed that the veil ...

Why are orange and black Halloween colors? Their roots go back to ancient harvest rituals, spiritual symbolism, and centuries ...

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 ...

Halloween pumpkin. Image by Man vyi.Self-photographed, Public Domain (CC0 1.0) Halloween pumpkin. Image by Man vyi.Self-photographed, Public Domain (CC0 1.0) Halloween is a much-loved occasion. It ...

Ireland has truly become the ultimate destination to celebrate Halloween in 2025. Rooted in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, Halloween originated in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago and, this ...

Halloween  We don’t know exactly where Halloween originated, but one of the earliest records of it dates back roughly 2,000 years to an ancient Celtic Festival called Samhain.  Samhain was celebrated ...

The last time Halloween fell on a Friday was in 2014, and the last time the holiday fell on a Saturday was in 2009.

SEE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT ON HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. WELL, IT’S ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT HOUSES IN SHELBYVILLE THIS HALLOWEEN. A FRONT YARD TRANSFORMED INTO ANCIENT EGYPT, COMPLETE WITH MUMMIES ...