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Posted inComics

Halloween, When Everyone Dresses Like Clichés

by Nathan Gelgud October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Happy Halloween 🎃

Posted inNews

The Competition for This Year’s Creepy Doll Contest Is More Horrifying Than Ever

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

These horrifying dolls definitely won’t murder you in your sleep.

Posted inFilm

Spooky, Sensual, and Nostalgic Halloween Shorts

by Juan Barquin October 29, 2020November 5, 2020

Amid the ups and downs of episodic horror, a few gems stick out from the rest in Hulu’s Bite-Size Halloween collection.

Posted inArt

Happy Doll-o-ween! Museum Displays Its Creepiest Haunted Dolls

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

The History Center of Olmsted County is embracing the Halloween holiday season with a showcase of nothing but the creepiest dolls from its collection of historical and clearly damned objects.

Posted inIn Brief

Art History Parades Around the Streets of Japan Ahead of Halloween

by Zachary Small October 30, 2018October 31, 2018

“Beast Jesus” is finally getting his due alongside works by Picasso, Vermeer, and Munch.

Posted inArt

From Bosch’s Bird to Kusama’s Spots, Arty Halloween Costumes

by Elena Goukassian November 1, 2017October 19, 2021

Halloween brings out the creative spirit in everyone but the art community may very well do the day of dress-up the best.

Posted inBooks

A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere

by Allison Meier October 30, 2017October 30, 2017

The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.

Posted inHistory

Vintage Halloween Cards Are the Stuff of Nightmares

by Allison Meier October 30, 2017October 22, 2021

Anthropomorphic pumpkins, mirror divination, and space-traveling witches all appear in the curious collision of imagery on vintage Halloween cards.

Posted inHistory

A 1903 Proposal to Preserve the Dead in Glass Cubes

by Allison Meier October 27, 2017October 8, 2021

In 1903, an inventor patented a method of preserving corpses in glass, one of a number of radical inventions that has sought to resist death’s decay.

Costume for "the Witch" from Fancy dresses described : or, What to wear at fancy balls (1887) (via Internet Archive)
Posted inHistory

Elaborate Halloween Costume Tips from a 19th-Century Guide to Fancy Dress

by Allison Meier October 25, 2017June 10, 2021

Looking for a Halloween costume? Here’s a 19th-century guide to dressing for fancy balls, with costumes for witches, carrier pigeons, glowworms, and air.

Posted inArt

Why Chinese Art Is Swarming with Colonies of Tiny Bats

by Claire Voon October 24, 2017October 23, 2017

If the bat is an animal associated with spooky stories in the West, the bat motif has a whole different connotation in China, where the creatures symbolize good luck.

Posted inComics

Tips for a TRULY Scary Halloween Party

by Jack Sjogren October 19, 2017October 18, 2017

Spider webs and peeled grapes are scary, but you know what would make a really scary party?

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