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 ...

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 ...

While its Halloween capital designation may be a matter of dispute when stacked up against heavy hitters with spookier backstories, Anoka’s roots and history help illustrate the unusual path the ...

While burglary and other property theft may be down overall, data suggest that property crimes spike around Halloween. You might see traditional pranks or new local trends, like stealing expensive ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween can be full of fun and fright, but for homeowners, it sometimes brings more tricks than treats. Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) wants to help protect ...

If you’ve grown up thinking that Halloween was a holiday for children and the severely delusional, then you are sadly mistaken my friend. Halloween is, in fact, a holiday celebrating the creative ...

Today, Halloween is one of the biggest sugar-filled days of the year, filled with costumes and treats. But to get that candy in the first place, there’s something kids must say first: “Trick or Treat.