Oct 31 8 things you didn’t know about Halloween By Ruth Tam 1. It was the baby boomers who made trick or treating what it is today. A movement to start trick or treating began in the late 20s and early 30s. But, according to Susan Whiteside of the National… Continue reading
Oct 31 #insidenewshour By News Desk Happy Halloween! We hope it's spooktacular pic.twitter.com/jhl1PxtDMG — NewsHour (@NewsHour) October 31, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 31 Patrick Stewart nods to Boston on Halloween? By News Desk Happy Halloween. pic.twitter.com/ugLBMzAeNF — Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) October 31, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 30 Boo! Pew survey reveals 18 percent of Americans believe in ghosts By News Desk Photo by Flickr user Joe Penniston A ghoulish devil, a deceased relative, the girl who was killed by a drunk driver. These are some of the phantoms that nearly one in five American adults claim to have seen… Continue reading
Oct 30 The legend of the ‘War of the Worlds’ By News Desk On Halloween Eve, Oct. 30, 1938, a 23-year-old Orson Welles narrated the "War of the Worlds," an adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells novel of the same name. The dramatization, aired over the CBS Radio network, of a Martian invasion… Continue reading
Oct 30 Twitter Chat: How are superstitions created? By Bridget Shirvell PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT each Thursday. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats Photo via Flickr user Feliciano Guimarães. Don't walk under that ladder, or let that black cat… Continue reading
Oct 29 View the 11 creepiest objects in the Smithsonian collection this Halloween By News Desk History can be a bit creepy. The Smithsonian National Musuem of American History has curated "11 collection objects giving us the creeps this Halloween." We're not sure which is worse, the Victorian-era wreath made out of human hair, or… Continue reading
Oct 25 Be a work of art this Halloween With a suit, an apple and little wire, Tim Notari transformed into a Magritte for Halloween. Photos by Flickr user Jennifer Murawski and wikicommons It's the weekend before Halloween. Let the costume party circuit commence. Don't know what to wear?… Continue reading
Oct 25 Can’t decide what to be this Halloween? How about a Banksy By Victoria Fleischer You will need plenty of face paint and a little patience to pull off these Halloween costumes inspired by Roy Lichtenstein's pop art. Photo by Flickr user Viktor Sekularac The pumpkins are out, the haunted houses are revving up… Continue reading
Oct 31 How Campaign Ads Can Tell A Zombie Story, And So Can You Photo Illustration using Getty Images Before 'Night of the Living Dead' established the zombie film genre, campaign attack ads were using some of the same horror devices. Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 attack ad began with a little girl… Continue reading