Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths. The town's civic festivities, including a parade, became a model for other cities to deter ...

DETROIT (WLS) -- A Halloween prank is creating a real scare for some people passing by one Detroit home. Homeowner Larethia Haddon says she's been putting a dummy on her walkway for 25 years to ...

It turns out a group of supposed intruders with Halloween-style masks who tried to break into an Alexandria, Virginia, home while making threats, were aiming to prank their family members last week.

"Give us candy, give us cake, give us something sweet to take. Give us cookies, fruit and gum, hurry up and give us some. You had better do it quick or we'll surely play a trick." That quote is from ...

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 ...