Zombies, devils, and monsters dominate these scary brews.

Trick-or-treating no longer has to be the scariest part of Halloween for kids with allergies: The Teal Pumpkin Project is helping make Halloween inclusive for the one in 13 American children afflicted by painting a pumpkin teal and placing it outside their homes.

This ghost story anthology inspired several of our greatest works of Gothic literature including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, John William Polidori’s The Vampyre, and Lord Byron’s poem “The Darkness.”

Halloween’s roots aren’t devilish at all: Predating the spooky October holiday was Samhain, a Celtic festival in which observers were believed to have harvested crops, slaughtered livestock for food and played sports.

Did you know that Are You Afraid of the Dark? almost featured a young Ryan Gosling in its cast? That was until he turned down the part to star in The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. Here are 15 facts you might not know about the nightmare-inducing Nickelodeon series from the ’90s.

Today’s Big Question: Why does “K” stand for “strikeout” in baseball?

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