Spookiest Halloweens

Halloween was just last month, so in order to not forget about it, we’ve put together the most spine-chilling stories that happened on Halloween Day.

The scariest decoration

In Frederica, Delaware, in 2005, the scariest Halloween decoration was a body hanging from a tree. However this one had a little twist: the body was real! Police say it belonged to a women that had committed suicide the day before. We found this story petrifying because the body had been exposed for four hours before someone called the police!

Trick or Treat gone wrong

In 1974, the eight-year old Timothy O’Bryan from Deer Park, Texas, was killed by his own father. The murder weapon was candy that the boy had collected by trick or treating. The father had poisoned that candy in order to claim life insurance money to satisfy his own needs because he was 100.000$ in debt.

« Scream » in real life

 Everyone knows the horror movie “Scream ». But did you know that the story actually happened in real life as well? On Halloween 2013 in New York, someone wearing a Ghostface mask shot and killed 19-year old Anthony Seaberry before disappearing into the night. To this day, his identity is still unknown.

The Spine-chilling Halloween Mask

In 1982, a woman in Illinois found out that the Halloween mask her son picked out was actually mode from a real human scalp. It turned out that the mask was created using actual human hair, and an investigation revealed that it had been part of a collection obtained from a medical school. It must have been a shocking and horrifying discovery for the family, adding an eerie twist to their Halloween.

The ice cold truth about Halloween night 1963

In 1963, many Hoosiers (the people of Indiana) decided to spend Halloween night at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum watching a Holiday on Ice skating exhibition. Unbeknownst to them, a rusty tank in the concession area began to leak gas. The room – which lacked ventilation – quickly filled with gas. As the skaters performed their grand finale, the gas reached an electric popcorn maker, triggering a huge explosion. Seventy-four people were killed, and nearly 400 were injured.

Aleyna De Bonis and Vera Schwierz / S4EN enrichment / EEB1 Uccle