"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, 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 ...

One of the most infamous Halloween pranks-turned-lawsuits involved a group of young men in North Carolina who thought it would be a great idea to stage a fake robbery at a Halloween party. Their plan ...

Halloween is the one holiday that never fails to bring out the inner kid in everyone. Rooted deep in this childlike behavior is a strong sense of competitiveness. People strive to have the best ...

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 ...

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 ...