Halloween candy in the 1970s had a distinct feel. Kids used pillowcases instead of plastic buckets and came home with chewy, nutty, and often odd treats. Many of those brands have disappeared, ...

Halloween in the ’70s was a whole vibe. Long before smartphones and GPS, parents let their kids roam the streets after dark in search of adventure, and, of course, more candy. Back then, nothing ...

Time to come clean. It’s embarrassing how much I love Halloween. No, really. I’m a grown woman who gives way too much thought to a candy-coated kid-centric holiday like Halloween. However, this year, ...

Every Halloween has its surprise breakout star. One year it’s a pink jumpsuit from a blockbuster movie, another year it’s a pop culture icon that suddenly dominates every party and pumpkin patch. This ...

The blog Retrospace, an assiduous curator of all things kitsch, has a Tumblr page that recently gave us a Woolworth’s Halloween-costume ad from the early ’70s or so. Costumes were $1.99 or $2.99, the ...