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Kindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween. Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images “It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein cried as his ...

DOZENS of cops in Scotland have witchcraft or Paganism-type beliefs, official force statistics reveal. A freedom of information response published by Police Scotland said there are “46 officers who ...

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” According to ...

In the 1590s, King James VI of Scotland's fear of witchcraft began stirring up national panics, resulting in the torture and death of thousands. Toil and TroubleAn engraving reproduces Henry Fuseli’s ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all. Several historical ...

Love it or hate it, Halloween has a long rich history – and has been a significant celebration in our culture for more than a thousands years. While its religious connotations have now faded, and the ...

Zealots remain plentiful, but the statistically average young American is losing religion. But even as major faiths and major research universities part ways, an ancient religion is reconstituting ...

Surely more than one reader will have seen The Wicker Man. It is a 1973 British horror film in which Christopher Lee plays a lord of the Hebrides Islands who leads a contemporary sect that worships ...

“It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein cried as his creation stirred to life. But the creature had a life of its own, eventually escaping its creator’s control. Much like Frankenstein’s monster, traditions ...