Halloween /tags/halloween Halloween en-US Copyright Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:14:00 GMT Meet the Halloween-obsessed Ohioan bringing monsters to life /2024-10-31/meet-the-halloween-obsessed-ohioan-bringing-monsters-to-life At his rural home in northern Ohio, master mask-maker David Lady has made all things scary his specialty. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:14:00 GMT /2024-10-31/meet-the-halloween-obsessed-ohioan-bringing-monsters-to-life Kendall Crawford What makes music scary? Instrumentation, composition and your imagination /2024-10-30/what-makes-music-scary-instrumentation-composition-and-your-imagination Ohio music experts weigh in on why certain songs send chills down our spine. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:11:00 GMT /2024-10-30/what-makes-music-scary-instrumentation-composition-and-your-imagination Carrie Wise, Ideastream Public Media A visit to the scarecrow capital of Ohio /2024-10-25/a-visit-to-the-scarecrow-capital-of-ohio In the farm fields of Fairfield County, about 30 minutes southeast of Columbus, the scariest creatures around aren’t ghosts or goblins. They’re scarecrows. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:24:00 GMT /2024-10-25/a-visit-to-the-scarecrow-capital-of-ohio Erin Gottsacker Why the urban legend of contaminated Halloween candy won't disappear /npr-news/2023-10-31/why-the-urban-legend-of-contaminated-halloween-candy-wont-disappear There is no evidence of any deaths or injuries from contaminated Halloween candy. Why are people still afraid of it? Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:11:15 GMT /npr-news/2023-10-31/why-the-urban-legend-of-contaminated-halloween-candy-wont-disappear Kaity Kline Reader Beware! Ohio shapes scary stories by best-selling “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine /2023-10-30/reader-beware-ohio-shapes-scary-stories-by-best-selling-goosebumps-author-r-l-stine R.L. Stine, the author who gives us “Goosebumps,” grew up in Central Ohio. He says he draws influence from his hometown in each of his scary stories. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:00:00 GMT /2023-10-30/reader-beware-ohio-shapes-scary-stories-by-best-selling-goosebumps-author-r-l-stine Kendall Crawford Halloween is a big party. But if it stresses you out, you're not alone /npr-news/2023-10-29/halloween-is-a-big-party-but-if-it-stresses-you-out-youre-not-alone Part of Halloween's charm is that the normal rules are suspended. When else can kids dress up and demand candy from strangers? But some rules do apply. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:57:52 GMT /npr-news/2023-10-29/halloween-is-a-big-party-but-if-it-stresses-you-out-youre-not-alone Bill Chappell Mythbusting Ohio’s ‘cursed’ Indigenous burial ground trope /2023-10-30/mythbusting-ohios-cursed-indigenous-burial-ground-trope Ancient mounds and burial sites across Ohio played important roles in Indigenous cultures. But rumors about burial sites being haunted abound — ideas that are both misinformed and harmful. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:10:00 GMT /2023-10-30/mythbusting-ohios-cursed-indigenous-burial-ground-trope Erin Gottsacker Haunted walking Columbus tour /show/all-sides/2023-10-20/haunted-walking-columbus-tour Halloween is the height of the haunting season: The time for telling ghost stories that conjure up feelings of dread, terror and excitement. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2023-10-20/haunted-walking-columbus-tour How the ghosts of Moonville are keeping the town’s history alive /2023-10-12/how-the-ghosts-of-moonville-are-keeping-the-towns-history-alive Moonville is an abandoned railroad town in Hocking Hills. Nobody lives there anymore, but its stories live on. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:00:00 GMT /2023-10-12/how-the-ghosts-of-moonville-are-keeping-the-towns-history-alive Erin Gottsacker