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News Articles: Halloween

 People pray for victims of a deadly accident following Saturday night's Halloween festivities on a street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. An Australian survivor of a crowd crush that killed more than 150 partygoers in the South Korean capital of Seoul blamed the huge loss of life on officials’ failure to employ effective crowd controls despite anticipating a massive turnout for the Halloween celebrations.

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  • News

Families, friends struggle to cope after Seoul crush

As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea's capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials' failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district swarmed with tens of thousands of partiers.

November 02, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A South Korean army soldier pays tribute to victims of a deadly accident following Saturday night's Halloween festivities on a street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

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  • Asia

South Korea's prime minister and police admit failures leading to Halloween tragedy

South Korea's police chief admitted "a heavy responsibility" for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul.

November 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mourners in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul pay tribute Monday to the victims of a deadly crowd crush that took place during Halloween celebrations Saturday night.

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  • World

After Seoul's Halloween tragedy, South Koreans are searching for answers

As the police launch an investigation, the country is mourning the victims of Saturday night's deadly stampede in Itaewon. Eyewitnesses are lamenting the lack of crowd control measures.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
Janelle Monae Halloween '22

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  • Arts & Life

PHOTOS: GPB News shares their favorite Halloween '22 celebrity costumes

GPB News shares some of their favorite Halloween 2022 celebrity costumes.

October 31, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween.

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  • National

Unfounded fears about rainbow fentanyl become the latest Halloween boogeyman

Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
A woman places a bouquet of flowers to pay tribute for victims near the scene of the deadly crowd crush tragedy in Seoul, South Korea.

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  • Asia

Survivors recount chaotic scene in Seoul during tragic Halloween stampede

South Korean officials say at least 26 foreign nationals were among the more than 150 people killed in the incident in Seoul's Itaewon district. Many were young adults celebrating Halloween.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Anthony Kuhn
Brandon Carter leads his “Savannah Dark History Tour” in downtown's Monterey Square. The Casimir Pulaski Monument is in the background.

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  • History

Anything but a ghost tour: Savannah Dark History Tour serves up frights through facts, not fiction

“Savannah has so much dark history that we don't need to make up any!” says Brandon Carter.

October 30, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
A woman visits a cemetery as part of the 'Day of the Dead' celebration on November 2, 2020 in Valle de Chalco, Mexico.

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  • Arts & Life

How Halloween is celebrated around the world

Here's a look at how the time around Halloween is celebrated in seven countries outside of the United States.

October 28, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
Halloween revelers dressed in costumes march in New York City's 48th annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in New York.

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  • National

These are the Halloween costumes you may see a lot, based on people's Google searches

This year, the search engine Google composed a map of its most popular spooky searches. The results, broken down by geography, may be surprising.

October 27, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Sandra Bullock in <em>Practical Magic</em>.

What 'Practical Magic' taught me about life, love and the importance of sisterhood

This movie, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, introduced me to the idea that love could be dangerous and you should learn to protect yourself. But that's not the only lesson I learned.

October 24, 2022
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra
A dog dressed in a turkey costume at the 2013 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City.

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  • Animals

It's cute, but is it safe to put your dog in a Halloween costume?

Dogs may seem to enjoy it but playing pretend once a year could put your pet under physical and psychological stress, according to some experts.

October 22, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
Travis Gienger, right, from Anoka, Minn., watches as his winning pumpkin is lifted and weighed Monday at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

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  • National

What's next for the world-champ pumpkin? A parade, pics and a record-setting makeover

Travis Gienger plans to turn his 2,560-pound gourd into a record-setting jack-o'-lantern. If you want your own shot at a great pumpkin, he'll be selling its seeds.

October 11, 2022
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  • Ashley Ahn
Children wear face masks to protect them during the pandemic while trick-or-treating on Halloween night in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 31, 2020.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Timely Halloween costumes

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

October 30, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Bobby Huber and his sister, Fritzi Huber at a StoryCorps interview in Wilmington, N.C., in September.

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  • National

For their first Halloween, their parents dressed up as the whole neighborhood

Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.

October 29, 2021
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By:
  • Annie Russell and
  • Emma Bowman
A typical sight during the 2019 Village Halloween Parade in New York City.

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  • Arts & Life

New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.

October 29, 2021
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  • Jon Kalish
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