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This is one odd-looking couple. The photo dates back to circa 1950.
When you celebrate Halloween alone at home with your favorite Jack-o'-lantern...
This is actually an old American Halloween tradition. Blindfolded children search for a candle and blow it out. Pretty dangerous, wouldn't you say?
Terrifyingly cute? Look at those Halloween costumes!
Very witchy indeed. From top to bottom—literally.
She has it all: the hat, the black cat, and even the nose. Is she a real witch?
Three girls wearing scary Halloween masks in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1929.
Masks were really spooky back then!
Would you open the door if these kids went trick or treating in your neighborhood?
A "coven of witches," circa 1910 in the US. They're pretty believable, if you ask us.
The Disney character has never looked so terrifying. In fact, the whole picture is just disturbing!
That is one spooky mask. And to make things ever weirder, she's on roller skates! The photo dates back to circa 1910.
Let's be honest–even seemingly harmless Halloween costumes were really spooky way back when.
This is one weird group photo. Look at those creepy costumes.
Two boys with knives in their hands. Probably about to carve into a pair of marrows (we hope!).
The musician is frightened by a skeleton while playing the song 'Skeleton in the Closet,' from the movie 'Pennies from Heaven' (1936).
You can't have too many spooky eyes. And what's with the gloves? Scary stuff!
Those are some haunting costumes! Would you open the door?
See also: Spooky Halloween parades around the world.
"I'll just spend the night here alone with my Jack-o'-lantern."
Another old (circa 1865) and terrifying photo depicting a caped figure with a pumpkin head taking two people by surprise.
French illusionist Henri Robin with a ghost (circa 1863). You might ask yourself how this picture was taken back then...
This sepia photo of a girl bobbing for apples is quite terrifying. Just look at her eyes!
Yes, the swastika is an ancient religious symbol with spiritual meaning in the East. But it looks like this photo was taken on the opposite side of the world, and its connotation in the West is not quite the same...
These masks were made by the Iroquois (an indigenous confederacy in northeast North America) hundreds of years ago.
The creepiest time of the year is upon us, and we bring you a special gallery to celebrate Halloween.
You might say these photos are creepy just because they're old, or perhaps because they're in black and white, or you might even factor in that most of the subjects are now dead. No matter the reason, the truth is that these vintage Halloween photos are indeed spooky, and what better way to celebrate this year's Halloween than by looking at some scary old pictures?
Browse through the following gallery and get spooked by these vintage Halloween images.
The perfect couple—an armless sculpture and the devil...
Vintage Halloween images that'll give you the creeps
Spooky photos from the past
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The creepiest time of the year is upon us, and we bring you a special gallery to celebrate Halloween.
You might say these photos are creepy just because they're old, or perhaps because they're in black and white, or you might even factor in that most of the subjects are now dead. No matter the reason, the truth is that these vintage Halloween photos are indeed spooky, and what better way to celebrate this year's Halloween than by looking at some scary old pictures?
Browse through the following gallery and get spooked by these vintage Halloween images.