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Bobbing for apples -

This sepia photo of a girl bobbing for apples is quite terrifying. Just look at her eyes!

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Roller skates -

That is one spooky mask. And to make things ever weirder, she's on roller skates! The photo dates back to circa 1910.

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Devil and sculpture -

The perfect couple—an armless sculpture and the devil...

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Mickey Mouse -

The Disney character has never looked so terrifying. In fact, the whole picture is just disturbing!

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Ghosts -

Would you open the door if these kids went trick or treating in your neighborhood?

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Blindfolded children -

This is actually an old American Halloween tradition. Blindfolded children search for a candle and blow it out. Pretty dangerous, wouldn't you say?

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Caped figure -

Another old (circa 1865) and terrifying photo depicting a caped figure with a pumpkin head taking two people by surprise.

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Two boys -

Two boys with knives in their hands. Probably about to carve into a pair of marrows (we hope!).

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Party hat -

When you celebrate Halloween alone at home with your favorite Jack-o'-lantern...

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Is that a swastika? -

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...

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Children in costumes -

Terrifyingly cute? Look at those Halloween costumes!

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Witch -

She has it all: the hat, the black cat, and even the nose. Is she a real witch?

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Scary masks -

Three girls wearing scary Halloween masks in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1929.

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Chicago Art Institute's Halloween Ball, 1949 -

You can't have too many spooky eyes. And what's with the gloves? Scary stuff!

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Spooky -

Masks were really spooky back then!

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Couple -

This is one odd-looking couple. The photo dates back to circa 1950.

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Corn husk mask -

These masks were made by the Iroquois (an indigenous confederacy in northeast North America) hundreds of years ago.

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Halloween costumes -

Let's be honest–even seemingly harmless Halloween costumes were really spooky way back when.

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Coven of witches -

A "coven of witches," circa 1910 in the US. They're pretty believable, if you ask us.

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Group of men -

This is one weird group photo. Look at those creepy costumes.

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Jack-o'-lantern -

"I'll just spend the night here alone with my Jack-o'-lantern."

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Halloween characters -

Very witchy indeed. From top to bottom—literally.

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Ghost picture (no Photoshop!) -

French illusionist Henri Robin with a ghost (circa 1863). You might ask yourself how this picture was taken back then...

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Louis Armstrong -

The musician is frightened by a skeleton while playing the song 'Skeleton in the Closet,' from the movie 'Pennies from Heaven' (1936).

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Trick-or-treating -

Those are some haunting costumes! Would you open the door?

See also: Spooky Halloween parades around the world.

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