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Roller skates -

The mask contributes to the oddness of the photograph, particularly because she is wearing roller skates. This photo is from around 1910.

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Ghosts -

Would you welcome these children if they came to your neighborhood for trick-or-treating?

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Blindfolded children -

This Halloween tradition was practiced in America. Children, blindfolded, search for a candle to blow out. It may seem risky, doesn't it?

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Halloween costumes -

Let's be honest–even seemingly innocent Halloween costumes were quite frightening in the past!

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Mickey Mouse -

The Disney character appears more frightening than ever before. In fact, the entire image is simply unsettling!

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Bobbing for apples [ -

This sepia photograph shows a girl bobbing for apples, conveying a rather unsettling impression through her intense gaze.

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Devil and sculpture -

The ideal couple—a devil with an armless sculpture.

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Caped figure -

A frightening photo from around 1865 shows a figure wearing a cape and a pumpkin head, surprising two individuals.

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Two boys -

Two boys holding knives. Presumably ready to carve into a pair of marrows (we hope!).

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Party hat -

When you celebrate Halloween by yourself at home with your beloved Jack-o'-lantern...

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Is that a swastika? -

While the swastika carries spiritual significance in the East as an ancient religious symbol, its connotation in the West is much darker. But this photo appears to have been taken in the West...

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Children in costumes -

Check out these Halloween costumes, they're terrifyingly cute! 

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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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Frightful masks -

Three girls donning frightening Halloween masks in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1929.

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Chicago Art Institute's Halloween Ball, 1949 -

There can never be enough creepy eyes. And why the gloves? It's frightful!

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Creepy -

Masks of that era were quite eerie.

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Couple -

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

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Corn husk face mask -

Hundreds of years ago, the Iroquois people (an indigenous confederacy in northeast North America) crafted these masks.

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Coven of witches -

A group of witches in the US around 1910 appears highly convincing, in our opinion.

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Men in costume -

This group photo is rather peculiar, with its eerie 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 -

Extremely witchy, from head to toe—literally.

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Ghost picture (no Photoshop!) The White -

French illusionist Henri Robin captured this photo with a ghost around 1863. How could such an effect be achieved so long ago? 

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Louis Armstrong -

While performing the song 'Skeleton in the Closet' from the film 'Pennies from Heaven' (1936), the musician gets spooked by a skeleton.

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Trick-or-treating -

Those costumes are quite eerie! Would you open the door?

See also: Spooky Halloween parades around the world.

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