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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
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- 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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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? Source: (Getty Images)
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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.
© Getty Images
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Ghosts
- Would you welcome these children if they came to your neighborhood for trick-or-treating?
© Getty Images
2 / 25 Fotos
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?
© Getty Images
3 / 25 Fotos
Halloween costumes
- Let's be honest–even seemingly innocent Halloween costumes were quite frightening in the past!
© Getty Images
4 / 25 Fotos
Mickey Mouse
- The Disney character appears more frightening than ever before. In fact, the entire image is simply unsettling!
© Getty Images
5 / 25 Fotos
Bobbing for apples
[
- This sepia photograph shows a girl bobbing for apples, conveying a rather unsettling impression through her intense gaze.
© Gerry Images
6 / 25 Fotos
Devil and sculpture
- The ideal couple—a devil with an armless sculpture.
© Shutterstock
7 / 25 Fotos
Caped figure
- A frightening photo from around 1865 shows a figure wearing a cape and a pumpkin head, surprising two individuals.
© Gerry Images
8 / 25 Fotos
Two boys
- Two boys holding knives. Presumably ready to carve into a pair of marrows (we hope!).
© Getty Images
9 / 25 Fotos
Party hat
- When you celebrate Halloween by yourself at home with your beloved Jack-o'-lantern...
© Getty Images
10 / 25 Fotos
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...
© Gerry Images
11 / 25 Fotos
Children in costumes
- Check out these Halloween costumes, they're terrifyingly cute!
© Getty Images
12 / 25 Fotos
Witch
- She has it all: the hat, the black cat, and even the nose. Is she a real witch?
© Getty Images
13 / 25 Fotos
Frightful masks
- Three girls donning frightening Halloween masks in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1929.
© Getty Images
14 / 25 Fotos
Chicago Art Institute's Halloween Ball, 1949
- There can never be enough creepy eyes. And why the gloves? It's frightful!
© Getty Images
15 / 25 Fotos
Creepy
- Masks of that era were quite eerie.
© Getty Images
16 / 25 Fotos
Couple
- This is one odd-looking couple. The photo dates back to circa 1950.
© Getty Images
17 / 25 Fotos
Corn husk face mask
- Hundreds of years ago, the Iroquois people (an indigenous confederacy in northeast North America) crafted these masks.
© Gerry Images
18 / 25 Fotos
Coven of witches
- A group of witches in the US around 1910 appears highly convincing, in our opinion.
© Getty Images
19 / 25 Fotos
Men in costume
- This group photo is rather peculiar, with its eerie costumes.
© Getty Images
20 / 25 Fotos
Jack-o'-lantern
- "I'll just spend the night here alone with my Jack-o'-lantern."
© Getty Images
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Halloween characters
- Extremely witchy, from head to toe—literally.
© Getty Images
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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.
© Getty Images
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Trick-or-treating
- Those costumes are quite eerie! Would you open the door? Source: (Getty Images)
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Vintage Halloween photos guaranteed to make you shiver
Eerie pictures from Halloweens past
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Get ready for the creepiest time of the year with a special gallery dedicated to Halloween! The special spookiness of these old photos may stem from their age, because they're in black-and-white, or perhaps, it's the fact that most of the people in them are now dead.
Regardless of the reason, these vintage Halloween photos are undeniably chilling. What better way to embrace this year's festival of the dead than by immersing yourself in the past?
Take a look at the following gallery and prepare to be spooked by these haunting Halloween images.
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