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This sepia photograph shows a girl bobbing for apples, conveying a rather unsettling impression through her intense gaze.
The mask contributes to the oddness of the photograph, particularly because she is wearing roller skates. This photo is from around 1910.
The Disney character appears more frightening than ever before. In fact, the entire image is simply unsettling!
Would you welcome these children if they came to your neighborhood for trick-or-treating?
This Halloween tradition was practiced in America. Children, blindfolded, search for a candle to blow out. It may seem risky, doesn't it?
A frightening photo from around 1865 shows a figure wearing a cape and a pumpkin head, surprising two individuals.
Two boys holding knives. Presumably ready to carve into a pair of marrows (we hope!).
When you celebrate Halloween by yourself at home with your beloved Jack-o'-lantern...
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...
Check out these Halloween costumes, they're terrifyingly cute!
She has it all: the hat, the black cat, and even the nose. Is she a real witch?
Three girls donning frightening Halloween masks in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1929.
There can never be enough creepy eyes. And why the gloves? It's frightful!
Masks of that era were quite eerie.
This is one odd-looking couple. The photo dates back to circa 1950.
Hundreds of years ago, the Iroquois people (an indigenous confederacy in northeast North America) crafted these masks.
Let's be honest–even seemingly innocent Halloween costumes were quite frightening in the past!
A group of witches in the US around 1910 appears highly convincing, in our opinion.
This group photo is rather peculiar, with its eerie costumes.
"I'll just spend the night here alone with my Jack-o'-lantern."
Extremely witchy, from head to toe—literally.
While performing the song 'Skeleton in the Closet' from the film 'Pennies from Heaven' (1936), the musician gets spooked by a skeleton.
Those costumes are quite eerie! Would you open the door?
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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.
The ideal couple—a devil with an armless sculpture.
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.