The most commonly repeated Halloween origin story says that the holiday began with the Samhain (pronounced sah-win or sow-in) ...

Scottish poet Robert Burns helped to popularize the word "Halloween" with his 1785 poem of the same name. So where does the name itself come from? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary ...

Halloween, one of the world’s oldest holidays, is celebrated in several countries around the globe. The autumn rite is commemorated in Ireland, which was once a frightening and superstitious ...