Pumpkins are now one of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween, but they weren’t used as jack-o’-lanterns until the mid-19th century. How did pumpkins go from being an ordinary squash to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 21—The origin of the practice of carving scary faces in pumpkins and lighting them from within got its start in Ireland in ...

A recent study explains the chemistry behind the ghostly blue lights known as will-o’-the-wisps. . (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) It’s Halloween night, ...

Guess what? The end of October is officially here, which means it's time to decorate pumpkins! While Jack-o'-lanterns are now used as festive fall decor, they were traditionally carved as a way to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you need a little more creative inspiration, check out Pumpkin Masters' easy-to-use templates that work perfectly when carving ...

With Halloween fast approaching, more and more pumpkins are sure to meet their fate as Savannah-area families carve into them to create jack-o-lanterns lining our porches and streets. Some make ...

Halloween is next week, and as it draws nearer, patches of pumpkins will meet their fate as Athens-area families carve into them to create jack-o-lanterns lining our porches and streets. Some make ...

Holy hacksaw, Batman, Luke Schroder has some big-ass blades! Well, it takes sharp tools -- such as carving utensils made out of hacksaw blades -- to make what Schroder calls "balls-out scary ...