Halloween

The “Halloween” movies take place in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Clues sprinkled throughout the movies reveal that if Haddonfield really existed, it would be located near Pontiac right along Interstate 55. Other hints suggest it’s something of a doppelganger for Bloomington-Normal.

Acclaimed director John Carpenter talks to WGLT about finding his second career as a musician, including the score for the new film "Halloween Ends."

It doesn't take much to scare people. And that's good news for the creative minds behind Milner Library's 2-Sentence Horror Story contest.Illinois State…

John Ackerman of Ackerman Family Farms in Morton admits he feared COVID-19 would threaten the commercial viability of the fall pumpkin season.

McLean County has reached a new record with 13 COVID-19 hospitalizations, up two from Thursday.The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) said Friday two…

The Town of Normal and City of Bloomington said Thursday that families are discouraged from door-to-door trick-or-treating this year because of COVID-19.…

The state announced Halloween COVID-19 guidance encouraging social distancing while trick-or-treating, and the governor took questions in a virtual news…

Trick-or-treating may have not started till Oct. 31, but some families got a jumpstart on the holiday.The streets of Uptown were closed Oct. 30 from…

This week when all the little ghouls and goblins roam the street looking for fun size Snickers bars, they’ll trick-or-treat past the usual mix of spooky…

What's your fearful pleasure? Brain-eating zombies? Vampires? Giant mutant bugs? Or how about that old standby: body cavity invading spiders?The list of…