If you see a blue pumpkin, that means the house is handing out allergy-free treats. Of course, it could also mean the house is using last year's pumpkin.

Wednesday was the youngest member of the Addams family, a strange yet sweet-natured little girl who pursued such hobbies as raising spiders and beheading dolls (called "Marie Antoinette," "Mary Queen of Scots," and "Little Red Riding Hood").

On Halloween, Michael and Elliott dress E.T. as a ghost so they can sneak him out of the house.

The War of the Worlds was a Halloweed episode of The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode (adapted from H. G. Wells' famous novel about an alien invasion and broadcast as if it were a real news program) became famous for allegedly causing mass hysteria, although the scale of the panic is disputed as the program had relatively few listeners.

According to the Extreme Chocolate annual Halloween candy survey, Candy Corn was the most popular Halloween candy in 2004. In previous years, Snickers had held the #1 spot.

According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the most popular Halloween costume in 2004 was Spiderman, with 2.15 million children dressing as their favorite superhero. Other popular costumes included princesses (1.8 million children), witches (1.3 million) and vampires (899,000).

The world record for heaviest pumpkin is currently held by a gigantic gourd weighing a whopping 2,096 pounds--as much as a small car! Beni Meier, the Swiss gardener who grew the massive fruit, had to use a special vehicle to transport it. The world record was previously held by California couple Tim and Susan Mathison.

The average American consumed 24 pounds of candy in 2002! It is believed that the largest portion is consumed by kids on and during the days immediately following Halloween.

None of the "witches" put to death in the Salem Witch trials were burned at the stake. All those executed were hanged but one, Giles Cory, who was pressed to death. Several others died in prison, including Sarah Osborne, Roger Toothaker, Lyndia Dustin, and Ann Foster.

Samhainophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of Halloween. This time of year may also stir up other phobias such as the fear of: cats (ailurophobia), witches (wiccaphobia), ghosts (phasmophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), the dark (nyctophobia), and cemetaries (coimetrophobia).