Halloween By The Numbers

While 16% may not seem like much, Spirit Halloween sells upwards of $500 million in costumes every year, taking up the largest chunk of physical retail sales in North America.

Halloween Horror Nights began at Universal Studios Florida in 1991 as “Fright Nights.” It has since grown into a major annual event, featuring elaborate haunted houses inspired by licensed horror films, TV series, and original stories.

According to polling by Business Insider almost all parents are sneaking candy from their kid's bag in the post Trick or Treat sweets inspection.

Botanically, pumpkins are berries, and their name traces back through Greek words meaning “large melon.” And Illinois is famous for producing the most pumpkins in the U.S.

However, pumpkins are mostly water but have air-filled interiors, so they float rather than sink, even in ocean water.

Three of these are real places with wonderfully eerie names: Tombstone is famous for its Wild West history, Kill Devil Hills is near the Wright brothers’ first flight site, and Slaughter Beach is a real Delaware community named long before its spooky reputation. 

Blood Forest, Oregon however, is not an actual town.