Somerville author Lesley Bannatyne recounts Halloween's roots, while writer Sam Baltrusis explores Salem's dark past ...

Just this week, one woman took to Twitter to say ... Star Khechara, 48, is a self-professed goth and follows Paganism, which ...

Five years after the Satanic Temple of the United States made headlines — and unleashed a wave of panic — when it was ...

Built from a hodgepodge of diverse parts, Halloween is one such tradition that has been continually reinvented since its ancient origins as a Celtic pagan ceremony. Yet beneath the superhero ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...

MCDONNELL: This brings us to the pagan Celtic holiday of Samhain, which has connections to modern Halloween as we know it today. Anatoly Liberman, a renowned professor in the department of German, ...

But one day later, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day on Friday, a somber and ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival called “Samhain”, meaning summer’s end. The Celtic people celebrated it over 2,000 years ago and believed it was a time when the dead could ...

CINCINNATI -- Right-hander Emilio Pagán exercised his $8 million option for 2025 on Saturday, remaining with the Cincinnati Reds rather than becoming a free agent. Pagán, 33, was 4-5 with a 4.50 ...

CINCINNATI — The Reds announced that right-hander Emilio Pagán exercised his player option for the 2025 season. The veteran signed a two-year, $16 million contract with the team last December.