Halloween—a night of vampires, ghosts, tricks, and treats—often brings out a naughty side in us. Amidst our spooky celebrations, there are those who want to threaten your fun. Ghastly schemes, from unconventional vegetable treats to stolen decorations, can leave trick-or-treaters shaking their heads in disbelief.
So, grab your flashlight as we embark on a journey through some of the most infuriating times people have turned spooky fun into terrifying disasters. Explore bizarre incidents carefully collected by the Bored Panda team that remind us of all the things not to do during the spooky season.
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Someone Smashed My Daughter's Pumpkin Last Night, So I Did Some Surgery After She Left For School. Frankenpumpkin Lives
Undoubtedly, the most beloved aspect of Halloween is the glorious amount of candy consumed in a single evening. Not much could ruin it. Maybe except holistic Holly who thinks that her mission is to provide healthy alternatives to the pounds of candy children will be eating that night. Seaweed snacks, organic brown rice “treats” and raisins in a child’s trick-or-treat bucket can seriously earn you a spot on the blacklist of houses to avoid on Halloween.
Similarly, getting hard grandma candies or lollipops in clear wrappers can also be a bit of a letdown. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Twix, and M&M’s can significantly enhance your reputation as a neighbor amongst the kids. So it’s entirely up to you whether you ruin Halloween spirits with your mediocre treats or bring joy with quality chocolate candies.
Welcome To Australia
Someone Stole My Friend's Pumpkin, And Someone Gave Her A New Pumpkin
Dear Jerk
When you have a pile of sweets in your possession, the world feels right again. It was definitely not cool when your parents made you hand over your stash, preventing you from binging on it in one sitting or sharing your treasure with siblings who were too young to go trick-or-treating. Looking back, it was probably for the best that you avoided a sugar-induced coma and had to give away the least tasty candies to your sibling.
Preparing The Golden Balls Of Disappointment For Halloween
On Halloween, Someone Reported This House In Baltimore To The Health Department For Illegally Running A Restaurant Out Of A Residence
"Complaint SR: The complainant states that a restaurant is being run out of this personal residence."
"Observations: The residence had a "human burger" Halloween decoration with a "Bob's Burgers" sign hung as a part of the decorations. No food is being served at the location. The complaint is not confirmed."
I Carved A Cute Face On My Halloween Pumpkin. A Squirrel Got Into It, And Now It Looks Like This
Trunk-or-treat as a trick-or-treat alternative is quite unique, to say the least. This Halloween celebration takes place in a parking lot, where automobile trunks are filled with candy and children go from car to car, collecting sweet treats. Trunk-or-treat removes the joy of kids independently strolling around the neighborhood with their friends at night, shouting “trick or treat”, and feeling excited because they never know what costumes or decorations they’ll see or when they’ll hit the jackpot of full-sized candy bars. It’s best to skip trunk-or-treat if you appreciate the nostalgia and charm of good old Halloween.
Happy Halloween? Found In My Kids' Bucket
If I got that as a kid I would deffinitely link Jesus with being dissapointed
This House Had A Really Cool Pennywise Decoration On Their Front Porch Last Week
My Halloween Decorations Got Eaten By A Moose This Morning
BP needs to chill out with their list names. The moose isn't a jerk for seeing food and eating it.
Replacing Halloween with JesusWeen or banning these celebrations in schools also detracts from the festive spirit. Today Halloween is considered a holiday for dress-up and fun, especially for children. The religious connotation of Halloween is long gone and we should lighten up, show our creative ideas, and indulge in some candy!
They Are Going After Halloween
"Attention Satanic Socialists. This is the home of the patriotic Christian family. We work hard and pay taxes. We do not celebrate satan's day. We do not give away free candy to lazy entitled freeloaders. No handouts. Welcome to America. If you want candy get a job. And find Jesus."
An Anti-Vaxxer Group Is Trying To Get People To Pass Out Halloween Candy With This On It
I Took My Kid Trick-Or-Treating Today. There Was A Lady Passing These Out To All The Kids And Saying, "Give This To Your Mom"
Wrecked holidays don’t bring joy to anyone, so why do people attempt to spoil festivities for others? Some lack empathy and fail to appreciate the significance of bringing happiness to others. Additionally, people might compare themselves to others and feel lacking, which distracts them from enjoying the present. It is also possible that such individuals can feel insecure when the attention isn’t solely on them. All these reasons can lead people to feel bad about themselves and ruin your beloved holidays.
I Paid $25 To Go To A "Halloween House" And This Was One Of The "Game Areas"
Someone Took One Of My Skeletons
Fined And/Or Jailed For Trick-Or-Treating Over The Age Of 12
Forbidden Candy Was Actually Found In A Child's Halloween Basket
I Carved These 4 Yesterday. Unfortunately, The Boxer And Audrey II Got Stolen
If, for some reason, your Halloween spirit has been impaired or is lacking, here's some advice on how to bring it back from the dead:
- Enjoy a scary movie marathon or carve a pumpkin, preferably while doing both at the same time!
- Decorate your house with spooky lights, cobwebs, ghosts, bats, or any other haunting decorations you find fitting.
- Spend some time this eerie season in the kitchen cooking up some Halloween-themed treats.
By following these simple steps, you'll resurrect the Halloween spirit in no time!
Nursing Home Near Me Didn’t Think Through The Halloween Decorations
I’m In The UK, And My Pumpkins Were Stolen 10 Hours After I Put This Display Together
Halloween Decorations Destroyed
My wife and I proudly display a bunch of skeletons at our home off Derby Square every year, and this morning we awoke—once again—to more property damage. There is no way to know if these folks are locals or just passing through, but please be respectful. We want to help tourists and residents alike enjoy Halloween without all our stuff getting broken. Also, they did this right in front of a security camera with a sign.
This Old Karen Asked How Serious We Were About The Satanic Church Because We Have An Inflatable Dragon For Halloween
"Can you come back later? We're fornicating in the pentagram right now"
My Local Lowe's A Full Month Before Halloween. Next Step: Permanent Year-Long Display
This must be a national policy, because my local Lowe's has looked like this since the first week of October.
Making Kids Pay For Halloween Candy
"Trick-or-treat
Good day to all you little ghosts + goblins. We're having a life lesson today. Nothing in life is free. I know you may think it is, but at this house, your treats will cost you 0,25. Boo
Parents: you're welcome."
My Brother Got A Can Of Cat Food In His Halloween Candy
Tradition Of Wasting Food And Making My Children Hate Me So That They Don't Write Boring Memoirs About Me
Someone Was Handing Communion Cups Out To Kids Instead Of Candy Last Night (Halloween)
Getting A Packet Of Ketchup For Halloween
These Were Being Handed Out For Trick-Or-Treat
I Work At A Sober Living Treatment Program, And These Are Some Of The "Prizes" My Coworker Gave To Our Clients At The Halloween Party Last Week
Went To The Store For Halloween Decorations - They've Replaced Them With Christmas Decorations
I asked about this in my local store the other day and their response was, "well not everyone celebrates Halloween or does something for it so we just skip to Christmas" NOT EVERYONE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS AND I ACTUALLY PREFER HALLOWEEN
My Wife Bought These Candy Eyeballs To Decorate Cupcakes For A Halloween Party
Mom Buys Halloween Light But Gets An Empty Coca-Cola Bottle Instead
Neighbor Karen Gets Triggered By Halloween Decorations
So, my sister enjoys getting into the Halloween spirit and putting creepy decorations in her yard. One of those decorations happens to be a skeleton zombie baby. Well, apparently, this is super inconsiderate because sometimes babies pass away, and this trauma could be relived when someone sees a plastic zombie baby.
They could have turned around, walked away then called their therapist when they got home. But nope, gotta play the victim card in an attempt to control others. Must be a joy to be around this person.
Seems Like Cult Behavior To Me
This Halloween Decoration That Melted Onto My Window. Thanks, Walmart
Little Gem From The App Nextdoor: Neighbor Thinks Halloween Decorations Are Real
Found In My Kids' Halloween Candy
Local Church Asks Toddlers If They Are Ready To Die, Along With Their Halloween Candy
In My 9-Year-Old Halloween Candies
Trick-Or-Treat
Kid Stole My Favorite Pumpkin Off My Porch
After Finishing My Third 12-Hour Shift On Halloween Night, I Came Home This Morning To This Lovely Surprise
Halloween Pickle?
My Dad Taking Down The Halloween Stuff On Halloween Night
Be Sure To Check Your Kid's Halloween Candy For Bad Stuff. I Found A Fake 1804 Flowing Hair Dollar In A Peanut Butter Cup
Disney World Just Released Their Halloween Merchandise. Scalpers Are Already Buying It Up In Stores And Online
If you buy *anything* with the express purpose of reselling, you're an a*****e.
Trick-Or-Treat In Texas
Your Jack-O-Lantern Game Is Strong When Others Covet To The Point Of Theft. Wear It As A Badge Of Honor
I’ve Always Wanted To Be The Jerk Who Gives Fudge, Fruit, And Nuts For Halloween
I remember when I was a child, my ONE desire was to have someone give me a lemon for Halloween. 🤣
Halloween Hasn't Ended, Yet There Is Not A Single Halloween-Themed Item In The Whole Shop
The 22nd Of September, And You See This But No Halloween Decorations
Kid Got This Trick-Or-Treating Last Night. Not Cool
I read this article and am stunned. Don't these false Christians read the Bible? Where does it say that you can only go to heaven if you are perfect? It says (Mark 2.17):When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Decorations Stolen - NYC
I put some decorations up today for Halloween and less than 6 hours later, half are gone. They’re just cheap little styrofoam balls with cloth. They’re not worth anything - why would someone steal them? This is my first time trying to do decorations, I thought it would be fun for the block. Has anyone else experienced this?
Yes. A lot. Which is why I go out for Halloween now and I only decorate my room (now my personal house of horrors) or I would just stay in with friends and watch scary movies
All Set For Halloween. Then A Contractor Breaks A Water Line And Has To Cut A Hole In My Driveway During Trick-Or-Treating Hours
Squirrels Showed No Mercy To Our Porch Pumpkin's Face. Well, I'm Putting A Candle In It Anyway
Found This In Our Kid's Halloween Candy Buckets. I Guess People Really Do Try To Poison Halloween Candy. Mind Poison
Anti-Vaccination Propaganda In Halloween Candy
Always check what your kid gets from what house and throw their rubbish back on their gardens
My Daughter’s Elementary School Policy: No Halloween Fun
This Tract I Found In My Son’s Halloween Candy
well we know whos not a good person....(its the idiot who keeps on giving out these lil booklets)
Carved Pumpkins On Sunday. Squirrels Ate Their Faces On Monday
I Put Up My Pennywise Balloon Decoration, And Someone Stole It After 5 Minutes
My Work's Halloween Costume Rules
Seriously, why are there so many people and organisations who want to dictate to others what to eat, what do wear and what religion to have? Are we sure the US is still "the land of the free"? Or has that become false advertising? Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing, but I just didn't expect this.
Christmas Stuff Being Sold In August. Bearing In Mind, The Only Thing They Have For Halloween Is A God Costume
A God costume? Don't some people think that's blasphemous? Or is this the same person who hands out Christian tracts instead of candy? And why no Goddess costume? I have questions . . . .
This Can't Be Legal
My Kid Got This Leaflet While Trick-Or-Treating
I know that not all Christians do things like this, but there are just enough that do that it makes them all look like knuckleheads.
Got This In My Kid’s Halloween Candy. It Is Talking About Lust And Adultery. Why Hand These Out To Children? So Gross. To The Paper Shredder, It Goes. It Is Also Disguised As Money
Gee...wonder why churches are permanently closing and the majority of people see Christians as uneducated people trying to convert everyone to their weird cause.
My Friend's Daughter Got A Pepper In Her Halloween Candy
To Whoever Stole Our Pumpkin Yesterday. I Hope You’re Enjoying It And Have A Happy Halloween
Karen Buys Tickets To A Zoo Halloween Event And Is Then Shocked There Is A Halloween Theme
For My First Time In A Country Celebrating Halloween, I've Carved A Pumpkin With Friends. It Got Stolen After The Kids Passed
Went To Target And Specifically Needed A Bunch Of Birds For A DIY Halloween Prop
Maybe Target Lady took all the birds and that's why there's a Limit. (Look up Target Lady SNL skit if you don't get the reference)
In Case This Year Hasn’t Been Scary Enough For The Children, This Sign We Put Out Front Oughta Do It
I can't tell if this is a joke or not, but there is something quite wrong about it.
Kids Can’t Be Kids. Halloween Rules
When People Hand Out Stuff Like This On Halloween Instead Of Candy
Stolen Halloween Decor
yup, that happens. last halloween, my dad bought light projector ghost lamp and it was stolen. a few days later, we saw it at someone else's house, but we decided against confrontation. apparently, it costed only 5 bucks, but still. we didn't put up any decorations this year.
Really Well Thought Out Halloween Decorations
Finally Decided To Decorate My Patio For The First Time, And I Came Home From Work To See That The Squirrels Had Their Way With My Homegrown Pumpkins. Didn’t Even Last A Day
Something Ate The Faces Of My Kids' Pumpkins
1958 Halloween Anti-Vandalism Club Membership Card
Made Cute Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Cups For Trick-Or-Treaters, Had My Porch Light On, And Was Blasting Halloween Music But All The Kids Kept Walking Right By My House
Only got like 10 of at least 60 kids to come here and I had to flag them down. All that time wasted.
Sorry, but I wouldn't advise anyone to eat home-made treats they received while trick-or-treating unless they knew the family quite well.
Bought A Bag Of Halloween Candy For The Office, Opened 46 Starburst Packs In A Row, And Everyone Contained 2 Pink Starbursts
This Guy On My Street Put Up His Christmas Lights Before Halloween. Who Does That?
Apparently someone who didn't know they had to check with the neighborhood Karen before decorating their house.
Halloween Ruined. Thanks Target
I have a relatively simple solution for that, but it would take about 5 minutes of the OP's time.
Where I live, we don't celebrate Halloween, but St. Maarten on November11. Children ring your bell, they sing a song, they bear a self-made or self-decorated lantern, and you present them with candy. It's fun for the smaller children and I've ever only seen proud parents in the background when their toddler has managed at least 2 lines of a St. Maarten song.
We had Sankt Martin, and the kids sang Christian songs (protestant, for that's what the area was). Halloween is way more fun for kids. To me, too, tbh. :)
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They're lazy or jealous or d!cks.
Load More Replies... When I was super young, I just barely remember trick or treating maybe once or twice. Then my mom got hyper-religious and Halloween became evil. She came to her senses when I hit my twenties. I'm jelly of people getting to dress up for Halloween. I only got to do it once as an adult at one of my jobs.
You should definitely host an adult Halloween party. Dress up, eat good food, hang out with friends!
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We also don't celebrate Halloween. Every year a piece of paper is sent to all the people in the area. If you would like to celebrate Halloween, put this piece of paper on your door so people see that that you celebrate it with candy...
We use the porch light where I am. If it's on, come on up. If it's off, pass on by.
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My dad was also the “Halloween is for Satan” while I was growing up. I couldn’t go trick-or-treating, but I was a child passing out all the candy… At least he got us pizza while we watched tv! But I now hate Halloween because of that… What kid wants to hand out the candy!?
Bev made these ready for tonight's trick or treaters Candy-Mons...9113d1.jpg 
Three things that kept reoccurring: 1) Stolen/damaged decorations, 2) stupid-a$s religious tracts, 3) anti-vaxx propaganda. OK, squirrels and moose are just being the beasties that they are; but humans have no business ruining other people's holiday, especially not for children.
I had 10 minutes to make a costume, so I got some $30 Mambo sunglasses and a black fleece jacket with. zip-up collar that hardly fits me anymore, and I got a Nerf gun, so I went as the Terminator, and went around the block with a couple Naruto characters and an unemployed Grim Reaper. The spoils were bountiful, my second Halloween was a success :D
Unemployed grim reaper? I'm trying very hard to picture that.
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We attended a trunk or treat that had two women offering tricks or treats. The kid in front of us chose trick. They gave him hand sanitizer. Such a crappy thing to do to kids.
Well, aside from the vandalism, if you hate on that much what's in your basket buy your kids' their own candy and get over it. Candy is expensive and there's what, at least 7-8 Trunk or Treats throughout October so should be enough without even going door to door. Be happy for the most part.
All the anti vaccine pamplets! To me it just shows privilege. There are plenty of people around the world who are not getting proper vaccination and some are disregarding vaccination as communism. First world problems you all.
Oh FFS. It's not privilege. It's stupidity.
Load More Replies... Where I live, we don't celebrate Halloween, but St. Maarten on November11. Children ring your bell, they sing a song, they bear a self-made or self-decorated lantern, and you present them with candy. It's fun for the smaller children and I've ever only seen proud parents in the background when their toddler has managed at least 2 lines of a St. Maarten song.
We had Sankt Martin, and the kids sang Christian songs (protestant, for that's what the area was). Halloween is way more fun for kids. To me, too, tbh. :)
Load More Replies... They're lazy or jealous or d!cks.
Load More Replies... When I was super young, I just barely remember trick or treating maybe once or twice. Then my mom got hyper-religious and Halloween became evil. She came to her senses when I hit my twenties. I'm jelly of people getting to dress up for Halloween. I only got to do it once as an adult at one of my jobs.
You should definitely host an adult Halloween party. Dress up, eat good food, hang out with friends!
Load More Replies... We also don't celebrate Halloween. Every year a piece of paper is sent to all the people in the area. If you would like to celebrate Halloween, put this piece of paper on your door so people see that that you celebrate it with candy...
We use the porch light where I am. If it's on, come on up. If it's off, pass on by.
Load More Replies... My dad was also the “Halloween is for Satan” while I was growing up. I couldn’t go trick-or-treating, but I was a child passing out all the candy… At least he got us pizza while we watched tv! But I now hate Halloween because of that… What kid wants to hand out the candy!?
Bev made these ready for tonight's trick or treaters Candy-Mons...9113d1.jpg
Three things that kept reoccurring: 1) Stolen/damaged decorations, 2) stupid-a$s religious tracts, 3) anti-vaxx propaganda. OK, squirrels and moose are just being the beasties that they are; but humans have no business ruining other people's holiday, especially not for children.
I had 10 minutes to make a costume, so I got some $30 Mambo sunglasses and a black fleece jacket with. zip-up collar that hardly fits me anymore, and I got a Nerf gun, so I went as the Terminator, and went around the block with a couple Naruto characters and an unemployed Grim Reaper. The spoils were bountiful, my second Halloween was a success :D
Unemployed grim reaper? I'm trying very hard to picture that.
Load More Replies... We attended a trunk or treat that had two women offering tricks or treats. The kid in front of us chose trick. They gave him hand sanitizer. Such a crappy thing to do to kids.
Well, aside from the vandalism, if you hate on that much what's in your basket buy your kids' their own candy and get over it. Candy is expensive and there's what, at least 7-8 Trunk or Treats throughout October so should be enough without even going door to door. Be happy for the most part.
All the anti vaccine pamplets! To me it just shows privilege. There are plenty of people around the world who are not getting proper vaccination and some are disregarding vaccination as communism. First world problems you all.
Oh FFS. It's not privilege. It's stupidity.
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