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.
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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."
Say "Please egg and teepee my house" without saying "Please egg and teepee my house."
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I dunno. I think if Jesus were living in the American 'burbs today, he'd probably pass out candy on Halloween just for the chance to meet the children and their parents... to set the stage for future events. I wasn't around back then, but in hindsight, he seems more of a wise honey-over-vinegar sort of guy. He boldly went into the tabernacles with the gambling and women and all. People like this cherry pick from the Bible instead of attempting to get a full picture of just what it is they are touting.
Well the right wing nutters are trying to make child labor a reality again so this checks out.
Load More Replies... So I’m a Christian, and the whole point of Jesus is that he gives his saving grace AS A FREE HANDOUT. The unique thing about Christianity compared to other religions is that you DONT HAVE TO WORK HARD for the forgiveness of God. From the sounds of it , they don’t seem to grasp the basics of Christianity.
Mark Twain: "If Jesus was alive today, the one thing he would not be is a Christian." Nietzsche: "In truth there was only one Christian, and he died on the Cross."
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Wow. Clearly, this family has no clue about what socialism actually is. Or good manners, for that matter.
"Dear Christian nutcase. This is America. Where we egg houses who don't give candy on Halloween. Get used to it." This plus about one dozen eggs should do. :p
Right?! The options are trick or treat. Trick it is, then, fine 'muricans.
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As a Christian, I would like to say that most of us (at least in Canada) are not bad. Unfortunately the christians who read the bible the least tend to be the loudest.
Halloween isnt satanic. I can explain why if anyone wants to know I just dont feel like typing
Is it because Halloween is meant to scare demons and stuff away, that's why we wear scary costumes, I read this in another comment.
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Remember that story about how Jesus feed whole huge crowd with fish and bread and did not want anything in return?
Preferably the Bible.
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I dislike people like this. There's no real evidence to suggest Halloween is against Christianity. I'm a Christian myself, and I celebrate Halloween! Even if it was, they have no right to be so rude about it.
Even more substantial - free loaves and fishes, at least according to those woke gospels.
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Dear fundamentalist Christians. Halloween is a Christian celebration. It was brought into the UK by holy roman empire to take over pagan holidays to make people convert to Christianity. They did this for many holidays to effectively drown out the pagan holidays. Such as oster for easter and yule for christmas. Oct 31 is traditionally the pagan new years eve so the Christians took it over with halloween into all saints day and all souls day. The tradition of dressing up was to hide from bad spirit so they couldn't recognise you and the tradition of trick or treat was children would go house to house to get soul cakes in exchange for extra prayers in church for the deceased of that home over the next couple of days. When the uk decided to expand its empire the tradition spread. So Christian nutjobs ur actually inviting bad souls by your own religions terms by not celebrating
Someone needs to teach these idiots about Samhain and the true origin and meaning of Halloween
B******t! You get free s**t every day... your church doesn't pay taxes!
The church gets free s**t but it's not like they give people money. They use it for keeping the church running and then eventually hoarding the money if the church gets big enough
Load More Replies... Love how they conveniently forget Jesus' #1 teaching is "Give your stuff to others." 😒
Make sure that they sit next to you then. I don't want these cűnts anywhere near me.
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the person who typed out what it says was kinder than theycould have been as it says "Patrotic", not "Patriotic"
Satan's day is halloween? I suddenly want Halloween to be tomorrow as well then.
satan worship and paganism/wicca witchcraft is much more fun tyvm
That kind of sums up the way the republican party has gone in America. They said it so everyone else does not have to.
"No handouts! Unless you're a multi-billion dollar corporation or a trillionaire hoarding wealth who wants tax breaks!"
Halloween isn't "Satan's Day", Devil's Night is. *sets fire to this house*
"Welcome to America", aw yes, because only non-American celebrate Halloween....tf?
BRUH Halloween started to celebrate all the f*****g saints all hallows eve what a bunch of idiots
Our neighbors across the street are awesome people. For real they're a nice normal family, the type of neighbors everyone hopes for. They happen to be Jovovich Witnesses; know what they do on Halloween. They don't decorate & keep the lights out.
Do they realise that most people trick or treating will be kids who are to young to work?
I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home. We didn't celebrate Halloween. But my parents at least just kept the light off, and we'd just watch scary movies in the basement. My mom would buy a bunch of candy and we'd order pizza. This is disgusting.
Christmas traditions are the Roman Catholic Church trying to outdo the pagan celebrations. Nothing in the Bible bout no Christmas tree or Santa!
But the boldness, underlining, and all uppercase just seems mean.
If you look back you'll see one of my comments kinda like this.
It's correct name is 'All hallows eve'. 'Hallow' means to honour as holy, i.e. 'Saint'. 'Eve', meaning immediately before. In other words, it's the day before All saints day. And is supposed to be a celebration and preparation for the following day. The giving of sweets represents preparing for the fasting of that night (traditionally the sweets would be eaten the following day when breaking the fast) and good Christian charity and loving thy neighbour. The candles and jack-o-lanterns are the illumination for holding a vigil. Halloween is a very Christian festival and is the opposite of anything to do with Satan.
way to overgeneralize (also the Bible literally says NOT to do this so they arent even christian in the first place)
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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. 🤣
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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. :)
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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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