Cities, Towns Host Halloween Events Nationwide

Halloween weekend featured a mix of large attractions, neighborhood spectacles and local business‑led festivities across the U.S. Indianapolis published a comprehensive roundup of haunted houses, family events and bar/pub crawls for 2025. Colorado Springs’ Cheyenne Mountain Zoo wrapped its long‑running Boo at the Zoo on Friday, with timed tickets required and more than 20,000 visitors expected. Small towns held community events such as Yorkville’s “Biz Boo!” (about 100 participating businesses) and Kingsport’s downtown “Creepy Crawl,” while neighborhood displays like Burbank’s over‑the‑top “Clown House” and family programming in Buffalo attracted local crowds. Pop‑culture and social media amplified the holiday, and Austin’s “Night Owl” podcast continued a science‑ and history‑based investigation into local ghost stories using blind psychic readings and recommending sites for curious amateur investigators.