From the archives: Halloween through the years in Las Vegas — PHOTOS
Like ghosts from the past returning to haunt from beyond the grave, we’ve unearthed a collection of relics that have been buried in our archives for decades.
Three-hundred pumpkins died an honorable death to serve as decorations for this home. (Jim Laurie/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Halloween is scary. Scarier still are reminders that the 70s, 80s and 90s really happened.
Like ghosts from the past returning to haunt from beyond the grave, we’ve unearthed a collection of relics that have been buried in our archives for decades. No tricks — we’ve treated you with a collection of the most chilling photos we have on file.
So gather round, goblins and ghouls: it’s about to get real spooky up in here.
Three-hundred pumpkins died an honorable death to serve as decorations for this home. (Jim Laurie/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Oh, nothing, just working on some stuff in my workshop. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
This skeleton is almost as old as its phone. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Four generations of pumpkin carvers, but only one who knows how to cheese for the camera. (Scott Henry/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lyn Maring, 6, grins, showing similar a dental arrangement of Halloween pumpkin and herself while friend her Tony Overfield, 7, shows a decidedly less enthused face in this undated photo. (Meghan Boyle/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Those Bloody Marys will get ya. (Gary Thompson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Whose pumpkin is the best in class? You be the judge. (Gary Thompson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hard to say which of these masks is the most frightening. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Boo! (Rene Germanier/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Not too often you see a chocolate kiss and a bunch of grapes hanging out together, but hey, it's 1983 and it's Halloween. Anything is possible. (Scott Henry/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The in-laws have really let themselves go. (Jim Laurie/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
This little devil is more concerned with the bottle than eternal damnation. (Gary Thompson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Careful, kid, don't want to fall in. (Scott Henry/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Some prefer to carve their pumpkins, others prefer to wear them. (Gary Thompson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Probably the most healthy thing he was going to eat during Halloween of 1979. (Scott Henry/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Who dares to wake Dracula from his nap? (Rene Germanier/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sometimes a photo requires no caption. (Scott Henry/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Let's go trick-or-treating at the house featuring a head-chopping witch and a bag of body parts, that looks inviting. (Gary Thompson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
These costumes are out-of-this world. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
It's 1979, and "Miss Piggy" is among the most popular masks of the Halloween season. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Can they borrow your phone? They're lost and a long way from home. May you return home safe and sound this Halloween. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An altercation broke out in the lobby of North Las Vegas Justice Court after a court hearing for Markeem Benson, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, Renise “NeNe” Wolf.
Brightline West has momentum heading into the new year after securing billions in federal funding for a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California.
Southern Nevada Health District’s top official, Dr. Fermin Leguen, is retiring at the beginning of March, marking an end to a decades-long career that dispatched him across the globe to serve in public health.
