The college senior had just started teaching at Wilbur Elementary. By Halloween, Alexandra Sweeny was settling in. The University of Delaware student was about three weeks into her student ...

Delaware City: Festivities here begin with a Halloween parade that starts at 6 p.m. Oct. 31 at town hall, 407 Clinton St. and makes its way down to Battery Park.

Joel Best, a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware, looked at reported incidents of "Halloween sadism" going back to 1958, USA TODAY reported in 2017.

Delaware City: Festivities here begin with a Halloween parade that starts at 6 p.m. Oct. 31 at town hall, 407 Clinton St. and makes its way down to Battery Park.