50 Times People Spotted Huge Halloween Jerks

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

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50 Times People Spotted Huge Halloween Jerks

Someone Smashed My Daughter's Pumpkin Last Night, So I Did Some Surgery After She Left For School. Frankenpumpkin Lives

Welcome To Australia

Someone Stole My Friend's Pumpkin, And Someone Gave Her A New Pumpkin

Dear Jerk

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

I Carved A Cute Face On My Halloween Pumpkin. A Squirrel Got Into It, And Now It Looks Like This

Happy Halloween? Found In My Kids' Bucket

This House Had A Really Cool Pennywise Decoration On Their Front Porch Last Week

My Halloween Decorations Got Eaten By A Moose This Morning

They Are Going After Halloween

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"

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

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

This Old Karen Asked How Serious We Were About The Satanic Church Because We Have An Inflatable Dragon For Halloween

My Local Lowe's A Full Month Before Halloween. Next Step: Permanent Year-Long Display

Making Kids Pay For Halloween Candy

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

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

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

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

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

Decorations Stolen - NYC

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

My Daughter’s Elementary School Policy: No Halloween Fun

This Tract I Found In My Son’s Halloween Candy

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

Christmas Stuff Being Sold In August. Bearing In Mind, The Only Thing They Have For Halloween Is A God Costume

This Can't Be Legal

My Kid Got This Leaflet While Trick-Or-Treating

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

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

In Case This Year Hasn’t Been Scary Enough For The Children, This Sign We Put Out Front Oughta Do It

Kids Can’t Be Kids. Halloween Rules

When People Hand Out Stuff Like This On Halloween Instead Of Candy

Stolen Halloween Decor

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