Halloween in Des Moines

Your 2011 guide for all things Halloween in Des Moines

Halloween at Miss Kitty's

Halloween at Miss Kitty's

It was raucous Halloween fun at Kitty's Saturday night

Halloween 2011 downtown bars part 2

Halloween 2011 downtown bars part 2

Even more Halloween photos from downtown

Court Avenue Halloween Costume Contest 2011: Gallery 1

Court Avenue Halloween Costume Contest 2011: Gallery 1

Angry Birds! Robots! A Satyr! Oh my!

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Halloween 2011 downtown bars

Halloween 2011 downtown bars


Thousands descended upon downtown for a night a Halloween fun

Hallowen 2011 West Glen

Halloween 2011 West Glen


West Glen Town Center was the hottest place in West Des Moines for Halloween

Halloween at Miss Kitty's

Halloween at Miss Kitty's


It was raucous Halloween fun at Kitty's Saturday night

Son of Buck's Halloween basher

Son of Buck's Halloween basher


Son of Buck's kicked off its grand opening with a night full of Halloween action

Pumpkin Bash at Gas Lamp

Pumpkin Bash at Gas Lamp


See who turned out to Gas Lamp's inaugural Halloween party

Des Moines Social Club's Best Halloween Ever

Des Moines Social Club's Best Halloween Ever


The Des Moines Social Club partied into the night

Court Avenue Halloween Costume Contest 2011: Gallery 2

Court Avenue Halloween Costume Contest 2011: Gallery 2


See even more photos from our downtown costume contest!

Halloween 2011 downtown bars part 2

Halloween 2011 downtown bars part 2


Even more Halloween photos from downtown

2011 Seven scary local haunted houses

2011 Seven scary local haunted houses


Looking for a scare? Here are 7 local haunted houses to get your Halloween fix

Halloween: The just-missed-it list


4 more costumes we almost featured in this issue

Video: Zombie makeup time lapse

Video: Zombie makeup time lapse


Check out a time-lapse video of artist Justan Carloson creating a zombie look you can re-create for your costume

Amateur assassins who stalk the undead with style

Top 10 badass zombie killers


Amateur assassins who stalk the undead with style

The nation's 13 spookiest haunted houses

America's best Halloween haunted houses


The nation's 13 spookiest haunted houses

The only thing scarier than the music is the cover art

Top 25 spookiest album covers


Creepy classics from Disturbed, Danzig, Slipknot and...the Beatles?

 
 

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Halloween costume: True Blood

Halloween costume: True Blood

“True Blood” is campiness at its finest, a show about vampires and sex and blood and gore
Halloween costume: Over-the-top pop stars

Halloween costume: Over-the-top pop stars

Pop fashion has always been a little crazy, but it seems the bar has been raised with wacko looks from Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Ke$ha.
Halloween costume: Cy-Hawk Trophy

Halloween costume: Cy-Hawk Trophy

An ode to the short-lived Cy-Hawk Trophy
Halloween costume: The most interesting man in Des Moines

Halloween costume: The most interesting man in Des Moines

Loin Cloth Guy. The Mullet Dancer. Des Moines Chuck Norris.
Des Moines Halloween costume shopping adventures

Des Moines Halloween costume shopping adventures

How to shop local and find your perfect scary or sassy costume
Miss Kitty's Halloween 2009

Miss Kitty's Halloween 2009

See who at at Miss Kitty's for Halloween.
Des Moines Social Club Halloween 2009

Des Moines Social Club Halloween 2009

The Des Moines Social Club hosted costumes and bands for Halloween
Des Moines Zombie Walk

Des Moines Zombie Walk 4

The dead were alive and well Saturday in Des Moines
Get scared in Des Moines

Get scared in Des Moines 4

An old army barrack haunts the city's south side
Hallowen 2011 West Glen

Halloween 2011 West Glen

West Glen Town Center was the hottest place in West Des Moines for Halloween

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