The weather cools, the kids return to school and a certain pop-up store creeps in like a ghost, stocked with costumes from Squid Game, SpongeBob, Star Wars and other cultural touchstones: Spirit ...

“Spirit Halloween,” it proclaims. The sign is clearly temporary, just like the store it advertises. Here, for just a few short weeks, shoppers can enter a world of pricey costume pieces and plastic ...

A diaper-clad pet monkey escaped its owner and startled shoppers at a Spirit Halloween store in Plano, Texas, after getting spooked by an animatronic. Police said the monkey was safely retrieved with ...

Just like those inflatable jack-o'-lanterns, Spirit Halloween stores have popped up across the country. There are about 1,400 locations each year selling fake blood, fog machines and lots of costumes.