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The rise of the 12-foot Halloween skeleton

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM CDT
A 12-foot Home Depot skeleton is pictured in the front yard of a Cincinnati home on Sept. 24, 2024. (Sallee Ann Harrison/AP)
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A 12-foot Home Depot skeleton is pictured in the front yard of a Cincinnati home on Sept. 24, 2024. (Sallee Ann Harrison/AP)

Lisa Morton, a Halloween expert and author of “The Halloween Encyclopedia,” joins host Tiziana Dearing to discuss the origin story of those giant 12-foot skeletons that have become a popular Halloween decoration.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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