The historic city of Salem, billed as the largest celebration of Halloween in the world, is full of costumed fun all month long but especially on Halloween.
Check out some of the costumes we spotted in Salem this year.
Sylvia Yvette Rosa, 52, as Lydia from Beetlejuice and Robert Foglia, 68, as a centaur. They are from Malverne, New York. – Kristi Palma/Boston.comSisters Lauren, 32, and Marissa O’Brien, 31, of Peabody dressed as orange Crocs in Salem on Halloween, 2024. – Kristi Palma/Boston.comMaria Martinez and Ivan Torres, of Syracuse, N.Y., dressed as Bob and Beetlejuice in Salem. – Kristi Palma/Boston.comJahmall and Katie Jones, of Orange, dressed as Beauty and the Beast. – Kristi Palma/Boston.comThis man, who said he only wants to be identified as “a regular guy from Nashua, NH,” said he’s been working on this costume for 10 years and his character’s name is Kraxamess Sqwagmatic from the planet Scumtopia. – Kristi Palma/Boston.comKen Costa, 60, of New Bedford, visited Salem as a 7 foot-tall “terrifying clown.” – Kristi Palma / Boston.comCostumed revelers walk through a graveyard in Salem. – Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesA costumed reveler dressed as Frankenstein’s monster walks among people in Salem. – Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesCostumed revelers dressed as the twins Alexa and Alexie from the movie “The Shinning”. – Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesKami Eller, 16, from Tennessee, dressed as the Lorax. Abid Hossain, 24, Jessica Cabrejos, 22, Lance Chin, 24, Cazim Dreca, 29, Spraha Pandey, 22, and Ashley Sellers, 24, dressed as minions and Gru. Xander Diamond of Nahant is a witch. Buddy Lawruk of Nashua, N.H. couldn’t resist dressing in a “DunKings” costume. This family was decked out in a Star Wars theme. Left to right: Sonny King, 68, and Heather Cote, 44, both of Hollis, Maine; Nick Pinkham, 41, of Auburn, Maine; and Amber King, 40, of Hollis, Maine. Stefan Howard, 39, of Salem dressed as Lucifer. Correen Demers of Salem as Mother Nature. Samantha and Arturo Ayala of Texas dressed as the Day of the Dead bride and groom. Alexandra Herrera, 24, and Joseph Ortiz, 26, of N.Y. dressed as Fiona and Shrek.Maranda, 26, of Worcester and mom Stacey, 55, of Millbury, N.H. as a cop and Barbie. The Chapman family from N.Y. — Amber, Todd, and Cheyenne — as the Flintstones.Erik Rasmus, 33, of Virginia as the Mad Hatter. Damya Bara, 8, of Ashland on her horse. Kristen Agami, from Reading and Sara Hoang and Pamela Thomas, both from Bedford, N.H. are the Sanderson Sisters from “Hocus Pocus.”
Kristi Palma is the travel writer for Boston.com, focusing on the six New England states. She covers airlines, hotels, and things to do across Boston and New England. She is the author of the award-winning Scenic Six, a weekly travel newsletter.
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