Clowns were in abundance at the Tamaqua Lions Club Halloween Parade yet onlookers weren't afraid. After all, why start now after 50 years, some said.

For half a century, the seasonal ritual of All Hallows' Eve has been bringing fun, fright and frolic to thousands who crowd Broad Street for the annual procession of goblins, ghosts and vampires.

Tuesday night might've been the best yet, the largest turnout in years.

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