One word is enough: Trenitalia 

Ok, so in Italy we don’t really celebrate Halloween, only recently we have adopted this holiday and mostly because it gives us a chance to party. The main holiday here is November 1st, All Saint’s Day (and we get to stay at home).

But many Italian people take this as a chance to celebrate “All Souls’ Day”, which falls on November 2nd and while it’s not a national holiday, it’s still a heartfelt holiday. Basically it’s a day dedicated to the memory of all those who have died and everyone in these two days goes around cemeteries to go and visit their dead relatives. This holiday is not limited to Italy, as it’s a Catholic-related occasion. 

In Italy, there are tons of different local traditions connected to this holiday: in many places they leave sweets and cakes for the dead ones called “Dolci dei morti”, in Sicily they believe that the dead ones come out of their graves in the night between the 1st and the 2nd to leave sweets for the kids, called “Ossa dei morti” (the bones of the dead). In Treviso they eat a bread called “I morti vivi” (the living dead). 

As for creepy Italian stories that anyone can look up:

The legend of Azzurrina (ghost story)

The soap-maker of Correggio (true story, near where I live btw)

The beasts of Satan (true story)

Giulia Tofana

Some ghost stories

Fontanelle cemetery in Naples

Anatomical machines, in Naples as well

With other names it always existed and was celebrated in Italy.

Ancient Romans, Etruscans, and other people leaving here all had their traditions to celebrate the deaths. Between VIII and X century the Church, unable to eradicate pagan traditions, moved the day of the Saints from May to November and also added the day of the Deads to justify those unholy celebrations. 

Since then those traditions have been passed down through the centuries and have remained very much alive (especially, but not only) in southern Italy. Not so many years ago our grandparents made lanterns with turnips or yellow pumpkins, they left food for the dead and were given small treats (cakes, nuts, chestnuts, etc.) long before American "colonization" pushed people to rename it all Halloween. 

Posture series 3!!!!