Trick-or-treat hours: your town sets them, not the nation

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA viewer on bbn. live asks, with three question marks, when do kids go trick-or-treating, and what time?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe honest answer is there's no nationwide start time. Fresh Calendars reports each city or town sets its own hours.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUsually it starts between five and six Eastern and wraps between seven and nine Eastern.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBut most Chicago-area towns run three to seven, and the city of Chicago has no official hours at all.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo a child in the suburbs could finish, cross the city line, and simply carry on.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a child with a plan.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd tonight is the last night of daylight saving, clocks fall back after, so a sufficiently ruthless eight-year-old gets an extra hour of doorbells. The whole system is held together by porch lights.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Massachusetts, Waltham leaves it to parents, and Boston police suggest wrapping up by eight.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSuggest. So the enforcement is a tired dad saying one more house.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMany towns haven't posted twenty twenty-six times, so check your city or county website. Ask us anything at bbn. live.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHank, admit it. Total chaos.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLights on, open. Lights off, closed. It's the only schedule that's ever worked.