The Annales Fuldenses, or Annals of Fulda, is a source for 9th-century events in Carolingian lands: the incursions of the Northmen, fighting among the royal relatives, and omens in the sky. It also contains the story of an unfortunate village, an even more unfortunate villager, and the evil spirit that haunted both.
Medieval Halloween: Signs in the Sky, Strange Children, etc
Depiction of the sky over Nuremberg on April 14th, 1561.
From William of Newburgh's 12th-century chronicle, "History of English Affairs," these stories aren't really about Halloween, but they do feel a little Halloween-ish. There's no Michael Myers, zombies, or vampires, but there are strange portents in the sky, toads locked in stone, faerie banquets, green children, and a good number of demons.
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3 Things:
At Medievalists.net, an article on the history of monsters, monstrosity, and dehumanization.
On the British Library's medieval manuscripts blog, charms against evil from their collection.
Sources:
The Church Historians of England, translated by Joseph Stevenson. Seeley's, 1856.
Watkins, C.S.. History and the Supernatural in Medieval England. Cambridge University Press, 2007.