The creatures of the night — the warty witches, the busty barmaids, the gruesome undead, the Michael Jacksons — came out in hordes. An almost full moon gleamed on the crisp October-into-November night. Yes, the ghouls were out on State Street, but throughout the night they were relatively well-behaved.This is the fourth year of the city-sponsored Freakfest, the gated event that began in 2006 in an effort to tame Madisonâ??s wild and unwieldy Halloween party. Since then, city officials and police have called the event a success. About 44,000 tickets were sold this year, police said, up from 38,000 last year.
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