A cosplayer wearing the long, black nose of a plague doctor poses with a woman in a face mask for a ...More photo at the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday ...

Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who's been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor.

The Plague Doctor’s eerie beak mask was designed to protect against “evil” smells thought to cause disease. But the truth behind this creepy costume will shock you! Discover the medically ...

It’s not as a doctor plying noble trade that has given the costume its staying power. Plague equaled death, and when you have black garbed doctors roaming around with giant protruding mask noses ...

During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 ...

So, if you see someone wearing a plague doctor costume this Halloween and their history isn’t quite up to snuff, make sure they share their candy with you first, before gently correcting them ...

School officials called the police when a teenager showed up at a Malden high school in a plague doctor costume Tuesday morning. No weapons were found on the 14-year-old, but school officials ...

Karen Lukes spent a month making a plague doctor costume with a skirt to help enforce the social-distancing mandate. "I thought the apocalypse would look different," Lukes said.

Police have said they are keen to trace a person who has been walking around a village dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor. Residents of Hellesdon, ... and pointed beak-like mask.