On a 26-acre cattle farm the Butler family dusts off coffins, skeletons and body part props that have been put away since last Halloween. Around town they are known for hosting an elaborate haunted house with themes that make big productions like Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights seem like kids' stuff. ...more

October 21, 2009

Diana Owen's front yard may look like a cemetery, but no one will find any coffins buried six feet under. Skeletal inhabitants are seen resting beside the above-ground headstones. One is even being knocked over by an early Thursday breeze. "I'm probably going to have to stake him," Owen said. A self-professed Halloween fan, Owen and her sister, Connie Christensen, were busy transforming the Swallow Avenue home into a land of frights and screams. ...more

October 31, 2008