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"Who are the people in your neighbourhood" I was wondering if anyone was willing to share some personal background and let the Forum understand who are the people that enjoy striking fear in others or just use halloween as a excuse to party? Who are all of us crazy Halloween freaks. List should include everyone from mother and homemaker to the unemployed.

I'm a builder/contractor been in business 14yrs. Enjoy design and construction, this tends to come in handy for Halloween prop design and building. I enjoy the reaction other endure from my display.

im a school photographer. little do these kids know that the man behind the camera is just waiting to scare the living daylights out of them >:') muahahahaha

im 24 , live in socal, and i enjoy going to concerts. im a huge punk fan and a little bit of a metal head oh and i loooove video games. Left 4 Dead is my current favorite.

I am a programmer, but love building things with my hands. Building things in the virtual world pays the bills, but building props comes with its own satisfaction. A couple years ago we bought our first home and my display has grown from there. Scaring ToTs is fun, but I think leaving them with a bit of awe is even more satisfying.

I love horror movies and have a rather large collection, specifically Zombie movies.

Hoping to get a PS3 this year so I can play Left 4 Dead, but for the time being, Dead Rising is my all time favorite!

I am 28...and holding....LOL... I am a painter and a house keeper. I enjoy both and they give me extra time to do things around the haunting season

Originally Posted by Myra Mains

I'm a builder/contractor been in business 14yrs. Enjoy design and construction, this tends to come in handy for Halloween prop design and building. I enjoy the reaction other endure from my display.

I need you to come to texas and build some stuff for me LOL
Gosh i wish I knew someone with your skills that liked excuse me LOVE halloween like we all do

I'm an American who has been living in the Netherlands for the past 9 years. I work as a social worker with young people between the ages of 16 and 23 with a psychiatric problem like ADHD, autisme, borderline, etc....helping them to live a full independent life.
And oh yeah, I'm just into it for the party
No tricker treaters here, so not much choice!
Do make props though for the parties (see webpage)
Our obsession began when a dutch friend of ours wanted to experience an 'american' halloween party. I told him I'd give the party if he'd come in costume. Didn't figure he'd do it but he did. The rest is history lol Going seven years strong and the parties keep getting better and better!

MsM

I'm Muffy, 51 yrs.old, come from a family that decorated every holiday & had block parties in between. My Grandmother started all this! She use to dress up every year as Anut Jamima from the pancake syrup bottle, she sewed all our costumes every year!

I've taken those traditions where ever I have moved, had a diner for 11 yrs in Nebraska thats where I really went crazy, we dug a hole to stick a 20 ft. tree in as part of our outdoor decorations! I keep buying every year, but when I found this forum I completely lost my mind! All this wonderful creativity & great people to share their ideas( and OH the IDEAS!!!) & the help in building things or just help & advice in general.

I started the "North Carolina Haunters" club & now I get to meet monthly here locally with other fanatics just like me!! I'm always on the hunt for new members to solicit, I even found some on Craig's List!lol Fact is ...in this group they all are way more advanced in their haunts than me & my builder....but we are learnin. I also started the online building group here on the forum!

As far as my neighborhood, well they don't do to much here but since I moved in people are putting more out & I just love that! This will be my 4th season here and when I moved in my neighbor told me they don't get tot's here. Well the school bus goes right past my house & that 1st yr. them kids watched me puttin all this stuff in the yard. We had 147, next year 179, & last year we lost count at 275. More & more are coming.

Our haunt is outside decorations but the most fun of it is in the house. We decorate every room & they come thru the house & also get a family photo which I take of each family. First year they were afraid to let the kids come in alone, so I invited the parents in & that was the start of it......now whole families come. We have a commercial popcorn machine & give a bag of that plus a goodie bag. I bake for the parents, they come to eat here>>>>no one is afraid to eat at our house! This year, because we have so many adults come, I am handing out small coffins to the adults with 5 of the gourmet chocolates we make. You can find the construction plans for the coffins on my web site.

I absolutely love what I do & I do it for Xmas too!
I have hords & hords of decorations for Valentines & St. Patrick's Day but they never come out of the boxes>>>>know why.......In those months I'm still recovering from Halloween & Xmas!!!!lol

My advice to you younger people>>>>DO IT NOW!!!! When you get older its much harder but still just as much fun!!

I'm a self-employed Chocolatier, we make candy for stores. Hobbies are surfin the net, making halloween projects, and anything Eric Clapton!! I love him ....he just doesn't know it!!lol

Glad to be in all the company of you fine fellow halloween folks as our beloved season approaches! May the force be with you!

the Muffster

I'm a second grade teacher. Even though I don't live in my school's neighborhood, I've been recognized by students when they come through mine. They get really excited to see me dressed up. Our YMCA has been doing a halloween night for a few years and I was just asked to help out for this year's. I know I will get recognized and for those don't know it's me---I'm going to ask them in a creepy voice if they did their homework!

My husband has a computer background and now works for Xerox as a tech. He is quite useful for building things and making sound effects with computers.

I'm 40. I am in Law Enforcement. I have been an investigator in violent crimes and homicide. I am currently a Crime Scene Investigator and love it. My wife and I bought a house in a small nearby town to where I work. I have a 21 year old step daughter living at home with a beautiful 3 year old. (I'm Papa). I started decorating two years ago. We did a haunted garage thing and last year we moved it into the backyard and it was a huge success. I plan on doing the backyard thing again and thanks to this site have come up with a plethora of ideas.

I am camera shy (i.e. my posts in Members Photos).

Basically I go to work and deal with blood and gore and them come home and make blood and gore.