EXETER TWP., Pa. – For seven years, Jeff Witman and his family have been scaring the neighborhood with their homemade haunted house in Exeter Township.
“We just enjoy doing things for Halloween…for the neighborhood,” Witman said.
He said it all began with his son’s love of Halloween.
“It started with my son saying, ‘Dad, I want to do a haunted house.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, let’s do it,’” Witman said.
Now, the house has become a family tradition, with everyone from his son to his grandkids taking part in building.
“In the graveyard that you saw back, it was his idea with the dogs pulling the skeleton, so it was totally his idea,” Witman said.
It’s a family effort to scare those brave enough to walk through.
“I hope the kids will like it,” said Witman.
He said they’re expecting over a hundred people at the house on Halloween night. Every year, the haunted house only gets bigger and better, he said.
“This is about three times the size of the original one,” Witman said. “It goes from the front yard to the backyard, and it started just in the backyard.”
Witman said his family is not slowing down anytime soon. The neighborhood kids will continue to have something unique for Halloween.
“When we’re building it, they come up and say stuff to us: ‘I can’t wait for you to get it done,’” Witman said.
Even after nearly a decade, he said watching people walk through never gets old.
“I sit out in the driveway and listen to ’em scream,” Witman said.
The haunted house at 100 E. 37th St. is free to walk through on Friday and Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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