We went about 2 years without doing anything on Halloween and it drove me INSANE. However, Jackie had a younger brother, Joe. I new early on that Joe had "it." I would say "it" is best defined as a characteristic that a person has enabling them to have an intangible ability to frighten, scare, or just plain disturb someone's mind. So one year, I think about '92, I started to arrange for a comeback. I talked to Joe alot the months before and him and I set up a little graveyard at jackie and my trailer. Though the night was a little disappointing (we only had like 10 trick or treaters total) I not knowingly planted a seed that would grow and grow in our community. We decided to try our luck at Joe's house on Henry street (Jackie's mom and dad's) one year. Just Joe, Jackie, and myself that first year. Again, disappointment. We had a few lights and things to illuminate our gravestones and it ended up raining all day and night. But we all knew we had a good location here. By '96, Jackie and Joe's mom and dad decided their house was too big and moved. Luckily, Jackie and I bought the house and following Halloween, Henry Street Horrors was born. Had Jackie, Joe, myself, and about 5 of Joe's high school friends that year. That year was terrific, our neighborhood was hooked. The Halloween of '99 was the beginning to what we hope will be many fantastic Halloweens to come. Joe, Jackie, I needed more "actors" to help out that year. A few of our neighbors were happy to help out.
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