So since it’s September I think I am allowed to start getting excited about Halloween. The best part are the Haunted Houses!! And in my opinion the home made ones are the best!!! So after doing some research I found some houses that have had them in the past and have been doing them for a long time. So lets keep our fingers crossed that they decided to do them again in 2012!

13710 Carlton Street, Wellington – The Carlton Street Massacre is a homemade haunted house that is open every year on Halloween night from 6:00PM-12:00AM. The Carlton Street Massacre first opened Halloween 2009 and has been growing in quality and popularity since then. Admission is free. Follow on Twitter @CarltonMassacre

1181 Canyon Way, Wellington – Rick Darquea’s crowd-pleasing display is a feast for the eyes. Decorating is a group effort with neighbors helping to prepare for the family’s 4th Annual Halloween Bash set for Oct. 30. Two terrifying gargoyles carefully guard the driveway as you approach and a sinister spider watches you silently from the trees above. Both floors of the front of the home are decorated with special lighting that cast an eerie glow on the hideous Dead-End Cemetery. If you make it to the back of the house alive, a gruesome surprise awaits you. There, an innocent children’s swing set has been transformed into a playground of terror with bloody body parts and hanging skeletons. The nightmare does not end here. The more intense decorations are hidden inside. On Halloween Day, the house will open to all of the neighborhood kids for a walk-through, and they can take pictures or have a chilly drink.

11536 Whitemarsh Drive, Wellington – Josh and Erica Tenore transform the outside of their home into a mysterious haunted house. Find your way through the dense fog in the forest but avoid that monster lurking in the brush. When you tiptoe through the cavern beware the Queen Spider and her offspring. A large, inflated Grim Reaper beckons to you next and if you’re lucky enough to get through, a real skeleton and his friends await your arrival. Your reward for surviving this house of horrors? A sweet treat.

551 Kingsbury Terrace, Wellington – Marc Flesher’s house is always a dreadful delight! He has been expanding his collection for about 15 years. A small skeleton is perched on the mailbox in front of the home. Two ghastly apparitions hover above the welcome entrance. A larger-than-life spider web hangs over the front of the home and a skeletal figure holds the head of the unfortunate victim lying at its feet.