Take your pick: Trick or treat?
Maybe you want an abandoned barn, crawling zombies or unexplained blood drops on the floor. Maybe you're seeking the horror thrills found in a beheaded corpse or rotting dolls with eyes that follow you, or the sound of a chainsaw nearby.
Or, clowns. There's always clowns.
Haunted houses in Sioux Falls open their rickety doors this month. But if you can't hack the heebie-jeebies, maybe you want bubbles and pumpkin launchers instead or a dance party with new penguins at the zoo. There are less scary experiences here, too.
Here is a list of Halloween events in the Sioux Falls area to make the next 31 days scary or sweet.
Haunted houses to visit throughout October
“Boo-land Libraries” is hosting a Scary on the Prairie short-story Horror Writing Contest