Along a narrow road near the Chesapeake-and-Delaware Canal lies a village of thrills, chills and screams - but also, laughs and a lot of fun.

One individual is the driving force behind the Halloween season spectacular, The Haunt at Red Lion . Jason Ketchum gets some help from family and friends, but he oversees the set-up, nightly operations and maintenance of animatronics, inflatables and other features that populate the haunted playground, the "evil circus," the haunted pumpkin patch, fog-and-smoke machines and a (simulated) graveyard.

(speaking in the video: Jason Ketchum, and a couple of visitors to The Haunt at Red Lion)

Ketchum also said he's not a particular fan of horror movies.

"I've always been a decorator," Ketchum said. He would set up displays at his previous home state

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