SCRANTON, Pa. — Along this quiet alley in Scranton , the ghouls and goblins come alive in Dawn Sherman's garage.

Organizer Dawn Sherman says, "It's just something I wanted to do, and I thought, the kids wear the costumes, what three hours a night if that?"

Once October rolls around, the space is transformed into a Halloween hot spot.

Costumes are stacked and tables are filled with everything from masks to makeup, all of it free for families.

"It started out in my two-bedroom apartment. My mom and I would take one day and deliver from here to Wilkes-Barre, and it just turned into this. It turned into people having to come pick them up because it just got too big," says Sherman.

Dawn's Mom, Sharon Keen, says, "The first day we opened, which was last Friday, we had 146 costumes in one

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