A Halloween fanatic in Missouri has decked out his home in $100,000 worth of decorations to created a haunted house for visitors to walk through free of charge.

Chris Donaubauer, who lives in the St Charles suburb of St Louis, has built his huge Halloween display every year for the last 16 years.

He allows visitors to walk through his garage, back yard and the side of his house free of charge so they can admire the vast ‘Dead-Man carnival’.

Chris Donaubauer, who lives in the St Charles suburb of St Louis, has built his huge Halloween display every year for the last 16 years, and up to a thousand visitors walk through it each night

Chris Donaubauer, who lives in the St Charles suburb of St Louis, has built his huge Halloween display every year for the last 16 years, and up to a thousand visitors walk through it each night

He allows visitors to walk through his garage, back yard and the side of his house free of charge so they can admire the vast 'Dead-Man carnival'

He allows visitors to walk through his garage, back yard and the side of his house free of charge so they can admire the vast 'Dead-Man carnival'

He allows visitors to walk through his garage, back yard and the side of his house free of charge so they can admire the vast ‘Dead-Man carnival’

He estimates that his display is worth about $100,000, and this year’s spooky exhibit features $2,000 worth of new signs, lights and more.

Donaubauer says that he collects his decorations through a variety of ways, including re-purposing broken animatronics and building wooden signs.

And occasionally, people will drop off decorations on his front door.

Families come to his house every day of the week between 6pm and 9pm just to see the display, and Donaubauer even runs a Facebook page where he gives updates on sudden closures due to weather.

His 16-year-old son gives tours to those too afraid to walk through themselves, and Donaubauer stays on the driveway to greet people as they come up.

Families come to his house every day of the week between 6pm and 9pm just to see the display, and Donaubauer even runs a Facebook page where he gives updates on sudden closures due to weather

Families come to his house every day of the week between 6pm and 9pm just to see the display, and Donaubauer even runs a Facebook page where he gives updates on sudden closures due to weather

Families come to his house every day of the week between 6pm and 9pm just to see the display, and Donaubauer even runs a Facebook page where he gives updates on sudden closures due to weather

His 16-year-old son gives tours to those too afraid to walk through themselves, and Donaubauer stays on the driveway to greet people as they come up

His 16-year-old son gives tours to those too afraid to walk through themselves, and Donaubauer stays on the driveway to greet people as they come up

His 16-year-old son gives tours to those too afraid to walk through themselves, and Donaubauer stays on the driveway to greet people as they come up

He says that he often has turn down cash that visitors want to give him after walking through the home, but he always turns it down.

‘Look at all the kids coming through,’ Donaubauer tells CBS St Louis. ‘I had a 50-, 60-year-old guy here, he was like a kid in a candy store.’

Donaubauer believes that between 700 and 1,000 cars visit his home every night, and on Halloween the crowd is even bigger.

He speculates that even when he’s old, he’ll direct his son in putting up the display.

Each year on November 1, the day after Halloween, Donaubauer tears down the display and prepares for his Christmas light display.

Donaubauer says that he often has turn down cash that visitors want to give him after walking through the home, but he always turns it down

Donaubauer says that he often has turn down cash that visitors want to give him after walking through the home, but he always turns it down

Donaubauer says that he often has turn down cash that visitors want to give him after walking through the home, but he always turns it down

 

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