Smithville's Haunted Campground at Smith's Fork Park offers families a place to get outside and enjoy trick or treating. On Saturday, Oct. 24, families from all over set up trailers and other groups place tables and hand out hundreds of treats.
Keely Bright, 10, and her little brother, Grant, 4, dress as a scarecrow and Jack Skellington from “Nightmare Before Christmas.” Grant had a cloth mask under his Jack mask while Keely’s mask was made by her mother. The two were with their father Kenneth at the Smithville Haunted Campground Saturday, Oct. 24.
Elsa Littlejohn and Angie Viebrock from the Farm Wife's Table sit in their created parlor at the Smithville Haunted Campground Saturday, Oct. 24. Littlejohn's son Logan started the haunted campground as his Eagle Scout project in 2015.
Vickie and Dave Ballinger from Excelsior Springs are joined by their daughter and grandson as the family participates in Smithville’s Haunted Campground Saturday, Oct. 24. The family has participated for two years, handing out candy to all the visitors of Smith’s Fork Campground.
The Mueller family pauses during their volunteer time at the North Lake Church booth which looked like part of the game Candyland at the Smithville Haunted Campground Saturday, Oct. 24. The sisters, from left, are Hailey, 17; Kennedy, 8; Emmalynn, 11; and Skyler, 8.
James Blum, Kansas City North, decided to jump ahead a couple of holidays to find inspiration for his look as cousin Eddie Johnson from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" for the Smithville Haunted Campground Saturday, Oct. 24.
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