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What creepy thrills await at West Acton’s haunted house this year?

October 30, 2023

Theo Zuffante caught the haunted house bug seven years ago. Zuffane was an eighth grader at Acton Middle School when he decided to turn his family’s front porch on Pleasant Street in West Acton for Halloween to make it a haunted room in an old castle. He constructed a set of 8’ x 8’ antiqued castle doors that the trick-or-treaters would have to open to enter the creepy room and get their treats. He and his twin sister, Zoe, have put on a Halloween extravaganza every year since, with the theme changing each year. Every year the display includes a