Jon Gear of St. Charles won the “High scare-low budget” category of the annual St. Charles Park District “Gallery of Ghoulish Homes” tour contest. The Halloween fan, who worked as a teenager at Hades Haunted House in Villa Park, estimated he spent about $75 this year decorating his townhouse. That’s more than the expected national average for Halloween decor.

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Tight economy or not, Halloween house decor creeps on