Halloween 2019: Submit Your Haunt For Patch's Tour o' Scary Yards

It's that time of year again, when goblins, crazy clowns, butchered bodies and zombies start popping up on lawns all across Chicagoland. Patch is compiling its annual Halloween list of yard haunts that are worth gaping at. We're also interested in kid-friendly, whimsical Halloween-decorated yards where little ones aren't likely to be chased by a maniac with a chainsaw.

If your yard is worth a drive-by this Halloween, shoot us an email. We'll keep adding to the 2019 tour o' haunted yards leading up to Halloween, which this year falls on Thursday, Oct. 31.

Please include the following information:

• We prefer that the homeowner submit his or her own yard, or at least an immediate neighbor or close relative.
• Include the exact address of the yard haunt.
• Let us know the dates and hours when your display will be available for viewing, so people aren't ringing your doorbell or bothering your neighbors in the middle of the night.
• Please don't submit a Halloween-decorated home you recall from five or ten years ago. That person may no longer be decorating their house for Halloween, and we don't want people wasting gas.
• Does your yard haunt have a name? Be sure to include it or we can help you make one up.
• Tell us about any special effects, live actors, walk-throughs or other features that makes your yard haunt special.
• Does your display have a Facebook page or website? Be sure to include the links.
• Are you collecting donations for a charity, food pantry or pet shelter? Let us know.
• Include a phone number (not for publication) in case Patch needs to contact you.
• Most important: what kind of Halloween candy are you passing out to trick-or-treaters?

We're starting to contact people who've submitted their Halloween haunts from past years. We do our best to verify each address, and we're always looking for new haunts. Try to get us your info by Oct. 3 for unveiling of the 2019 list.

IMPORTANT: By submitting a photo, you're giving Patch permission to publish it for this feature and future stories.

Send your information and pictures to lorraine.swanson@patch.com. We'll be running the list and updating it every weekend up until Halloween.