PHOTOS: Riverside Couple’s Scream-Worthy Halloween Tour: Not for the Faint of Heart

John O’Brien and his fiancée Courtney Ross-Tait have gone all out to decorate 45 Lockwood Lane for Halloween since the start of the pandemic.

Their first effort was at the beginning of the pandemic, the year Halloween was canceled.

O’Brien said their own young children love the holiday and they made the visit safe for guests with social distancing, a sanitizing station and masking.

This year the couple outdid themselves with a 360° tour around the property featuring spiders, monsters, zombies, witches, werewolves, towering skeletons, and creepy clowns.

According to O’Brien, on Sunday night about 1,500 people had passed through and he anticipated even more on Halloween.

Indeed, the night was punctuated with both laughter and screams as costumed families both local and as far away as Hartford made their way around the property, which featured animatronic scarecrows and zombies who lurched toward the unsuspecting.

There were even some actors in costume who spooked guests as they made their way along the haunted pathway.

Thank you to John and Courtney for the memorable holiday!

Courtney Ross-Tait and John O’Brien outside the entrance to the haunted tour at their home on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Families visited the Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
John O’Brien and Simon Hudson at the entrance to a haunted walk on Lockwood Lane. Oct 30, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Hector Arzeno, Courtney Ross-Tait, John O’Brien and Steve Meskers. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
John O’Brien with a severed head and Steve Meskers at the Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Friends and families visited the Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Families visited the Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager
Halloween display on Lockwood Lane. Oct 31, 2022 Photo: Leslie Yager