KENT COUNTY, MI -- Most fear what lurks in the dark.

Amy and Frank Stabile have made it their home.

It started with an aspiration to open a simple corn maze, but when they bought the property that now hosts Abandoned Acres Farm in 2018, they knew it could be more.

Since then they’ve retired from their jobs as an accountant and a police officer, learned how to care for an orchard and corn fields, and now run a 40-acre haunt for thousands of people in West Michigan every Halloween season.

The couple is supported by a staff of over 120 people, covering everything from security and admissions to set design and scare acting.

“It’s a year round business,” Isaac Schwallier, Abandoned Acres’ senior lead actor, said.

In the spring, they’re traveling to conventions with other people in the ind

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