The last time Jorge Torres wore a Halloween costume, he was six years old and he was Steve Austin, aka “The Six Million Dollar Man" from the 1970s cult TV show of the same name.

He has not celebrated the holiday since 2007, when he became the head manager of a costume shop in Little Havana, and has since worn the same costume every year: that of a cashier.

Casa de Los Trucos, or House of Tricks, is a family-owned store in Calle Ocho that sells a wide range of costumes, decorations, theatrical makeup and pranks. It’s been a go-to Halloween stop in Miami for over 50 years.

“When it first started, it was a wooden house on cinderblocks, so it kinda reminded me of the house from The Wizard of Oz ,” Torres said. “ So we were lucky that we didn't get any hurricanes at that time because we wo

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