Many, many decades ago, my parents sold the log home that they’d built in Woodland Park on the outskirts of Anchorage, and went looking for an unfinished house to buy.
They decided on one in East Anchorage, quite far out from the city at that time, and on a street with no streetlights. It was built by a married couple, who lived in the basement apartment while they continued working on the two upper stories. The house had a lot of potential.
There was just one problem: any kid in the neighborhood could tell you that the house was “haunted.” 
The original couple died in a murder-suicide. How we found out is another story.
My folks and two younger sisters moved into the basement.
Anyway, the unfinished first floor featured two huge, almost floor-to-ceiling windows on either side of the front door. That Halloween, my mother rigged up a ghost in the kitchen-to-be window, with strings attached that made the ghost’s arms rise and fall when someone manipulated them.
So there my mother sat in the darkened kitchen, pulling on the strings when she saw trick-or-treaters coming up the walkway.
I don’t know if any kids made it as far as the door to get their treats, but my mother had a lot of fun.
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Trying to "connect some dots" here Gullible. A married couple lived in the basement while they continued to build a home. Then, at some point in time, a murder / suicide, by the married couple took place. So when your parents bought the home, it was fully theirs and still needed to be finished. We agree. We doubt if many neighbor kids actually came up to front door with a Ghost moving around by the door for Halloween Treats. Smiling. Cap and Patti
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