Wednesday afternoon, the Recheizer family was putting together the final touches of a 10-year tradition.

“We used to do it in our garage [and] we only used to get about 100 people,” said Richard Recheizer, father at the Dead End Haunted House.

That number has crept its way up to about 600 each year, forcing Schenectady couple Richard and Crystal Recheizer to move their annual haunted house event to the backyard.

“We're really excited to do this. [It is] back bigger and better than ever,” said Crystal.

After a nearly-two-year hiatus, Fourth Avenue’s largest Halloween attraction is back. The reason for the hiatus started in 2016, just after Thanksgiving.

“He had the worst headache of his life. It was extreme pain [and] he didn’t know what it was,” said Crystal. “Luckily, he didn’t die from it, but the MRI found a small one-millimeter aneurysm."

The brain aneurysm left Richard with both unimaginable constant pain, which he has now had for 11 months consecutively, and an emptiness during Halloween.

“Not doing it last year was depression. It was hard,” said Crystal.

This Halloween, the Recheizer family is accepting donations for a brain aneurysm foundation.

“We're not asking for a set amount; just hoping people donate whatever they feel comfortable with and help spread awareness," said Crystal.