Humans of Granville
Trick-or-Treat
Hundreds of people in scary, quirky and cute costumes haunted Granger Street in Granville for the village's annual trick-or-treat celebration.
In our ongoing series depicting the lives of the people of Licking County, we checked in with the lives under the costumes.
Answers have been edited for clarity.
Michele (left) and Darren Kennedy. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Michele (left) and Darren Kennedy. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Darren and Michele Kennedy
Granville residents
“I grew up out off Welsh Hills Road and Hickory Hills. People had haunted houses. Everybody had an open house, everybody decorated. It was just really, really cool.”
- Michele Kennedy
“We donate candy to Granger Street. We just drop it off there, because they give something like 1,500 pieces of candy [during trick-or-treat].”
- Darren Kennedy
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Ashlyn Judge dressed as a Furby with her daughter, her son dressed as a fly trap and her husband, Graham, dressed as a fly.
“It was his idea,” Judge said. “He said: ‘I’m going to be a fly trap, and you’re gonna be a fly, Dad.’ And that’s how it worked out, and here we are.”
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Previous costumes for the Lenfest family include Ryan Reynolds characters, Disney characters and the cast of Stranger Things. This year, they went as nine Luigis.
Photo by Shaye Phillips
Photo by Shaye Phillips
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
It was a series of Halloween “firsts” for the Riegle family: It was Jessica’s first trick-or-treat in Granville since moving here, and it was Veronica’s first-ever trick-or-treat.
Photo by Tyler Thompson
Photo by Tyler Thompson
Mike Flood hands out candy on his front door step, encased by Mickey Mouse jack o'lanterns. Flood admitted his wife worked on the decorations this year. “Instead of scarier decorations, we wanted to go lighter,” Flood said.
Maddie, Emma, Sonja and Brian Miller. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Maddie, Emma, Sonja and Brian Miller. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Emma, left, and Maddie Miller dressed as Star Trek characters. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Emma, left, and Maddie Miller dressed as Star Trek characters. Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Maddie, Emma, Sonja and Brian Miller in front of their Star Trek-themed decorations dressed as various characters from the show.
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Photo by Maddie Luebkert
Gisele and Leah Cotterman
Gisele (left) and Leah Cotterman dressed as Cinderella and her helper mouse, protecting Gisele from the rain. Gisele said, “I wanted to feel like a princess this year, so I dressed up as a princess.” Instead of glass slippers, this Cinderella wore her UGG boots for comfort.
Ella Diehl, Maddie Luebkert, Shaye Phillips and Tyler Thompson write for TheReportingProject.org, the nonprofit news organization of Denison University’s Journalism program, which is supported by generous donations from readers. Sign up for The Reporting Project newsletter here.
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