Spectators gather in Lakeview for the 27th annual Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade on Oct. 31, 2024. The free-to-watch parade, was ranked one of the top ten in the US by Fodor’s Travel, and features a costume contest with hundreds of entrants featuring $4,000 in cash prizes. Performers with Full Moon Jam twirl fire-lit chains during the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Two people wearing inflatable baby costumes talk closely next to a police officer during the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A person dressed as a Day of the Dead La Calavera Catrina marches during the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Mikey Shock, left, and Alina Orlova take photographs while dressed as witches for the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Two people dressed as poodles talk while waiting to march in the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A person dressed as Big Bird waits to march with others at the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A group of women walk past a man wearing a condom costume in the 800 block of West Belmont Avenue, Oct. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Parade watchers take pictures during the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade in Lakeview on Oct. 31, 2024. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)