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HOUSE OF LITTLE HORRORS

Halloween-obsessed couple build terrifying ‘Doll Asylum’ by filling their home with hundreds of mutilated children’s toys

Mark Williams and wife Heidi Loutzenhiser welcome hundreds into their home to 'enjoy' the sinister show

WELCOME to the house of little horrors - a Halloween attraction that takes the frightful festival to a sinister new level.

Mark Williams and wife Heidi Loutzenhiser festoon their Oregon home with thousands of creepy dolls every year to celebrate All Hallows' Eve.

The grisly Doll Asylum sees toys mutilated in gruesome manners for a Halloween exhibition
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The grisly Doll Asylum sees toys mutilated in gruesome manners for a Halloween exhibitionCredit: Rex Features
Other dolls are hung from the ceiling of the home in Portland, Oregon, by meat hooks
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Other dolls are hung from the ceiling of the home in Portland, Oregon, by meat hooksCredit: Rex Features
Mark Williams and wife Heidi Loutzenhiser festoon their home with thousands of creepy dolls every year
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Mark Williams and wife Heidi Loutzenhiser festoon their home with thousands of creepy dolls every yearCredit: Rex Features
The macabre spectacle now sees hundreds visit the house over a four-day period every October
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The macabre spectacle now sees hundreds visit the house over a four-day period every OctoberCredit: Rex Features
Alien-like dolls placed in jars are among the creepier sights to be seen at the family home
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Alien-like dolls placed in jars are among the creepier sights to be seen at the family homeCredit: Rex Features
This doll and a skeleton are among more than a 1,000 items that litter the home for the spooky festival
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This doll and a skeleton are among more than a 1,000 items that litter the home for the spooky festivalCredit: Rex Features

The set up takes four weeks to prepare and includes baby dolls in pickle jars, toys torn apart by lawnmowers and hanging by meat hooks.

And the grisly Dolls Asylum display has locals in the city of Portland lapping up the sickly sights.

Hundreds visit the family's home every October.

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A blurb on the eerie exhibition's website reads: "Welcome to the Doll Asylum. We are a place for the old, the decrepit, the forgotten...the insane.

"We try to 'fix' those we can, and provide a place of refuge for those we can't.

Founded in 1867 by German Dr. Hermann Reinhardt, the Doll Asylum's purpose was to receive dolls who were abandoned, neglected, or most importantly, showing signs of psychotic or murderous behaviour.

And they are not confined to the house, with hundreds of deformed dolls scattered around the garden
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And they are not confined to the house, with hundreds of deformed dolls scattered around the gardenCredit: Rex Features
This gang of dolls are some of the lucky ones to have escaped being deformed for the exhibition
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This gang of dolls are some of the lucky ones to have escaped being deformed for the exhibitionCredit: Rex Features
A welcoming message on the website of the Doll Asylum reads: "Welcome to the Doll Asylum. We are a place for the old, the decrepit, the forgotten...the insane"
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A welcoming message on the website of the Doll Asylum reads: "Welcome to the Doll Asylum. We are a place for the old, the decrepit, the forgotten...the insane"Credit: Rex Features
Ominously, it goes on to warn: "You may have trouble sleeping for a few nights"
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Ominously, it goes on to warn: "You may have trouble sleeping for a few nights"Credit: Rex Features
The exhibition has even included its take on the creepy clown craze that has swept the globe throughout October
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The exhibition has even included its take on the creepy clown craze that has swept the globe throughout OctoberCredit: Rex Features

"Doll Maker by hobby, Dr. Reinhardt thought he could bridge the gap between the inanimate and animate and stomp out the dark thoughts that lay beneath."

Ominously, the site later warns potential visitors: "If you find dolls or the macabre offensive, this open house may not be for you.  

"Then again, you only live once... right?

"Long term effects may occur for both Children and Adults (good or bad, it’s hard to say).

"You may have trouble sleeping for a few nights, then be OK , then get really creep’d out with a scary doll dream, then think it’s over, then wake up screaming."

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