In Germantown, the Maritato Home Haunt is unveiling new animatronics this Halloween season — and the man behind the monsters is an electrical engineer who turned a family tradition into a nationwide business.
Mitch Maritato does more than put up a few decorations for his annual family Halloween haunt. He loved the design process and combined it with his engineering background to eventually invent and sell animatronics to major franchise stores like Spirit Halloween, which sells his creations across the country.
Decades in, his passion hasn’t faded…