Exclusive | I work at Spirit Halloween, and HELLweek is as chaotic as youd think

As a Spirit Halloween sales associate on “Halloweek,” Harmony Morkve has seen it all.A big, biker dude squeezing into a princess dress to be the Tooth Fairy for his daughter.“Tornadoes” of people trying costumes on mid-aisle to skirt fitting room chaos.A never-ending line at the store’s five registers — where shoppers who didn’t get the memo that all sales are final after October 22 often argue, despite the deadline being circled on every receipt.And of course, plenty of teens donning the spooky superstore’s Penis Hat to jump out and scare their friends.But Morkve, a 33-year-old based in American Fork, Utah, who’s worked part-time at her local Spirit since 2025, wouldn’t have it any other way.“What’s nice is that I get so much energy from all the Halloween interactions that it’s super energizing for me,” Morkve, who’s such a massive fan of the haunted holiday that she even got married on October 31 in 2022, told The Post.“My body can get sore from standing all night, but it’s so rewarding,” she revealed, as many locations extend their hours the last two weeks of the season, since about 70% of the company’s entire yearly sales happen during that window.

Though Morkve still has her year-round, 9-to-5 role as a remote recruiter, when the sun goes down in autumn, she goes the way of the werewolf — shedding her corporate skin for the iconic black-and-orange Spirit Halloween apron to earn extra cash at her local store of screams.“I applied as a joke when Spirit Halloween moved into the old Big Lots a few minutes from my house,” Morkve explained.“Apparently this is just who I am now from August through November…It’s changed my life for the better.”Morkve isn’t alone in her ghoulish passion for the over-the-top Halloween chain, which boasts 1,587 locations throughout North America and generates $1.86 billion to $2 billion in annual revenue (with NYC’s 10 to 15 pop-up locations likely accounting for several million do...