Each Halloween season, the family-friendly Stocker Farms in Snohomish transforms into its haunted alter ego: Stalker Farms. When the sun goes down each weekend, the farm is overrun by fans traversing its “haunted corn trails” and facing the frights of dozens of scare actors hidden throughout them.

As Stalker Farms nears the end of its 26th season — it’s open through Sunday — the Halloween event has grown into a full-scale seasonal attraction, featuring as many as 76 scare actors each night, three themed haunted corn trails, campfire rentals and more.

The farm has been in the Stocker family since 1919, when Keith Stocker’s grandfather settled onto the property. Stocker, now the farm’s owner, said the haunted attraction was discovered by accident one night in the early 2000s.

“On Halloween night, we told the guests as they came in that evening, ‘Hey, the corn maze is haunted tonight,’ ” Stocker said.…