A Little Truth to Every Myth
After posting about the money-back haunted house urban legend a few days ago, somebody reminded me that Hellsgate Haunted House technically fits the description (multi-story haunt where you have to complete certain things to get your money back), although that haunt shut down over a decade ago, so nobody's out looking for it. Who knows - maybe Hellsgate contributed to the urban legend!
Don’t forget to vote… for your favorite haunt!
You can now vote for your favorite haunted house for 2008 at HauntedHouseChicago.com - click here!
Stephen Lynch : Halloween
I've had this song as an MP3 for years, and just found a live performance on YouTube, so I thought I'd share this twisted tune: Stephen Lynch's "Halloween"
The Legendary Too Scary Money Back Haunted House
It was bound to happen. Today I got an email asking about "that haunted house in West Chicago that's 20 or 21 floors and so scary that if you finish it, you get your money back."So I don't have to send the same email 100 more times before the season's over, I'm telling you all what those of us in the haunted house industry have known for years - The Legendary Too Scary Money Back Haunted House... doesn't exist.To read about this interesting and persistent urban legend, check out the Snopes.com article about it here: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/haunted.asp. (Snopes.com is the best...
Quarantine Contest!
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined...
One More Halloween Amazon Link…
MP3.Amazon.com has set up a Halloween page - spooky music & sound effects on demand!