My haunt Deadly Intentions is about to enter our 10th and final season tomorrow. I have sold the attraction and have decided to end my 26 year career due to health problems. I'm ok not dying or anything!
I would like to thank all the people I have met in this industry. You guys are some of the best, hardest working individuals I have ever met. I feel grateful to have been part of the haunt business for as long as I have. I have so many great memories and some really bad ones as well but, I would not have changed a thing.
We are located in Warren Michigan which is a suburb of Detroit. Michigan has long since been known as the haunting capital of the world. We received this honor due to the number of attractions located within such a small proximity to each other. Three years ago I believe there were something like 40 haunted attractions within sixty miles of my attraction. There are some top notch haunts here. Erebus, which is owned by Ed Terebus who also prints a local, industry, seasonal guide to haunted attractions and had the Guinness Record for longest walk through haunt for several years tops the list. His show is amazing and receives more attention and customers than any other. What a great guy. There are also several haunts that have been around for more than 15 years and with the amount of competition, that is quite an accomplishment. There are also a ton who have come and gone. I am looking forward to getting to go see all these great haunts next year, some for the first time.
I would personally like to thank all my cast and crew for their loyalty and dedication through the years. I have the best actors around who are not happy unless they have our customers screaming in terror and begging to be released from the horror. They are why we have survived 10 years. I love them. It is because of them that Deadly has the great reputation that it does. I have had other haunt owners in the past ask me if they could buy some of my actors. LOL!
Now that it is almost over, I have so many mixed emotions. I know the guys from The Deadland who I sold the haunt to, will do a great job in the future and continue to give our customers a top notch show. They have actually been the ones the last two years to come in and do the inside re-designing with me not able to contribute much except for ideas and what I wanted to see. It finally looks the way I have always dreamed. It is now probably one of the most detailed haunted attractions in the country. However knowing the end is near makes me reflect on the last quarter century and realize just how much I will miss this industry!
Most of all I would like to thank the loyal customers and fans of Deadly Intentions! It always amazes me to see some of the same faces year after year. Sometimes several times in a season. They post on our web site year round and are always interested in what we have in store for them the next year. They also are not afraid to give their honest opinion whether it's good or bad. I always appreciate the honest feedback and try to listen to their suggestions for what they want to see. It's because of them that I redesign the entire attraction every year so they never have the same experience the following year. It's because of them that I strive to improve my show and come up with new ideas and try new things every year. Some work and some don't, but I try none the less to be as creative as possible and to create an attraction that is not like any of our competition.
As always, I will continue to visit these forums and interject when I feel I have something to contribute. I am always available if someone needs some advice or has a question. I may not know everything about the haunted attraction business but I now a lot. So feel free to email me at: Slobberinc@aol.com or PM me right here on Hauntworld. I have also decided to team up with a writer and write a book about all my experiences in the haunted attraction business. Look for it late next year.
I wish all the haunt customers around the country a safe, scary and fun Halloween season and hope that every haunted attraction owner and crew have the best year they have ever had and continued success to all.
I would like to thank all the people I have met in this industry. You guys are some of the best, hardest working individuals I have ever met. I feel grateful to have been part of the haunt business for as long as I have. I have so many great memories and some really bad ones as well but, I would not have changed a thing.
We are located in Warren Michigan which is a suburb of Detroit. Michigan has long since been known as the haunting capital of the world. We received this honor due to the number of attractions located within such a small proximity to each other. Three years ago I believe there were something like 40 haunted attractions within sixty miles of my attraction. There are some top notch haunts here. Erebus, which is owned by Ed Terebus who also prints a local, industry, seasonal guide to haunted attractions and had the Guinness Record for longest walk through haunt for several years tops the list. His show is amazing and receives more attention and customers than any other. What a great guy. There are also several haunts that have been around for more than 15 years and with the amount of competition, that is quite an accomplishment. There are also a ton who have come and gone. I am looking forward to getting to go see all these great haunts next year, some for the first time.
I would personally like to thank all my cast and crew for their loyalty and dedication through the years. I have the best actors around who are not happy unless they have our customers screaming in terror and begging to be released from the horror. They are why we have survived 10 years. I love them. It is because of them that Deadly has the great reputation that it does. I have had other haunt owners in the past ask me if they could buy some of my actors. LOL!
Now that it is almost over, I have so many mixed emotions. I know the guys from The Deadland who I sold the haunt to, will do a great job in the future and continue to give our customers a top notch show. They have actually been the ones the last two years to come in and do the inside re-designing with me not able to contribute much except for ideas and what I wanted to see. It finally looks the way I have always dreamed. It is now probably one of the most detailed haunted attractions in the country. However knowing the end is near makes me reflect on the last quarter century and realize just how much I will miss this industry!
Most of all I would like to thank the loyal customers and fans of Deadly Intentions! It always amazes me to see some of the same faces year after year. Sometimes several times in a season. They post on our web site year round and are always interested in what we have in store for them the next year. They also are not afraid to give their honest opinion whether it's good or bad. I always appreciate the honest feedback and try to listen to their suggestions for what they want to see. It's because of them that I redesign the entire attraction every year so they never have the same experience the following year. It's because of them that I strive to improve my show and come up with new ideas and try new things every year. Some work and some don't, but I try none the less to be as creative as possible and to create an attraction that is not like any of our competition.
As always, I will continue to visit these forums and interject when I feel I have something to contribute. I am always available if someone needs some advice or has a question. I may not know everything about the haunted attraction business but I now a lot. So feel free to email me at: Slobberinc@aol.com or PM me right here on Hauntworld. I have also decided to team up with a writer and write a book about all my experiences in the haunted attraction business. Look for it late next year.
I wish all the haunt customers around the country a safe, scary and fun Halloween season and hope that every haunted attraction owner and crew have the best year they have ever had and continued success to all.
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