my friends and i have been trying to remember the name of a haunted house. we aren't too sure if it even still exisits. i was located somewhere in the saint louis MO area. it featured something like 10 floors, and if you made it all the way to the top you got a $100 prize, or a prize along those lines. if anyone knows if this haunted house still exists or if they know the name, or location please reply. thank you.
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Hummmmmmmm
I thought that was in the ATL.....
or in Chicago or Detroit, I don't know I heard of so many shows like that in a row.
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YES IT DOES EXIST. and it's in Kentucky. It's called the PANIC ROOM, it's part of the Hustonville Haunted House. check it out at www.hauntman.com
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It probably does exist but since it has such TREMENDOUS overhead (you know, like rent or purchase price, property taxes) and it's location is kept secret (have you seen any ads for them anywhere? No!) it must be owned by a VERY RICH, eccentric person, and they have kept it's location secret for at least ? 15? years , they will probably be keeping it's location secret for another 15 years.
Of course maybe the location is kept secret because they actually never give anyone any money for completeing the imaginary "mission", and they are simply in the organ-harvesting business.
Those darn aliens!
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Originally posted by hauntmanWe'll let you know how it turns out, this will be the first year for the money back thing, so who knows, but it is bringing in a lot of interest from want to be visitors to the media, so we'll see what happens,
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theres a haunt called urban legends that does a moneyback thing... I dont know anything abou them other than that Chad Savage did their site....
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As far as I know Urban Legends was the first haunt in the nation to try the idea. I suggested doing it in 2000 when I ran that haunt after having a bad year in 1999. It worked great the first 2 years. We saw a ton of customers. Then the novelty wore off. I am no longer involved with them but I don't think they offered the money back thing the last 2 or 3 years.
I think Fear Factory offers the same promotion now or a variation on it. Several haunts offered similar gimmicks after they saw the success we had with it. One haunt themed around Willy Wonka and offered a "Find the golden ticket" get your money back. Another offered a find the wizard and get a chance to win $1000.00. And a few others did the find the secret room and get your money back.
It seems once you come up with a winning formula, the competition always tries to steal the idea from you the next year. I have experienced it several times over my haunting career. It just goes with the business I guess.
The only thing I can say about the idea is that it is just a gimmick. In a new area if promoted well it will probably do well for a couple years than it will fade off.
Good luck to anyone who tries it,
Howie
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I can tell you that in 2000 we had just under 25,000 customers and if I remember correctly 2200 got their money back. In 2001 we saw a little over 19,000 and about 1800 got their money back. We had proof. When they found the room the monster inside wood take a Polaroid of the group holding a sign that said "We got our money back." Then they took it to the ticket window to get paid. We would then place their pic on a wall of fame near the entrance for everyone to see.
Howie
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