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    I am thinking of starting one of these just as a side thing for people to look at while in line for my haunt, perhapse expand it if there is interest. I plan to do an article on those inducted and perhapse have some photos if available

    I am looking for nominations, it can be a group that opperated a great haunted house, it can be an individual that had a tremendous impact on the haunted house industry, it can be a vendor that has changed haunting, etc.

    My first nomination is the Hamilton Fairfiend Jaycees
    They started the first seasonal haunted house
    It was in Cincinnati 1970
    It was for charity
    you can read more about it at
    http://community-2.webtv.net/haunt66...EOF/page3.html

  • #2
    Harry Tarver would also be a good inductee for the introduction of animations to dark attractions. In 1930, his Laff in the Dark ride featured a flat kicking mule, an alligator with moving jaws, and a statue that would topple over towards you as you rode past.

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    • #3
      I would agree with that cinncinatti nomination.
      Timothy Herron, aka Horror Host Baron Von Wolfenstein, was a major player in that I believe.

      If you need contact info for him, lemme know
      Gravely MacCabre
      aka Ricky Dick
      Castle Blood Haunted Adventure Tour
      and
      Midnight Monster Hop
      Horror Host Show

      Beallsville, PA 15313
      www.castleblood.com
      www.midnightmonsterhop.com
      www.myspace.com/midnightmonsterhop.com

      Media Director for National Halloween Convention

      http://www.halloweenshow.com
      Lifetime achievement award winner
      International Costumers Guild

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      • #4
        Archaeologists did discover the maze built by the ancient Greeks where those mythological monsters waited in the dark, Minotaur and friends.

        A fancy term for "maze"is "labyrinth". I don't remember what color the dots had been painted in the dot room, hollowed out log = spinning tunnel, Greek fire pyro techniques.
        Society's need to scare one another beyond selfish or political reasons matured as people became more secure and confident to handle fear as only entertainment.

        I had an old van parked beside my house that I made haunt bumper stickers for using haunt names from around the country as if this van had been to see all of them, I thought this was fun. The other fun concept behind this idea was that the van made it to my place, then quit!
        "Brad & Janet" all over again!
        hauntedravensgrin.com

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        • #5
          Are you trying to make a Hall of Fame for people in the industry or haunts themselves? I've talked about this before and think our industry should have one. Heck I would love nothing more than to see a Haunted House Museum spring up sometime in conjunction with a Hall of Fame. That would be cool... show all kinds of props dating back to whenever to now. Maybe even include Dark Rides along with it...

          If I was going to nominate someone I would nominate Distortions Ed Edmunds and his wife Jan. They're the original haunted house supply company, doing what no one ever though could be done! They are truly the start of this crazy thing known has 'haunt vendor'.

          Larry
          Larry Kirchner
          President
          www.HalloweenProductions.com
          www.BlacklightAttractions.com
          www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
          www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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          • #6
            Hey Larry, I think you're confusing Janene with Ed's wife, Marsha!

            Allan

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            • #7
              I would nominate House of Frankenstein in Lake George, NY.........that place has been so long people are bringing their kids and grandkids there because they had such a great time when they were younger

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              • #8
                I try to ask customers how they discovered my place? One day I asked a tall, muscular young man about 18 (my guess, he drove here) this question.
                He said his Dad told him abit The Ravens Grin Inn. Then he said his Dad had been here when he was in 4th or 5th grade!!!!
                "?"
                (Was the kid's Dad making babys when he was , how old?)
                I get people that are obviously adults coming here that tell me they were first here when they we smal children!?
                I have only owned the house for 20 years but it was haunted via reputation ever since 1925 that I know of...the elderly people here in town have told me their stories.
                hauntedravensgrin.com

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                • #9
                  Whoops ... Marsha Marsha Marsha... LOL

                  The person I made the mistake of saying was the person who answers their phones I believe. Whoops.

                  Anyway I would nominate them both in a heartbeat. Distortions is a pioneer in our industry, bar none! They made it possible for the rest of the vendors to exist. Without Distortions the haunt industry would be at least five years behind where it is right now. And that is a fact!

                  Larry
                  Larry Kirchner
                  President
                  www.HalloweenProductions.com
                  www.BlacklightAttractions.com
                  www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
                  www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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                  • #10
                    If you're just nominating haunted houses I would have a few for you...

                    Haunted Schoolhouse started what almost 40 years ago and still goes strong today...

                    There was a haunt in St. Louis called Thayre Ashton Mansion that really set the world on fire by busing people to the attraction. It might be one of the first mega haunts in the country, doing about 60,000 people, even back in the 80's and marketed itself as a real haunted house.

                    It caught on fire in the off season and burned to the ground. It opened one more year with an all outdoor haunt but that was it...never opened again. I can get photos of that for you if you want.

                    Larry
                    Larry Kirchner
                    President
                    www.HalloweenProductions.com
                    www.BlacklightAttractions.com
                    www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
                    www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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                    • #11
                      I thought I would start small with it just being for people going to the haunt and see if there is any interest.
                      I would like to make it bigger much like you said and display the evolution of props and haunt makeup, etc.

                      Another haunt I would consider would be Bloodview Heights in Cleveland.
                      Still for charity after all these years.

                      I agree with the Distortions nomination.

                      Other people maybe Walt Disney and Phillip Morris (He did write the book after all)

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                      • #12
                        how long has bloodview been around?

                        i know St. Rita's haunted house (Cincinnati, OH) has been around for many. many years as a charity haunt.

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                        • #13
                          PHILLIP MORRIS should definetly be on that list, and i do agree with larry that the haunted school house is a staple in haunted houses today and even years apon years ago....first class haunt all the way.. What about HORRIFICUS he is for sure a shoe in?? just kidding!!

                          Jason Blaszczak
                          SCREAMLINE STUDIOS

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                          • #14
                            Bloodview has raised over $1.6 million in their 26 years of haunting.

                            St. Rita's is also a good charity haunt.

                            Don Post Studios was the first to create the latex mask.

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                            • #15
                              Jaycees

                              Any hall of fame would hopefully give credit to all the local Jaycees chapters that started the haunted house fundraising idea. Several chapters have already been mentioned. Any that started in the 60's-80's and are still around, should be included.

                              I went down to the library and researched our local paper archives. In 1968 there was a promo picture for the Huntington Jaycees haunted house.

                              So, that would make this year our 40th anniversary.
                              Attached Files
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                              Brett Molitor (aka ~ JamBam) Member of HAA

                              Haunted Hotel-13th Floor (est by Huntington Jaycees in 1968 8) )
                              Longest running Haunted House in the WORLD!!

                              Hysterium Haunted Asylum (old Haunted Cave), Fort Wayne Indiana

                              Hysterium Escapes - 4 rooms with 3 themes


                              www.HauntedHuntington.com

                              www.facebook.com/hauntedhotel

                              www.Hysterium.com

                              www.facebook.com/HysteriumFtWayne

                              www.hysteriumescapes.com

                              www.facebook.com/hysteriumescapes


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