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  1. The "Ambiance Haunt"

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    For many years, I only did what I called an "Ambience Haunt". No scares at all, just a setting to create a mood.

    Whether it was a display in my front yard or a walk-through, it was really all set design. No pop-ups, no startling sound effects.

    Maybe the sound of thunder in the distance, or the caw of crows in the background.

    If I had someone as an actor, the role was one of telling a story, NOT ...
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  2. NameMyHaunt.com

    I don't know if you ever saw the blog about a Haunt Name Generator from earlier in 2021.

    Well, Mindblender did and the result is https://namemyhaunt.com/ !
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    This is a pretty cool haunt name generator that combines some info you provide with a bunch of haunt-themed words and spits out stuff like:
    DryRot's Devil's Dominion of Dread
    Bleak scarecrow of The Doomed
    (The) Monster Carnival of Loathing

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  3. Holy Order of Screams

    I don't know why I love "generators". Put in some info and your Vampire name pops out or whatever.


    In 2017 I made an Excel based theme generator, which I shared again in 2019.

    For reasons I no longer remember, I created a "Halloween Haunt Name Generator", which I share here.

    Halloween Haunt Name Generator 20210216.xlsx

    It's also Excel based, mostly because that's the program I
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  4. Backstory

    To help fill guests in on the story behind the haunt, I posted 13 news clippings to help tell the tale.
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  5. House of Restless Spirits

    From 2007 to 2013, the House of Restless Spirits haunt in Santa Monica thrilled Halloween lovers looking for something other than jump scares and chainsaws.
    People would line up around the block and stand in line for hours to walk AROUND this house, peeking into windows to see ghostly images and haunted happenings.

    Inspired by the Hallowed Haunting Grounds, professional magician Eric Maurin and aerospace engineer Rick Ouwerkerk created what was called "the spookiest and ...
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