Hunter's Moon {Countdown to Halloween Day 16}

Last night was the Hunter's Moon. I did not get a chance to grab it while it was orangey red on the horizon due to living in a valley, but I did get some creepy shots!

Freaky Friday in the Wicked Woods {Countdown to Halloween Day 14}

It's Friday people! Just wanted to remind everybody to go out and support your local Haunted Houses, hayrides, Corn mazes, and festivals! You can find the link to the ones local to me *HERE*.

We have a Fall festival going on right outside my house. There is going to be live bands playing for most of the night right by our house. Plus there is a festival Saturday morning that spans almost the entire town. All our special effects will be up and running this week. I hope to have sound effects up and running on the haunt by then just to add that extra something! Here are some more decoration shots of the inside of Meade Manor. Enjoy!

Is she trying to come in or get out?

Bloody Bathroom always a winner.

Take care in the basement... he is not very friendly.

Mournful Monday {Countdown to Halloween Day 10}

Last week was a hard week on my Yard Haunt. It started near the end of the week when a family (man woman 4 kids ranging from 4 to 12 I estimate) came to destroy my yard haunt. M and I were having dinner when I thought I heard voices outside. I went over to the window, but by the time I got there, they were getting back in the mini van parked across the street and leaving. I then noticed some of my spotlights were pointing across the street, which is not where they should be at all! As I investigated, I fear I had been hit by vandalism. Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, it was just human stupidity and sense of entitlement that had hit me.
Apparently this family, not satisfied with driving by my haunt (which it is a static haunt and built to be viewed from street or car) wanted to get up close and personal. They parked and simply went exploring.
The thing I do not understand is why? Once you walk into the yard, past the gravestones, the illusion is shattered! You are literally staring into the brightest LED lights you will ever see which almost blind you. You can see the heavy rebar holding up the tombstones. You can see the rope that holds down the zombies. You can see the wire that allows the skeletons to climb and claw.
Somehow they felt the need to "enter the exhibit"  and run amok. After their 15 minute raid, the total damage was one tripped power cord that ripped up 5 stake lights and had to be reset. 3 tombstones knocked over. One toppled skeleton that had to be put back. One skeleton that had it's right arm torn out of socket. Last but not least, a brand new green LED spotlight that had been stepped on, crushing the weatherproof casing and breaking the stake. I had to get a new one sent out...

With the footage, you cannot see the plate on the van. The police told me without "No Trespassing" signs, there was nothing that they could do. They went on to tell me I was lucky they did not try to sue me and I should post something about tripping hazards.

So that is where I am now. 6 new signs around the perimeter of the haunt... which really annoys me to have to use. I already have 3 "24 hour video surveillance" up around the property and now these!

 I plan on getting a real brick and iron fence put up as soon as we can find somebody local to do it. I have searched high and low and cannot find ANYBODY that can do it....but that is a priority for 2017!

To top it all off, we were attacked by wind Saturday and Sunday. I spent the majority of both days repairing wind torn props and toppled decorations. The only thing the wind is good for is the wind ghosts!

Haunted House Spotlight THE HAUNTED FOREST! {Countdown to Halloween day 7}

It's the first Friday in October and that means one thing... HAUNTED HOUSES! If you love your local haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes, or fall festivals, GET OUT AND SUPPORT THEM! Without you they are not possible. We are lucky in my neck of the woods to have several this year and they are all open tonight! Click the link *HERE* to go to my Haunt Listing page for easy access!


To get the season kicked off right, we will start it out with one of the biggest, and best out there, MECC's HAUNTED FOREST!

As I have said so many times before, this haunt has to be seen to be believed. You will not believe what they have been able to construct in the woods behind the local college. It is like the mini HAUNTED OVERLOAD of the south!

Here are some of the highlights I have had the pleasure of collecting over the years...

Get out and see this haunt! It is worth a drive, even if it is not in your backyard!