Lots of people that do house haunts, and even professional haunts for that matter, consider startling someone and scaring someone the same thing. While the word startle is defined partially as, “to frighten or surprise suddenly” and most people equate that with “scaring” someone the definition is qualified as, “usually not seriously.” I consider the startle, at best, a mild scare. It passes relatively quickly and easily. (continue reading…)

While the wife has taken the children to a birthday party, and I have finished doing some wiring around the house that needed done, I thought that I would get started laying out the garage and thinking about this year’s haunt “officially”. My budget for this year was $200 … the same as last year. So the first thing I have done is done to the Halloween Store (Spirit is my personal preference) and took a look around yesterday. (continue reading…)