The Sequel [2013]

Opening October 10 - The success of the first year fueled the effort to do it again - but to do things differently! Even though we hadn't yet embraced the "theme" idea, we didn't want the same rooms and scares that were done the first year, so a completely different Haunted House experience was built - once again - in three short days. We discovered, though, that there were many who thought this haunt would be the same as it was a year ago and as a result, we didn't have as high of attendance as we did from the first year. Because of that, we made sure to promote that our Haunted Houses were always Different Every Year for the years that followed! As the word spread that our Haunts were always different - and our reputation grew - so did the number of people that have enjoyed our Haunts over the years! Even so, we had a number of creepy fun ideas for the rooms! Among them was a very strange funeral with a very odd group of attendees, an ending that wasn't really an ending (an idea we have incorporated - in very different ways - in some of the later Haunts), and one room that featured a clown. A very creepy clown. A very disturbed clown! Our first-ever clown! That effort by one of our volunteer adults (ultimately a founding Board Member!) helped fuel the idea of having a true theme for the next Haunted House! It also sparked our efforts to include creepy clowns in our Haunts every now and then...and perhaps more often than not! By the way, the image of that "legendary" first clown was used in the logo for year 3!