Aug 23, 2009 Many of the Denver Haunted Houses use makeup techniques such as these with their actors. Many of the actors of the haunted houses spend a good hour if not more on their makeup so they look realistic and extra scary. Next time you go to a haunted house you might notice how amazing the makeup on the actors is. Its amazing to think that the actors in the haunted houses near you spend as much time and patients into their makeup as actors of a movie!
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Aug 15, 2009 Here is a great video put out by the owners of The 13th Floor Haunted House in Denver, Colorado.
If you would like more information on the 13th Floor Haunted House, check out their website: Denver Haunted Houses | Home
Come Halloween there is a short window that the Denver Haunted Houses are open. Although some of the haunted houses are open longer than others, they all have a down time but they all have a great time to go depending on your own personal situation. Are you going with your friends? Are you bringing your children? Are you looking for the scariest time possible? These are all questions you need to ask yourself to ensure you choose the best time to go to all of the Denver Haunted Houses.
If you are going to bring your children, chances are you aren’t going to want to go at a time where there is a line. You’re also not going to want to go when the haunted house is fully staffed if your children are small so there will be more breaks between scares. Haunted houses tend to be fully staffed on the weekends and actually the first few weeks they are open they have more people working the haunted house as well.
If you are going with a group of friends you are probably more concerned with the actual Denver haunted house iteself then the line so you will want the complete opposite; more staff and a great show. You will want to know when the haunted house has a special event because chances are the haunted house will be fully staffed. Its also great to go when everyone is enthusiastic about the haunted house. Going on a Thursday is probably the best time to go with friends because the haunted house will be fully staffed and line should be down a bit.
There is another alternative to avoiding the line and thats buying tickets online! So many of the Denver haunted houses now accept credit cards online and often times offer a discount for buying tickets early. Check out the hanted house’s website, buy tickets online and when you show up move straight to the front of the line. VIP tickets are worth buying online to avoid the long lines of the haunted houses.
Jul 20, 2009 If you’re like most people who stretch Halloween into a month-long frightfest, you’ll be looking for a good Haunted House here in the next couple of weeks. Haunted Houses have become big business in recent years and they’re not exactly cheap, so I recommend doing a little research before heading out for the night. Here are a few things that you’ll want to know before making your trip out for the evening:
1. Know what time the Haunted House closes. Some of these attractions can be a bit of a drive and it’s a real bummer to get rejected because they are closed or the line is too long to get in before they close. (I learned this the hard way last year.) Some haunted houses have a number you can call to check on the status of the line but in all cases just get there early!
2 . Check on the ticket options. The average price is around $15 per person, but you might want to see if there is a “VIP” ticket and online ticketing options. The VIP tickets will cost a little more, but could save you a lot of time.
And don’t forget to find out if there are any discounts available. Some of the venues give a small discount with a canned food donation.
3. Get the scoop on the the “fright factor”. Ask friends and co-workers to see which ones they like/dislike and how scary they are before choosing your Haunted House. Picking a Haunted House is like picking salsa – do you want Mild, Medium or Hot?
4. Who are you going with. When you ask your friends, co-workers, and check the review boards about the particular haunted houses you need to keep in mind who you are going with. Are you planning on having a few beers and going with your buddies? Are you planning on attending with a younger child or girlfriend who might not appreciate the blood and gore. Keep this in mind when choosing a haunted house!
Here are two websites that are good resources for a lot of this information. Haunted Colorado | Haunted House Guide
Jul 20, 2009 Halloween is coming and your kids are begging you to turn your home into a haunted house. The only problem is, you don’t know where to start. With today’s great Halloween decorations, a few black trash bags and a lot of imagination, anyone can create haunted houses to die for. Here are some tips that will help get you there:
Outside
The experience should begin before your visitors step foot into the house. Start by blacking out your windows. Hang black trash bags on the inside of them. Hang some strings of Halloween lights on your railings or lay them in the bushes. Replace any porch lights with colored bulbs. A black light on your porch shining on some glow-in-the-dark creatures also creates an eerie effect.
If you have a porch, put some fake spider webs in the corners. You can also lay some in the bushes in front of the house. Be sure to hang fake spiders around to go with the webs! Black cats and jack-o-lanterns can also add to the ambiance of a Denver haunted house.
Your plain old door won’t work – decorate it to look like a coffin. Buy some Styrofoam gravestones to put on your lawn or make them out of spare plywood or lumber and gray paint. Get a recording of scary sounds and scary music and play it.
Inside
Set the tone for your haunted house right as the visitors step into the front door. Take some old pants and an old shirt and stuff them. Top them off with a head made from a bleach bottle and an old hat. Hang the “body” from a nearby light fixture. Place several plastic spiders and fake webs throughout the entryway to keep him company.
Close off rooms that aren’t being used. Decorate the doors like coffins or cover with black trash bags. Try to secure some crime scene tape and drape across the doors. If you want to add to the horror, place someone behind the closed doors and have them jump out periodically and scare your guests.
Place a wide variety of Halloween decorations in corners throughout the house. Buy or make some gruesome props and put them throughout the rooms. Dry ice can create some great fog, but be careful to place it where it can’t be touched as it can burn the skin if touched.
Hang things from the ceilings that will brush against your visitors as they walk through the house. Yarn that has been dampened can feel pretty creepy when it brushes against someone’s face. If you’re using black lights in the house, be sure to use black thread instead of fishing line to hang things. The fishing line will react to black lights.
Create a laboratory by filling bowls with gross-feeling food items that will represent body innards. Have someone who has a great Dr. Frankenstein voice lead blindfolded visitors through the laboratory, encouraging them to touch the different items with their hands. Expect to hear a lot of “Yuk” and “Ooh, gross!”
Once you have your Denver haunted house set up, walk through it as though you were a visitor. Check out the Halloween Decorations and if you are 100% convinced that it is as scary and haunting as you can make it, then relax. It’s sure to be a huge success!
(Source: Joseph L Wilson)
Jul 9, 2009 There are two issues here: the first is that sometime between Marcus C. Wright’s death and Bill Barnes’ acquisition, the castle was at one time a brothel and gambling casino. The second issue is more serious. The plane crash that killed three of the Barnes family has never been properly explained, and the investigation of the crash is still open.
With its history, it would be surprising if the castle did not have spirits. Lisa Barnes, who lived there as a child, believes the castle is truly an entity, with its energy deriving from the structure being made of solid rock, with materials all from the surrounding area. Wright, the man who actually created the castle, was building his own dream. And the rock is granite, Lisa adds, which vibrates at a very low frequency and has accumulated its history over time, both positive and negative.
Lisa is a Sensitive, or Medium, and has been aware of a multitude of spirits around the castle. As a child, she often heard footsteps along the long hallway from the garage into the house, though no one visible was there. In fact, guests staying in the lower bedrooms adjacent to the hall, complained to her parents about the noise that disturbed their sleeping. Another annoyance was a spirit dog whose nails clicked on the terrazzo floor and whose panting would awaken Lisa.
Following the airplane crash, the castle was on the market for four years, with several interested buyers. But Lisa found it disturbing that these potential owners were interested in the land only, and planned to scrap the castle and rebuild. Then Mike Dunafon and Debbie Matthews found the estate, and it was the castle that they wanted, and wished to restore. Soon after, Lisa encountered the spirit of her mother who assured her that they were the right people to own it. With its many unsolved mysteries, the Dunafon Castle is among the greatest Denver haunted houses.
Come Halloween time in Colorado, we are really lucky to have so many great attractions to visit. With there being so many haunted houses to choose from we have decided to give some direction on the top ones to visit. There isn’t anything fun about waiting in line and being disappointed once you finally make it through the house. If you can’t tell we’ve done it more times than we’d have liked to so we’ve rated Denver’s top 3 haunted houses.
1.) The Asylum (303-355-3327)
Located at 120th & I-25, the Asylum offers a Before entering the haunt, everyone waiting in line gets to stare down the creepy facade of a creepy busted down old Asylum. Once inside, this place seriously looks like you might imagine a real Asylum might look if it were taken over by some evil inmates. The use of lighting was great to add to the suspense. It’s scare factor is intense and is quite lengthy which makes the Asylum one of our top Denver haunted houses.
2.) 13th Floor (303-355-FEAR)
Located at 6100 E. 39th Ave in Denver, the 13th Floor is one of the most affordable haunted houses for its length. We were extremely excited with the news of adding more space to the haunted house even though it was already one of the largest in the area. The 13th Floor is a must see in Colorado, especially with the planned 2009 additions! I don’t think there are better actors in the Denver area and the attention to detail in the house makes the 13th Floor in the top 3 Denver haunted houses.
3.) Frightmare (303-439-7391)
Located at 108th and Old Wadsworth, Frightmare is one of the best outdoor haunted attractions in Denver. Although the price is lower than the average haunted houses in Denver, it’s not limited on scares! After you leave this place you won’t want to walk alone outside again. The actors are pretty good and the setting is even better! This haunted house brings 25 years of experience and was named 2008 Best outdoor Haunt. Your Halloween won’t be complete without visiting Frightmare.
Make sure you check out all of these haunted houses so you don’t miss out of Denver’s scariest attractions. If you can’t make all 3 this fall, I wouldn’t want to be the one who has to choose which of these 3 you miss!
Jul 7, 2009 DENVER’S #1 RATED HAUNTED HOUSE IN 2008!
Are you ready to GET SCARED?! FACE YOUR FEAR at the most haunted of all Denver Haunted Houses!
“Within the walls of the legendary Nightmare Factory a hidden passage was unearthed! This passage descended two levels into Gordon Cottingham’s Hospital for the Mentally Insane, The Asylum. Much deeper and darker than the previous levels, the Asylum is a damp and musty place infested with spiders, rats, snakes, and the endless screams of the tortured souls.”
From the creators of Nightmare Factory, The Asylum Haunted House is the scariest haunted adventure in all of Denver, Colorado! Featuring all new up-close and in-your- face frights for 2009!
For more information on The Asylum check out: Colorado Haunted Houses or email questions to info@getscared.com
Jul 6, 2009 John W. Springer was a man of impeccable family and background. His family was of German descent and traceable back to 1089. Reputation was what he strove for his entire life. A scandal involving drugs and promiscuity with his second wife, Isabelle Paterson, must have just about unhinged him. For a complete scenario on this escapade, read Dick Kreck’s book, “Murder at the Brown Palace.”
As a postscript, Isabelle died in April of 1917 in the Pauper’s Hospital, Blackwell’s Island, NY. This was a mere six years following her divorce from Springer. Alcohol and narcotics now ravaged her former beauty.
Regarding the haunting of the Springer Castle, most prominent is the ghost of Julia Kistler, daughter of the fifth owner, whose father abandoned her for his stepsons. There are claims that her figure has been seen silhouetted in her bedroom on days the castle was known to be vacant, and several workers throughout the upper halls have heard her soft, anguished sobs.
Other odd incidences have occurred in the castle. Several years back, the mammoth clock in the great hall was heard to chime during a meeting, although the mechanism has been out of order for years.
Caroline Smith, docent and president of the Highlands Ranch Historical Society, reports a day when, waiting for a group of school children, she suddenly smelled a strong bouquet of flowers, although there were none in the building. Later, a mother commented on the aroma as well.
Jul 2, 2009 There are many things to do in the Denver Metro Area on and around Halloween. The choices available accommodate people of all ages and abilities. Similarly, admission fees vary, and just about anyone ought to be able to afford an outing. There are many events targeted at families, such as hayrides, corn mazes, and seasonal programs at the Denver Zoo and Denver Botanic Gardens. There are also several commercial haunted houses, such as those operated by Screamworks Entertainment. There are also many “real” haunted houses, and even haunted castles, in the Denver area.
One such example is the South Broadway Christian Church, located at Ellsworth and Lincoln. John Sutton built the structure in the early 1890s. Nicknamed “Uncle” John, Mr. Sutton lived in a two-room apartment in the tower. Many haunted house stories have very logical explanations for the strange noises, footsteps, or eerie happenings, but the goings-on here are pretty hard to attribute to natural causes.
Today, somebody lives in the church, and some guess it’s Uncle John. “He” is a talented fellow, and plays the organ when the church is dark and the organ is shut up. Once a member, Dustin Adkins, was vacuuming, with the cord coiled at his feet, when the vacuum stopped. Dustin turned to find the plug on the floor. Puzzled, he plugged it back in and again started vacuuming, when it quit again. This time, the plug was on the floor and four feet from the outlet, and it was obvious that tension had not caused the cord to pull out. Dustin left, in a big hurry.
Rochelle Chartier, president of the Denver Classical Guitar Society, was at the church alone late one evening. Pushing on the front door, she just couldn’t get it to open, though she tried for several minutes. Finally, and quite suddenly, the door released and opened with the greatest of ease. She left again for more boxes and the problem repeated itself. Neither before nor since has the door stuck; never again has Rochelle stayed late alone.
Source: (”Castles of Colorado,” Westerberg)
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