Following is a brief description of Ghostly Manor (www.ghostlymanor.com) and its owners Bill & Jayme Criscione.  We were transferred to Sandusky, Oh in 1987.  Bill worked for Pillsbury and ran the grain elevator in Huron, Oh.  Our two children Jenae and Billy were 5 & 4 years old at the time.  During the Halloween season we always dressed up and greeted the local “Trick or Treaters” in costume with spooky music in the background. As the years progressed we gradually purchased more Halloween items and started providing some scary entertainment for our visitors.  One of our early “scares” included Bill sitting near the door motionless on a bale of straw dressed up in a scary costume.  As Jayme (dressed as Elvira) started passing out the candy, Bill would slowly stand.  The rest was history.  Needless to say we always had candy left over at the end of the night. In the mid 90’s our Halloween show and crowd grew to the point where we started bringing people through our house.  We set up our house with many props both indoors and out.  All of our friends would help as actors and then we would have a Halloween party afterwards.  We had 10 actors working and would put through approximately 500 people in two nights.  We had a great time putting on the show but it was a lot of work setting up and tearing down each year. In 2001 we purchased the Skate World property (4 acres & 27,000 sq ft building) both as an investment and for a location to build a permanent Haunted House.  By the year 2001 we had already been purchasing many different props as well as attending the annual National Halloween Show in Chicago, Il for five years.  We met many people in the industry across the U.S. and received a lot of help and ideas.  By that time we had a good idea of what was needed to open a commercial for-profit haunt.  We started building Ghostly Manor inside the Skate World skating rink that summer.  Ghostly Manor officially opened its’ doors in October of 2001.  October 2001 was not a good time to open a Haunt due to 9/11.  Because we had a good financial plan though, we were able to survive that first year even though our numbers were low. The Ghostly Manor (GM) theme is that of an old haunted mansion.  As the patrons enter GM, a door opens to the parlor.  They proceed through the mansion just as it would be in an old house.  The mansion contains many rooms that include a bedroom, bathroom, nursery, dining room, kitchen, den, library as well as many more.  Each room in GM can scare you from at least 4 places.  The scares come from places where you least expect it and the action starts as soon as the door closes behind you.  Several of the rooms have 8 different places we can get you!  GM is 6000 sq ft of very high-startle, non-stop action.  Many haunted houses rely primarily on actors.  We go that extra step and have combined a large amount of state of the art props with the live actors.  During the October Halloween season we may employ as many as 30 actors.  Almost all of the props in GM are original creations.  Most of the props were designed and built in Columbus, Oh by The Scarefactory.  The Scarefactory is one of the largest suppliers in the U.S. to the haunted attraction industry.  The Scarefactory combines the latest in high tech pneumatics with quality character design. GM is open May through October.  June through Labor Day we are open Sunday through  Thursday (Noon – 10pm), Friday & Saturday (Noon – midnight).  In May &September we are open Friday & Saturday (7pm – midnight).  For the Halloween season in October we are open Thursday through Sunday.  The hours on Thursdays & Sundays in October are 7pm – 10 pm.  The Friday & Saturday hours are 7pm – midnight.  Admission is $11 for adults (10 & older), $6 for children (under 10).  Although we recommend GM for people at least 10 years old, May through September we normally can tone the experience down so all ages can enjoy their visit.  You may go through GM a 2nd time the same night for half price.  Group rates are available.  We will open any time by appointment for groups of 20 or more.  Discount coupons are distributed throughout the area. Each year since our opening, we have added the “latest and greatest” in scares as well as more detail in set design.  This year will be no different.  In fact, our new additions the last three years were the hits at the National Halloween Show so you can be sure it will be something you won’t want to miss.  We guarantee the visitor an experience unlike any other.  We also guarantee this will be one of the best Haunted Houses they have ever seen.  The Darkride and Funhouse Enthusiasts (DAFE - www.dafe.org) recently ranked Ghostly Manor as one of their Top Ten Favorite Walkthrough Attractions for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.  DAFE’s members were polled on a variety of darkride and funhouse related attractions, and were asked to rank their favorites.  GM is also very safety conscious.  Our actors DO NOT touch anyone.  We have video cameras set up throughout the haunt to constantly monitor and record all activities. In March of 2006 we added an XD 3D Theater, which is Ohio’s first and only.  The XD 3D Theater (www.xd3dtheater.com) is a 3D motion simulated experience.  The theater is set up with 8 individual seats that move with the action in the film.  The patented motion seats bring wide ranges of simulation, high definition sound and unmatched speed of up to 2 G’s of acceleration and 100 movements per second.  We offer 3 different films lasting approximately 8 minutes each.  The cost for each film is $6 per person.  The show times are not fixed and will be flexible to meet demand and coincide with the hours for Ghostly Manor.  The show targeted for the Ghostly Manor customer is the Haunted Mine Ride.  The experience will be one you will never forget.

Ghostly Manor is located at 3319 Milan Road in Sandusky OHIO. For further information such as hours of operations or pricing please visit their website at http://www.ghostlymanor.com