The haunt community mourns the loss of haunters across the country. You made the Halloween season special and your candle will never dim. These are some haunters we’ve lost over the years.
Alexandria Haley Kurtz
The Dent Schoolhouse (Cincinnati, OH)
1993-2019
Autumn Pearl Johnson
Dimensions of Darkness (Maumee, OH)
1981-2016
Ben Bernstein
BB Riverboats (Newport, KY)
1921-1992
Betty Blake
BB Riverboats (Newport, KY)
1930-1982
Bonnie Brown
The Haunted Hydro (Fremont, OH)
1964-2020
Brian Wolfe
Wolfe FX (Orlando, FL)
1968-2013
Camron Deion Handley
The Darkness (St. Louis, MO)
1986-2019
Cisco Morales
The Devil’s Attic (Louisville, KY)
1986-2017
Cris Eugene Shortt
Fright Manor (Indianapolis, IN)
1969-2016
Dave Vredeveld
Fright in Falcon (Falcon, CO)
1966-2018
Dennis Kingslover
Catacombs (Kansas City, MO)
1966-2005
Don Johns
The Haunted Schoolhouse and Laboratory (Akron, OH)
1950-2013
Drake J.S. Dearing
The 7th Street Haunt , American Horrorplex, Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, KY)
1993-2020
Edward William Hiemer
Baxter Avenue Morgue, Asylum Haunted Scream Park, Malice Manor (Louisville, KY)
1973-2020
Gary Reeser
The 7th Street Haunt (Louisville, KY)
1956-2020
Geremy W. Havanec
Bloodview Haunted House and Legion of Terror (Broadview Heights, OH)
1980-2015
Glen Boyette
Clayton Fear Farm (Clayton, MO)
1952-2015
James ‘Jim’ Smith
Niles Scream Park (Niles, MI)
1952-2014
James Joshua Gentry
The Dent Schoolhouse (Cincinnati, OH)
1986-2014
Jason Henry
The Dent Schoolhouse, MAUL (Cincinnati, OH)
1973-2015
Jeanne M. Hubbard
Horror Hike (Greendale, IN) and Harrison Haunt (Harrison, OH)
1963-2014
Jeff Nolan
Fear Fair (Seymour, IN)
1966-2019
Jeremy Len Brewer
Fariston’s Haunted Forest (London, KY)
1981-2018
John G. Hubbard
Horror Hike (Greendale, IN), and Harrison Haunt (Harrison, OH)
1962-2014
Josh Hoskins
Blood Prison (Mansfield, OH)
1983-2019
Joshua Edwards Creighton
Black Orchard Haunted House (Shelbyville, KY), The Haunted Hotel (Louisville, KY)
1989-2020
Kenneth D. Marshall
Bloodview Haunted House (Broadview Heights, OH)
1941-2016
Kenneth Donat
Donat Insurance
1951-2020
Lance Wesley Pope
Thrillvania, Haunted Verdun Manor (Terrell, TX)
1965-2002
Larry “Seymour” Vincent
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park, CA)
1924-1975
Melanie Anne Smith
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park, CA)
1958-2002
Melanie Caudill
Akron Frightfest at Kim Tam Park (Uniontown, OH)
1973-2018
Melinda Suzanne Collins
Literally a Haunted House at Culbertson Mansion (New Albany, IN), HorrorHound Weekend (Various Locations)
1984-2019
Melissa McGoey Karpelman
The House of Shock (Jefferson, LA)
1970-2017
Michael J. Ryan
Horror Acres (Springfield, OH)
1981-2020
Philip Morris
Morris Costumes (Charlotte, NC)
1935-2017
Richard A. Von Hoene (AKA The Cool Ghoul)
Scream In (Cincinnati, OH)
1940-2004
Robert “Bob” Carter (AKA Sammy Terry)
Nightmare Theater (Indianapolis, IN)
1929-2013
Robert E. Bettcher, Jr.
Fright Manor Haunted House (Indianapolis, IN)
1957-2018
Robert Santos
Necrotic Creations (Woodland, CA)
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Robert Weston Smith (Wolfman Jack)
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park, CA)
1938-1995
Scott Morrow
Hauntcon (Various Cities)
1964-2019
Terry Bryant Lane
The Devil’s Attic (Louisville, KY)
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Walter Elias (AKA Walt Disney)
Walt Disney Land (Anaheim, CA)
1901-1966