Haunters Memorial

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)
??

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)
??

Walter Elias (AKA Walt Disney)
Walt Disney Land (Anaheim, CA)
1901-1966