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RIP ValleyScare 2006-2021
It has been more than six years since I last blogged on this site. I have rarely been tempted to do so since I "retired" from blogging about my life at the amusement park of death, but today it seems appropriate to do so.
Today, Feb. 25, 2022, we learned what we knew was coming: The end of ValleyScare.
I found my way to ValleyScare in 2006, years ( Read more... ) -
And we're done
As I've said before, I love looking back on my stories from the early years of ValleyScare, when I created this blog to preserve memories of the fun I had ( Read more... ) -
Oh the fun we had
There were at least three organized trips to haunted attractions by one of my longtime cohorts at ValleyScare's asylum. We love a good show as much as we love putting on a good show.... well most of us, anyway ( Read more... ) -
Is there a best hayride in Minnesota?
What’s the best haunted hayride in Minnesota? A Twin Cities television station will attempt to answer that tonight ( Read more... ) -
Happy new year, genius!
I had big plans to write about a bunch of stuff last November to put a wrap on the 2014 season. I never got around to it ( Read more... ) -
The final hours
This time next week the Halloween season will be a memory. A few rotting pumpkins and stray yard decorations will be the last reminders of another October that has come and gone ( Read more... ) -
Another great show
If memory serves me correctly, this is the fifth year of the Dead End Hayride, and my fourth consecutive year of attending it ( Read more... ) -
2014: State of the industry
A lot of interesting things happening in the haunt world this year, another year that seems me returning to the big amusement park in Shakopee to work in a non-costumed capacity for my third consecutive year. I've said it before, but never quite like this: After the thrill of the haunting is gone, the friendships remain.
1. Jobs are plentiful in ( Read more... ) -
Summer, already?
I've been thinking about a lot of things related to ValleyScare in recent weeks. I'm not sure why. So let's go back to last Halloween season and share a few memories that I never bothered to chronicle at that time ( Read more... ) -
When it's over, is it really over?
So I made good on my "pledge" not to blog during the season. It was a busy season that included the wedding of one of my longtime ValleyScare friends and visits to a couple of haunted attractions around the Twin Cities. I'll write more about the season that was in the days to come ( Read more... )