Virginia Loh-Hagan - Haunted House

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Loh-Hagan, Virginia, author.
Title: Haunted house / by Virginia Loh-Hagan.
Description: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Cherry Lake Publising, 2016. | Series: D.I.Y.
make it happen | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015026834| ISBN 9781634704922 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781634705523 (pdf) | ISBN 9781634706124 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781634706728
(ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Halloween decorations--Juvenile literature. | Haunted houses
(Amusements)Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TT900.H32 L65 2016 | DDC 745.594/1646--dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015026834

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author, university professor, former classroom teacher, and
curriculum designer. While she was writing this book, her television turned on by itself. A
scary movie was playing. (It was spooky.) She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband
and very naughty dogs.

Table OF
CONTENTS

Chapter One
What Does It Mean to Stage a Haunted House?

Chapter Two
What Do You Need to Stage a Haunted House?

Chapter Three
How Do You Set Up a Haunted House?

Chapter Four
How Do You Run a Haunted House?

CHAPTER ONE

What Does it Mean
to Stage a
haunted house?

Do you love scaring people? Do you love
having fun? Do you love Halloween? Then
hosting a haunted house is the right project
for you!

Haunted house designers scare people for
fun. They use peoples fear of the unknown.
They make staged haunted houses. Staged
means theyre make-believe. These are
different from real haunted houses. People
believe ghosts live in haunted houses.

Staged haunted houses are a safe way for
guests to get scared. Guests are people
who visit your haunted house. Good haunted
house designers make guests feel like theyre
in danger. But the guests arent in any real
danger. Haunted house designers make
sure guests are safe.

Dont use sharp objects. Dont
touch people. Create exits.

KNOW THE LINGO

Animatronics: robotic devices used to create humans or
animals that look real

Apparition: a visual appearance of a person or thing

Camouflage scare: hiding a scary trick behind something that
looks ordinary

Channeling: receiving messages from ghosts or spirits

Conjuring: using tricks to create paranormal effects

Hauntrepreneurs: haunted house designers

Haunts: haunted house attractions

Paranormal: strange things or happenings that cant be easily
explained by science

Sensory assault: attacking all the senses by scaring people
with sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and touch

Speaking in tongues: speaking a made up language

Throughput: moving as many people as possible through the
haunted house

White noise: a hissing-like sound

Haunted houses are most popular during
Halloween. But they can be fun all year
long!

Youll have fun designing your own
haunted house. Youll plan tricks. Youll
create scary sights. Youll create scary
sounds. Youll have guests touch scary
things. Youll have guests smell gross things.
Youll trick guests senses.

You can also make some money.
Professional haunted house designers
charge $5 to $40 per guest. You can start by
charging $5 per guest. Youll get better each
time. More guests will come. Youll spend
more. Then you can charge more. (Instead
of charging, you can ask for donations .
This is when guests give you money.)

Create tickets or wristbands for
your paying guests.

CHAPTER TWO

What Do you need
to Stage a
haunted house?

You need a place and time for your
haunted house.

First, decide where you want to create
your haunted house.

Consider places available to you. Some examples
are your house, backyard, or school. You could
also rent a space.

Make sure the space is dark. Turn off lights.
Cover windows.

Make sure the space has an entrance and an