It’s amazing watching the explosion in the horror and haunt genre today. With shows like ‘The Walking Dead’ and its new prequel ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ on cable television, as well as horror and paranormal movies like ‘Insidious’, ‘Annabelle’, ‘The Conjuring’, and its upcoming sequel ‘The Conjuring 2’ the haunt/horror industry is experiencing a following and success like never before.

It’s exciting and encouraging to me because when I started my haunt business back in the mid 90s, there wasn’t this level of interest in the genre. The original ghost busters, Ed and Lorraine Warren, along with their son-in-law Tony Spera were my special and gracious mentors during the early stages of building and marketing my business. I learned so much from Ed and Lorraine and considered it an honor to call them my friends.

I also had the privilege of working with Ed and Lorraine on their annual Halloween Supernatural seminar for the New England Society for Psychic Research several years ago and was touched that they took the time to write a testimonial for me, which you can find here (scroll to the bottom of the page).

The 9th anniversary of Ed’s death took place on August 23rd, and I wanted to take a moment and say how much he meant to me and how instrumental he was in helping me get started in the haunt business; for that I will always be grateful. If you’d like to see a wonderful tribute to Ed Warren from the New England Society for Psychic Research, click here.

Happy Halloween!