Gps Coordinates / 40.8926467,-75.3146174
Lake House Saylorsburg VR Haunted Ghost Hotel
5105 Cherry Valley Rd, Saylorsburg, PA 18353, United States
Marlo Ambrosio, owner of the hotel since 2010, said that while Lights Out does not feature actors, "we wouldn't leave guests without a certain amount of entertainment. Portions of the concept are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.' I have seen the variation at a few haunts, but we're basing it on American classic literature."
Gps Coordinates / 40.8924812,-75.3146816
Local mines and railways used the hotel to house business operations and an infirmary. Many men died on the front porch of the hotel due to injuries sustained at the local mines and railway.
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Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.3142919 / Gps Link -75.3143593 / Gps Link -75.3144228
Gps Coordinates / 40.8930536,-75.3142919 / 40.8929787,-75.3143593 / 40.8929044,-75.3144228
October 1929, The Great Crash of the New York Stock Exchange changed the economy in a bad way. Many devastated New Yorkers headed to the Lake House for their final nights on Earth. This was the time Saylorsburg became known as “The Place to Hang Yourself.”
Also new this year are the themes for Hotel of Horror and Altered Nightmares.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.3144984 / Gps Link -75.3145693 / Gps Link -75.3146174
Gps Coordinates / 40.8928023,-75.3144984 / 40.8927053,-75.3145693 / 40.8926467,-75.3146174
Patrick Konopelski, president of The Haunted Attraction Association in Winnetka, Ill., said haunts must reinvent themselves if they want customers to return for annual doses of horror.
"The customers demand a new experience every year," he said. "If you keep doing the same thing, it's like watching the same movie over and over."
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.3146412 / Gps Link -75.3147099 / Gps Link -75.3148076
Gps Coordinates / 40.8926211,-75.3146412 / 40.8925358,-75.3147099 / 40.8925251,-75.3148076
According to Hauntworld Magazine, a St. Louis, Mo.-based industry trade publication, the U.S. haunted attraction industry generates between $500 and $800 million in annual ticket sales. That figure represents roughly 8 percent of the $8 billion that the National Retail Federation projected consumers to spend on Halloween in 2012.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.3148935 / Gps Link -75.3149347 / Gps Link -75.3150174
Gps Coordinates / 40.8925942,-75.3148935 / 40.892688,-75.3149347 / 40.8927553,-75.3150174
To keep the scares fresh and entice customers to come to the hotel, Ambrosio changes the Hotel of Horror and Altered Nightmares themes each year. 2010's inspiration, according to Ambrosio, comes from the white-clay mines in the Saylorsburg, Sciota and Kunkletown areas, dating back to the late 1800s.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.315099 / Gps Link -75.315245 / Gps Link -75.3152353
Gps Coordinates / 40.8928226,-75.315099 / 40.8928734,-75.315245 / 40.8929297,-75.3152353
Specifically inspiring "Miner's Curse" is the Lake House's history as corporate offices and shelter for mine workers. A number of deaths resulting from mine accidents were reported, with spirits still roaming.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -75.3153346 / Gps Link -75.3153674 / Gps Link -75.3153908
Gps Coordinates / 40.8929434,-75.3153346 / 40.8929829,-75.3153674 / 40.8930498,-75.3153908
"It's rumored through paranormal teams that this mixture of the brick is conducive to the paranormal activity," Ambrosio said. "Supposedly that will absorb the energy of spirits. We took that concept and did scripts based on it."
Gps Coordinates / 40.8924889,-75.3146935
Adding additional inspiration to the film "13 Ghosts," which also featured a house that entrapped spirits.
"Also, During the event was the year 2013 was 13 is a great number for Halloween/superstition," said Ambrosio, who owns the Lake House with her husband, Dan. 2013 used this theme always trying to keep each year fresh to returning guests
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