Click below for a fantastic article about the Haunted House, which includes some amazing would-never-do-that-stuff-now memories from a blogger who grew up near the attraction. Here's an excerpt:
October 1 was the day we walked into our classrooms at school and found the “Dial-A-Witch” flyer on our desks promoting that year’s version of the haunted house. While the themes of the haunted house would change annually, there was always a loose association with these witches who were kind of the marketing team for the haunted house. The “Dial-A-Witch” flyer would not only provide with the hours of operation for the haunted house, but provide you with a 1-800 number to call in order to talk to a witch. This, for me, was as sacred a Halloween tradition as trick-or-treating!
This submission opens up some possibilities for this blog feature - so if you're sitting there thinking that you don't necessarily have a Halloween item that's been with you for decades, but you have a specific memory that you cherish and that may have started your Halloween obsession, send it on! I would love to post it on the blog.
Thanks, Fraidy! This was really great. I had never heard of this Haunted House before.
For anyone interested in submitting, you can email me at pumpkinrot @ gmail . com (remove the spaces, of course!)
5 comments:
Those are very cool memories, I probably have a couple of them from Halloweens past that I can submit in the future.
The "Dial-a-Witch" number is so fantastic! Sounds like a really great haunt.
What a great post! Thank you! I am so honored! It would be fun to go back to Indianapolis for the 60th anniversary of the Children's Museum Haunted House to see how it has changed and grown over the years. Psst...as a side note, for anyone who's seen the craft store Michael's pink/orange/pastel/floral/'groovy'/disco take on Halloween this year that many people are seeing as a throw-back to the 60's and 70's, believe me, we did not have decorations like that then! LOL!!
My pleasure! So glad you emailed!
I can't say that I recall hearing of the 'Indianapolis Children's Museum Haunted House' before, but am a fan now...being minted in 1964 means they would have had a hand in creating and maintaining multiple generations worth of Halloween celebrants.
The 'Dial-A-Witch' thing was particularly charming and nostalgic.
(Imagine the olden-days frustration of being excited to hear the witchy cackle and spooky phrases, but only getting a busy signal...arrrgh!)
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