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Welcome to The HOUSE OF DOOM!!! Founded in 1996, the HOD is the Cincinnati area's original haunted attraction site (and to our knowledge, was the first haunt review site on the web). We focus primarily on haunts in the Greater Cincinnati area including northern Kentucky and Middletown, featuring comprehensive in depth features and interviews. With over 35 years of covering the local haunt scene (from the nation's first Jaycee haunt located here in 1970) both as a spectator and creator, we bring an insider's view of the haunt industry along with the perspective gained from watching it develop over the decades. You can also enjoy (or not) browsing our Halloween event listings, guest articles by local haunt actors, photos of vintage horror collectibles, bore yourself with my great pics of Japan, or waste time in a thousand other ways! AND we're the favorite site of Bug Boy! Top that! To fully enjoy The HOD!!!, you should have a good sense of humor and an appreciation for all things horror. If you are the deadly serious, bitter, unhappy type, you'd probably feel much better somewhere else. Seeya. So for the rest of you, kick back, grab your potato chips and Coca Cola, and read on! The Fearless Leader can be emailed at haunt666@webtv.net . Whether he remembers to check his email that day is a whole other story...

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NEW CONCEPT IN HAYRIDES AT SANDYLAND ACRES Since those darn haywagons never seem to move fast enough to escape pursuing monsters, Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride experimented with something a little faster-bringing the Kentucky Speedway Show Car Mustang to the event on Saturday, October 4. The car, however, was never tested on the trail as the local creeps took a liking to it, as displayed by the following photos (all photos courtesy Sandyland Acres): Sandyland's monsters pull up in the event's hearse to scope out the new wheels... "Well guys-whaddya think?" Mikey likes it! "Sure beats that station wagon I stole in the original Halloween..." "And faster than the Last Roundup Rolling Grill!" "Between this car and my stylish hat, I'm sure to impress the chicks!"

NEW ACTRESS AT DENT SCHOOLHOUSE A SCREAM! Normally, the above picture would cause terrorized parents across the Tri-State to rush to check on their infants-but fear not! Pictured is Cincy haunt mainstay Bludzo T. Clown cradling the Dent Schoolhouse's newest actress-his newborn daughter Bludzette...err, I mean, Savannah! Yes, Bludzo and his beter half had their first child earlier this month and the proud dad wasted no time in introducing her to the world of haunting last Saturday at the Dent Schoolhouse. Bludzo reports that Savannah took all the confusion, noise, and mayhem that surrounds a haunt in stride and is a rising star in the 'future haunt actress' category. If you look closely, you'll see on Savannah's T-Shirt the words 'Bludzo Is My Daddy, So It's OK If I Spit Up!'. The shirt was a gift from Bludzo's long time friend (and former owner of Nightmare Estates) Donnie Thornton. Bludzo feels that his Presidential campaign will be bolstered by having such a cute kid and the requisite baby kissing that goes with it (all politicians do it!). However, he warns Tri-State hauntgoers that "Smilin' 'Zo" disappears the second you step into the Dent Schoolhouse-inside those hallowed halls, he's still the area's premier psychotic haunt klown. We're sure all Tri-State haunters join us in extending our congratulations to Savannah and her happy parents!