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I am 32, been working at haunts for 24 years. Been doing movies for about 5. I have a degree in robotics, and wicked creative streak, and even wickeder lust for haunting. LOVE IT!!!
Started out at 9 years old, working for a haunted trail in a park across the street from where I lived. It was run by the church up the street, and raised money for the Habitat for Humanity charity. I worked there through my teens, and een into my early 20's. Then, for finacial reasons, they had to quit doing it every year. But, I learned alot from the guys that worked there, made some friends I will never forget, and most of all, had a great time doing it every year.
In 1998, I started working at a Jaycees haunt. I didn't even know what the Jaycee's really were then, I just knew they had a great haunted house that I wanted to work at. So, I joined the Jaycee's, and worked the haunt in 98, 99, and 2000. I was actually supposed to take over the design of the haunted house, and completely gut and rebuild it in 2001, but, some of the members pissed me off royally for personal reasons, and I quit the Jaycee's.
Then, in 2002 and 2003, I got the opportunity to run my own haunted house. I was dating a girl who was the dispatcher at a police department. They were trying to come up with ways to raise money for their Police Explorers program. She talked them into doing a haunt, and putting me in charge of it. So, in 2002, the city gave me a house and a $2000 budget, and one month to turn the house haunted. With very little sleep, and only a little help from other people, I pulled it off. I turned a single story, ranch style house, with a set of woods in the back, into the what was voted "Best in Miami Valley" for both of the years it was open. But, then the city had to demolish the house to make room for a water treatment plant. Since then, I have only worked one or 2 nights at haunts, making special appearances. But, my movie career has been moving forward since then also. In 2002, I got my first break. I've done a few films since then, and in June of 2007, I was named Special Effects supervisor for the movie "LXA". I still want to work at haunts, and have a few diffent people that are working on getting their own haunts together, with sponsors and all, that I can get my hands dirty again on.
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