The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion

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WELCOME FOOLISH READERS!Join your new Ghost Host Haunted Mansion expert Jeff Baham for the definitive history of Disneys spookiest attraction. Sprinkled with photos Bahams book contains everything there is to know about the Mansion with never-before-told stories and comprehensive coverage of the Haunted Mansions colorful past and its chilling presence at Disneyland Walt Disney World and other Disney theme parks.The Machine in the GhostsBeginning with the Haunted Mansions original (but never realized) incarnation as "Bloodmere Manor" Baham pulls back the shroud on the clever effects that haunt the Mansion including Ken Andersons plan for a cyclorama-enhanced Headless Horseman Yale Gracey and Rolly Crumps creative wizardry and "happy accidents" Bob Gurrs Doom Buggies the technology behind Madame Leotas crystal ball and the controlled chaos of the Ballroom Scene.Youll learn why X. Atencios idea for a raven narrator was ditched in favor of the now infamous Ghost Host whether a screaming man caught in a spider web once dwelt in the Mansion and how technology exorcised the Hatbox Ghost.Only Ghost Stories of CourseTheres more to the Mansion than mere mechanics. More than perhaps any other Disney attraction the Haunted Mansion is powered by the scenes and spirits you witness from your Doom Buggy all play roles in the overall narrative of the Mansion and if you dont know the story youll miss out on a lot of the fun and a few of the scares too.Baham clues you in about such things as why the Mansion is there who built it how it became haunted and the dastardly deeds done by some of its residents in their corruptible mortal states.A Taste of Whats InsideFrom the comfort of your Doom Buggy youll Walts boyhood experience with the haunted Sauer Castle may have inspired Disneylands Haunted MansionInsider accounts o