{"product_id":"the-unauthorized-story-of-walt-disneys-haunted-mansion","title":"The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWELCOME  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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966239174709,"sku":"ByrdShop_1941500080","price":61.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781941500088.jpg?v=1770558246","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-unauthorized-story-of-walt-disneys-haunted-mansion","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}