John e. Lakatos

About me:

My family grew up in the only two story house on our block. It was set back from the street unlike the rest of the houses on the block, this played into the natural creepiness of the house. At Halloween every year my father would play this up even more. We didn't decorate the house up to much given this was the 1960's and early 70's. Money was tight, by my dad was inventive. So at early ages my younger brother Vince and I learned how to turn almost anything into a prop. And my dad taught us easy cheap make up effects that would scare every kid in the neighborhood. And my older brother Jim would torture us every time we walk up the stairs to the second floor. He had an old monster/Frankenstien glove that he would put on and shove it out the attic door when we got to the to of the stairs. I can still hear him laughing as we would fly down the stairs screaming. So this is our background. Now we're older and have been doing haunts for over 25 years and have perfected what we do. This year we finally decided to name our haunt and start advertising it. We have moved to this location in mid 2008 and while the haunt last year was something to see, our turn out wasn't that great due to the fact that nobody seems to decorate in this area. That will change with us! So if your in the neighborhood at the end of October check us out. We're only a few blocks from the Toxic Terror the put on at the Storm baseball stadium. Happy Haunting

Pepper Tree Manor Haunt 2009

Just some photos from Halloween night. Thanks to the more than 500 that showed up!