Things to buy

• Bates Haunt Resource DVD - Bring the pumpkins home and some free downloads
• Bates Haunt Songs - Purchase songs until I can rerecord for iTunes and get free upgrades

Haunt History

• A Fairly Comprehensive and Somewhat Boring History of Bates Haunt
• 2011 - Enhancements and new skeleton army dance to the song "Heartless Bones"
• 2009,2010 - Switch to HD and new projector.
• 2008 - Two new songs for the pumpkins.
• 2007 - Didn't have a lot of time for new stuff, but cleaned up 2006 haunt, added a spider and some glimmers. Featured on fear.net.
• 2006 - Won national haunting awards for 2005 show. Added a new song for the pumpkins, lightning strike, and recreated the skeleton
• 2005 - Forgot to backup stuff from 2004, so started with 2003 version. Added an original song and singing pumpkins.
• 2004 - Couldn't ever find the video. Did the projection again, adding a skeleton and some other stuff.
• 2003 - Revenge of the disembodied head, and using a video projector on my house, but snowed out...
• Automated Lightning - Without a video projector
• 2002 - Using a video projector on my house
• 1998 - My largest Halloween night production with a spiders theme. Including the spider chamber, and the disembodied head
• Before That - Many many haunts since I was 7 including a few years with the Haunted Old Mill

Other Resources

• FAQ - Frequently asked questions
• Automated Lightning - Without a video projector