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Title
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Careers: Scare Master
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Description
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Profile of Amber Arnett-Bequeaith, vice president of Full Moon Productions. The company owns and operates commercial haunted houses, including the nationally recognized Edge of Hell and The Beast.
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Date
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2006-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Guadalupe Center Halloween Party
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Description
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People in costumes pose for a photo in the Guadalupe Center. The caption reads, "Halloween Party, Club Tepeyac, Guadalupe Center, October 28, 1939."
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Date
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1939-10-28
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Haunted Houses were His Passion
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Description
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Owner Dennis Kingsolver of the commercial haunted house The Catacombs on 1100 Santa Fe St. in the West Bottoms died in an accident while working on an elevator at The Catacombs. Article discusses Kingsolver's love of haunted houses and gives a short history of commercial haunted houses in Kansas City.
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Date
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2005-07-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Guadalupe Center Halloween Party
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Description
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Children and adults in costume during a Halloween Party at the Guadalupe Center.
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Date
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1943-10-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Guadalupe Center Halloween Party
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Description
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Adults and children gathered for a group photo in the Guadalupe Center. The caption reads, "Halloween Party, Club Tepeyac, Guadalupe Center, October 28, 1939."
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Date
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1939-10-28
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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A Merry Halloween
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Description
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A Halloween postcard showing children bobbing for apples.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Halloween
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Description
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Halloween postcard showing a little girl pointing at a witch. The message reads: Strange sights as seen on Halloween.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Crown Center
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Description
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View looking west from square showing "Snoopy's Pumpkin Patch".
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Date
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1989
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Swimming Pool and Club House of Fred Wolferman
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of Fred Wolferman's swimming pool and club house, taken from the southeast. A spiderweb decoration hangs in the window.
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Date
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1932-09-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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There's Money in Fear
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Description
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Feature article in the Star Business Weekly about haunted houses open for the Halloween season in Kansas City. One of the most enduring is "The Edge of Hell" at 1300 W. 12th St., which has seen 34 Halloween seasons. Other houses mentioned are The Beast (1401 W. 13th St.); The Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe (1100 Santa Fe); and the Macabre Cinema (at 1222W. 12th St.).
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Date
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2008-10-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Hunting the Haunters
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Description
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With Kansas City Paranormal Investigations (KCPI), the author accompanies members to seek out the "strange and unusual in our world," in particular the John Wornall House Museum. KCPI was founded three years ago by Dayna Smith.
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article