Team Mysterious Misery
Team Leader: Amanda Hansel
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 1, 2008)
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Based out of Columbus, OH, Amanda and Don have been with The Scare Factor since 2006. They cover several haunts from around the area. If you own or operate a haunted house in Ohio and would like for Amanda’s team to visit, they will be more than happy to let you scare them!
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Team Zombillies
Team Leader: Nora Proffet
Other members: Tyler Proffet
Experience Level: Master (Start Date: September 1, 2010)
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Background: Nora and Tyler came to us in 2010 eager to start reviewing and are now the owners of The Scare Factor!
As early as 2011, they started attending conventions like the Midwest Haunter’s Convention (Columbus, OH), HauntCon, and Transworld’s HAA Show (St. Louis, MO).
In addition to being the current owners, they are also the chief editors and website developers for The Scare Factor, all while consistently reviewing over 30 attractions during haunt season each year. Based out of Hanover, IN, they cover most areas of Indiana and Kentucky and portions of Ohio and Tennessee. They’ve traveled as far as Atlanta, GA, New Orleans, LA, Waukesha, WI, and Pittsburgh, PA.
During the day, Nora operates The Scare Factor and the couples’ real estate and online reselling businesses. In addition to selling various items on eBay, she also has experience operating a large Amazon store for a local product manufacturer. Her combined experience has given her vast insight into the aspects of maintaining an online presence and local and online business sales.
Tyler has worked in several commercial and industrial jobs over the years and is a former AWS-certified welder. He joins Nora in operating their businesses as the companies’ treasurer and as an IT specialist. His mechanical and fabrication background helps give the team a keen eye for detecting quality craftsmanship. Collectively, they have over three decades of experience visiting and analyzing Halloween haunted attractions under their belts!
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Team Scary Potter and the Hauntwarts Express
Team Leader: Leopold Von Whiskernuzzle
Experience Level: Veteran (Start Date: September 1, 2015)
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Team Crypt Creepers
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Team Hallowoosh
Team Leader: Joshua French
Experience Level: Veteran (Start Date: September 1, 2016)
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Team In-Corpse-A-Rated
Team Leader: Aaron Hartman
Other members: Debbie Sherman
Experience Level: Veteran (Start Date: September 1, 2016)
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Aaron and Debbie retired from haunt reviewing in 2022. We wish them the best but will keep their team page active until their haunt reviews are no longer showing on the website.
Background: Aaron and Debbie have been dating for over 8 years and share a love for haunted attractions. Based in Fairfield, California, they have been the administrators of the Northern California Haunted Attraction Enthusiasts Facebook Group Page, where they’ve been reviewing local haunts for several years. Now they want to bring up their review game by joining The Scare Factor in 2016! Haunters… take note that Debbie is the screamer… and runner!
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Team Jefferson Starship
Team Leader: Doug Bramlett
Other members: Desi Conrad, Kristin Raap
Experience Level: Master (Start Date: September 1, 2016)
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Background: Team Leader Douglas Bramlett (Doug) has been interested in horror and the occult since he was young and got most of his fix through reading and movies.
As he grew up, he visited haunts, but was disappointed in how few there were around him. As an adult, he traveled far and wide to visit the haunts around him until he was given the opportunity to work for one several years ago. The behind-the-scenes experience changed how he thought about haunts and he spent a great deal of time helping his local haunt to improve in various aspects.
But working for a haunt severely limited his time available to go see more and more of them. Thus, he has now turned to being a haunt reviewer so he can visit (and maybe help) even more haunts around him!
Team member Kristin Raap has been an avid haunted house visitor for over 20 years, has a few experiences working in houses, and a literature degree with a focus in the horror genre. She has studied the horror genre because Halloween is her favorite holiday. She believes the exploration and experience of horror to be a necessary part of a healthy society as it provides catharsis and community.
Team member Desi Conrad has always been a lover of the creepy and macabre, to the point that others find a bit unnerving. She’s been enjoying haunts since the late 80’s and worked in them for 4 years recently. When she’s not being creepy, she’s an artist specializing in body art and she enjoys a plethora of other activities.
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Team Nightmare in North Texas
Team Leader: Dawn Forte
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 1, 2017)
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Team Old Crow Hollow
Team Leader: Ronald Lake
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 1, 2017)
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Team Scare Response Unit
Team Leader: Danielle Garritt
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 1, 2017)
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Team Giraffic Shark
Team Leader: Ty Menard
Experience Level: Veteran (Start Date: September 1, 2017)
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Team Houdini
Team Leader: Scott Gibellino
Other members: Mark Turbish, Ray Lang, DeAndre Lang
Experience Level: Expert (Start Date: February 20, 2018)
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Team Houdini primarily covers the escape room scene in the greater Pittsburgh area. However, during the Halloween season, they may also be helping Team Scary Potter cover a few haunted houses in the area as well.
Scott has been a fan of Halloween, autumn, and the supernatural since he can recall.
At the age of 13, in the fall of 1995, he started his journey into the world of haunted attractions. After his first experience, he was hooked by the cool crisp air, the excitement, the atmosphere and the fear.
As years passed, Scott’s passion persisted, each year travelling to new haunts and adding new friends to join him. Scott is joined by his wife Rachael, brother in law Ray, friend Mark, and occasional friends to find the best haunted attractions.
On February 26, 2015, Scott was watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory. In this episode, the characters went to try a game where they were locked in a room with a zombie. This was the first time Scott had heard of an escape room. Immediately, he fell in love with the idea and was searching Google to see if there were any in his area. At that time, the idea of an escape room was a new concept. That summer, he found that one of his favorite haunts was opening two escape rooms in the fall. After the first escape room, he was hooked. Scott has attempted several escape rooms in the area, joined by his mother Kathleen and other members of his team. Their mission: to escape the most interesting escape rooms!
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Team Hauntarama
Team Leader: Andrew Montoya
Other members: Nicole Montoya
Experience Level: Veteran (Start Date: February 14, 2018)
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Team Hauntarama began in the fertile fields of Terror in the Corn, located in Erie, Colorado, where Andrew and Nikki Montoya first discovered their love for fright and one another!
Since that time, the Montoyas have visited many haunted attractions throughout Colorado, and have become serious about haunting their own home around Halloween.
Nikki has experience working in the theatre and behind the camera, bringing a wealth of know-how and understanding to the finer details of making haunts truly horrifc, while Andrew delights in the gruesome and dreams in horror. Halloween isn’t just once-a-year for Team Hauntarama, it’s a lifestyle!
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Team Michigan Macabre
Team Leader: Kristin Leigh
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: March 4, 2018)
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Kristin had a love for all things scary since being a child, thanks to her mom who has an equal (and slightly obsessive) love. Every book growing up was a Goosebumps, every Saturday night was a sleepover with “Are You Afraid of the Dark,” and every movie was, of course, in the horror genre. Most memorable: Pet Sematary, Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, and the infamous IT.
Naturally, Kristin was drawn to haunted houses. Going as a child and an adult, Halloween was always her favorite time of year. Kristin attended as many haunts as she could each season and never missed Cedar Point Halloweekends!
Fall is the most magical time of year while Kristin attends pumpkin patches, haunted houses, and Halloween parties. Kristin is known for her Halloween party, going above and beyond to bring all things scary to her guests.
Kristin’s love for haunted houses has now brought her to The Scare Factor where she reviews haunted houses across the state of Michigan as well as in Canada each season.
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Team Elm Street Dreamers
Team Leader: Tyler Rouse
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: February 20, 2018)
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Team Lollipop Massacre
Team Leader: Tricia Montgomery
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: September 1, 2018)
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Team Mid MO Monsters
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Team White City Devils
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Team NecronomaPeach
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Team Haunt Crew
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Team Yes and Escape
Team Leader: That Guy
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: August 15, 2016)
Normal Coverage Area: CA
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Team Peaches and Screams
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Team Cleaverland
Team Leader: Steve Drazdik
Other members: Stephanie Drazdik
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Team Teachers of Terror
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Team Second Line Scream
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Team Hellhounds
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Team Skelegore
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Team Brewhaha
Team Leader: Austin Metzler
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Team NOVA Necropolis
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Team Terror Techies
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Team Canadead
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Team Big Spooky
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Team Kiss of Death
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Team Enchanted Seance
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Team Skulleton Crew
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Team Graveyard Shift
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Team Bewitched Badgers
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Team Floridead
Team Leader: Evan Valle
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: August 2, 2022)
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What do you get when you cross three friends who have a love of horror and all worked at the Magic Kingdom together a decade ago? That’s right, Team Floridead! Evan, William and Brittany all met while working at Pirates of the Caribbean in the Fall of 2012 and quickly bonded over their love of Halloween Horror Nights. All three members of Team Floridead have a deep love for haunted houses and make their yearly treks to the many haunts of Orlando and Tampa each fall. Drawn to detail and full immersion, Team Floridead looks forward to visiting and discovering new haunted attractions across the state of Florida as members of The Scare Factor.
Evan, originally from Baltimore, MD, grew up surrounded by the best haunts in MD, PA, DE and VA. His love of horror began at a very early age watching The X-Files with his Mom every Sunday night and watching Tales from the Crypt with his Dad on HBO. Always drawn to all things scary, his first haunted house experience was in 4th grade when he had a birthday party at a local haunt. While every single one of his friends came out crying, Evan became infatuated and hooked on haunted attractions. His love of haunts ultimately led him to move to Orlando so that he could be closer to Halloween Horror Nights. Evan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater so, by day, you can find him working at several non-profit arts organizations across Central Florida.
William, originally from Milford, CT, moved down to Florida in January 2012 and worked at Disney World as part of the Disney College Program. William was first traumatized by a haunted house when he was 8 years old. The chainsaw chaseout at the end of the attraction led him to not attend haunted houses until he met Evan 13 years later. William was roped into going to Halloween Horror Nights for the first time and, after attending, found a new love for horror and haunted experiences. He’s happy to say that chainsaw chaseouts no longer cause him trauma. William and Evan are set to be married on October 30, 2022 and, as expected, are throwing a spooky HalloWedding.
Brittany, originally from O’Fallon, Illinois, moved to Central Florida in August of 2012. Brittany’s haunt career began overseas in Germany where she played the victim of a chainsaw wielding maniac. Her first horror film as a kid was Leprechaun and she has been in love with horror films and Halloween ever since, so much so that she got married on Halloween in 2016. Before moving to Orlando full-time, Brittany relocated to St. Louis where she annually visited some of her favorite attractions such as The Darkness, Creepyworld and the haunted Lemp Mansion. Nowadays, you can typically find her hiding behind Evan through haunted houses (unless there’s chainsaws involved, in which case Evan typically goes running).
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Team Fright Life
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Team Sinister
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Team Freddys Angels
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Team Hellfire
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Team Blood Orchid
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Team Salt City Slashers
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Team Scaredy Cat
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Team Living Dead Duo
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Team Scream Chasers
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Team California Cadavers
Team Leader: Jimmy Wienholz
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: January 1, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Northern California
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Jimmy grew up in a household that would count down to Halloween like most “normal” families count down to Christmas because the Fall always ushered in his favorite activity: Haunts. Growing up in California has provided a massive selection of every kind of Haunt, from theme parks (HHN and Knotts Scary Farm) to dark country road independent attractions; there isn’t a haunt he won’t dare attend. Having just completed his education at The Los Angeles Film School, Jimmy is a sucker for set design and haunts that tell a complete story. However, he isn’t against running through a cornfield as he’s being chased by a killer with a chainsaw, either!
In his spare time, Jimmy runs a multi-media channel, “The Horrific Network,” which features interviews with guests from every aspect of the world of Horror as well as covers most of the goings on in the world of themed entertainment. He is also the Panel MC for Northern California’s Sinister Creature Con and enjoys hosting various live horror events throughout the year.
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Team Spooky Two
Team Leader: Frankie Brooks
Other members: Alison Brooks
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: May 10, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Arkansas
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Team Lead Frankie has been an avid fan of Halloween, horror, and haunted houses since his grandmother introduced him to classic 80’s scary movies as a child. When Frankie isn’t visiting haunted attractions, he writes short stories and conducts paranormal investigations.
Alison is a lover of haunted houses and makeup, so much so that she created her own brand that combines the two, known as “Spooks N’ Sparkles.” She is excited to join The Scare Factor and can’t wait to see what’s in store for the spooky season!
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Team Lone Wolf
Team Leader: Lindsay Bacon
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: August 7, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Indiana, Kentucky
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Team Hell Hounds
Team Leader: Derek Holstein
Other members: Makayla Grall, Jack Gress, Spencer Lee
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: August 11, 2023)
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“Car enthusiasts by day, haunt enthusiasts by night!”
Derek:
Hey there, it’s Derek Holstein, a 23-year-old adventurer with a taste for all things thrilling. You will typically find me getting my heart racing on a roller coaster, attending a car show, or working in the garage. Besides enjoying spooky things all year long, I charge full steam ahead getting into the Halloween spirit as soon as the 4th of July is over.
Ever since growing up, I have always had a passion for cars. In the past few years, I have been building one of my dream cars which is a Subaru WRX. It once started as a daily driver and turned into something much more. My friends and I have touched almost everything on my car inside and out. With being OCD, I heavily focus on fine details having an obsession to make things perfect. This year, I started growing a larger presence on social media through filming and editing car content.
When I am not busy in the car world, I find myself investigating the paranormal. From once being a skeptic to seeing some of the craziest things ever in my life with no feasible explanation. Over the past few years, I have created a plethora of ghost-hunting equipment to help with my future investigations.
Besides dabbling into the paranormal, I have been a huge haunt enthusiast over the years. I find myself watching Tv shows showcasing haunts, YouTube videos, behind-the-scenes, and more. In the last few years, I have transformed my house into a personal home haunt from taking our boring looking home into a haunt enthusiasts’ paradise for the entire month of October. It would be ideal that one day I can make a Home Haunt for locals to attend but this will do for now. My favorite parts about haunted houses are seeing the workmanship & technological side to see how haunts work. Also, I can’t forget to mention on a side note about all the animatronics & special effects that I enjoy seeing as well.
Some of the other “boring” information about me is that I have an associate’s degree in business management. Just like many others in their early 20s, I am still searching for that lifelong fulfillment that makes me want to get out of bed every day.
Makayla:
Hi, I’m MaKayla. I’ve always liked all things spooky since I was a teenager except haunted houses. When I was younger my mom took me to a haunted house and it traumatized me and I never went back until 3 years ago. 3 years ago, I faced my irrational fear of haunted houses and went to a few local ones and loved it! Now we try to hit as many haunts as we can. During the off-season haunts, you’ll often find me attending car shows and events, tinkering with my own car, or lending a hand with other people’s cars.
Jack:
Hey, I’m Jack. I have a deep passion for cars with owning my current dream car which is a 2021 Dodge Charger Scat Pack. You will find me at car events with the other team members or alongside them working in the garage. Besides cars, I enjoy investigating the paranormal as a hobby. Derek and I have engaged in a diverse range of amateur investigations expanding our knowledge in the realm of the paranormal. Gaming is also another one of my interests along with my fascination with all things spooky. Being with a Military background, it is hard to scare me but I give credit to haunts when they can achieve it.
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Hi, my name is Spencer. A little bit about myself, for work I am a Robot programmer and have a side business in photography/videography. I have a passion for building and showing cars but mainly tuner cars. I also love photography and learning how things work. I got started into haunted houses last year in 2022 by our team leader, Derek. I had zero interest in anything spooky before Derek invited me to a haunted house and after that, I was hooked! No matter how scared I am or how much I scream, I still find myself wanting more haunts.
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Team Jackalope
Team Leader: Joshua McAleer
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 24, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Arizona
Status: Active
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Josh was born on a moonless night at the height of spooky season. He grew from a deeply weird baby into an unsettling child and finally into a very strange adult. The leader of team Jackalope is obsessed with cryptids, monsters, myths, and ghouls of every kind. An annual tradition of road tripping to a new haunted house every year for his birthday has morphed into a lifelong passion for the art of scaring, and he has visited dozens of different haunts across the country. Much like the great beasts that loaned him their name Josh leads a migratory lifestyle, but for the next few years will be prowling the deserts of Arizona and the American southwest.
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Team Creepy Clowns
Team Leader: Stevi Rady
Other members: Shane Rady
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: September 24, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Central Tennessee
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We are both originally from Pittsburgh, PA, and moved to Tennessee almost 2 years ago. I fell in love with
the state after 1 visit, and made it my goal to live here one day. My love for haunts came around 12 years old when my Dad took me to my first haunt. I remember loving it so much I wanted to go through again! In 2011 I became a scare actor at Kennywood Phantom Fright Nights, and worked there for 10 seasons. I started in a haunted house there and then moved to a roving actor through the park. This is also where I met Shane!
Shane started volunteering at a local haunt, just thinking it would be a good time, and then after a few seasons moved up to being a paid actor. Eventually he found his way to Kennywood to be a scare actor. He worked for 9 seasons there as a rover.
We have traveled over many states to try new haunts and have loved every minute of it, we love seeing
the new themes and ideas every year. We both share the love of haunts and all that comes with them! We even got engaged at our favorite haunt!
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Team Crypt Seekers
Team Leader: Ali Graf
Other members: Adam Hemmings
Experience Level: Apprentice (Start Date: October 18, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: England, Wales
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Ali and Adam have watched the world of haunts in the UK blossom in the years they’ve resided there, after moving from the United States where they frequented haunted attractions in the midwest. They are avid scare maze victims, and also enjoy attending and producing horror-related theatre. In their spare time, Adam and Ali watch a few too many spooky movies and enjoy collaborative boardgames (looking at you, Horrified!)
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Team Brady Pack
Team Leader: Morgan Brady
Other members: Brooklynn Bentley, Elliott Brady
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: November 28, 2023)
Normal Coverage Area: Southern Indiana
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Meet Morgan, a Halloween enthusiast who discovered her love for haunted houses in her early teens while growing up in Western Kentucky. Now residing in Southern Indiana with her loving husband Elliott, the pair, married for seven years, eagerly load up their van each Halloween season for thrilling adventures through various haunts. Despite being the most easily scared in their crew, Morgan relishes every spine-tingling moment with friends and family. Embracing her “witchy” side, she delves into crystals, candles, tarot cards, and more, adding a touch of magic to her everyday routine.
Meet Brooklynn, Morgan’s younger sister, who eagerly joins their annual haunted house adventures with Elliott. Living in Southern Indiana, she’s been part of the spooky tradition for a few years now. Despite trying to keep a straight face in each attraction, Brooklynn trembles on the inside. Halloween holds a special place in her heart, and she adds her own mix of courage and excitement to the spine-tingling festivities shared among the trio.
Meet Elliott, the Halloween aficionado and group critic. Halloween tops his holiday list, and he thrives on exploring the intricate details of haunted attractions. His favorite part? Watching his wife run for her life at the sound of a chainsaw revving up. A nature lover at heart, Elliott maximizes his time outdoors. He considers himself a bit witchy, and his favorite items to collect are animal bones. Above all, his deep love for his wife shines in every shared moment—be it in spooky haunts or the tranquility of nature.
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