WK 3 - HM - The Haunted Mansion Volume One: Welcome, Foolish Mortals

On November 15, 2007 SLG published a collection of their Haunted Mansion Inspired Comics into a hardbound book titled The Haunted Mansion, Volume 1: Welcome, Foolish Mortals. This contained comics 1-6 of what was going to be an 8 comic series, After the hardcover was release SLG did release comic #7 but as far as I know #8 never was published. The stories give great background stories to many of the ghostly residents and is a great read. Stories range from comical to horrific.

http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Mansion-One-Welcome-Foolish/dp/1593620985/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1326738469&sr=8-4

The Ghost Gallery (HM)

The updated Ghost Gallery can be found here.

R.C. Loveland, "Ghost Biographer" and former CM at WDW started creating backgrounds for all of the Happy Haunts at the mansion. Over time other CM's contributed to the work which became known as the Ghost Gallery. This page will collect all of the known haunt information from any Haunted Mansion source.
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Date of Death - Name - Cause of Death - Source


XXXX - Organist - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Maid - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Butler - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Fortune Teller - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Ghost Writer - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Plumber - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Librarian - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Opera Singer - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Chef - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Veterinarian - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Architect - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Lawyer - NA - Haunted Mansion After-LIFE Game
XXXX - Madame Leota - NA - Scary Monsters Magazine
XXXX - Conservatory Ghost - NA - Scary Monsters Magazine
XXXX - Singing Masked Executioner - NA - Scary Monsters Magazine
XXXX - Singing Decapitated Knight - Decapitated - Scary Monsters Magazine

XXXX - Constance/The Bride/The Black Widow- NA - Scary Monsters Magazine

XXXX - The Hat Box Ghost - NA - Scary Monsters Magazine - Disneyland Only
XXXX - The Pop-Up Attic Ghosts - NA - Scary Monsters Magazine

After 1869 - Ambrose - Ax Murdered by Constance - Scary Monsters Magazine
After 1872 - Frank - Ax Murdered by Constance - Scary Monsters Magazine
After 1874 - Marquis - Ax Murdered by Constance - Scary Monsters Magazine
After 1875 - Reginald - Ax Murdered by Constance - Scary Monsters Magazine
After 1877 - George - Ax Murdered by Constance - Scary Monsters Magazine

WK 3 - HM - Welcome to the After-LIFE

My girlfriend recently picked up the Haunted Mansion edition of The Game of Life for Christmas for me and Disney and Hasbro did a great job on this.

The games premise is based on you reaching your final destination and joining the other 999 Happy Haunts with the most screams generated along the way. In the beginning you choose to either attend the BOO-niversity or start a Scareer which effects which one of the Happy Haunts in the mansion you become. Did I mention the buildings in the game are glow in the dark plastic replicas of the Disney Haunted Mansions around the world. Even your ghosts (instead of people) that you place in Doombuggies instead of cars glow in the dark. Now if you don't want to know anymore, stop reading here because the rest will be filled with Spoilers about the game. 

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The Happy Haunts You Can Play As Are:

Organist - 20,000 - 50,000 Screams - Scareer

Maid - 30,000 - 60,000 Screams - Scareer

Butler - 30,000 - 60,000 Screams - Scareer

Fortune Teller - 40,00 - 70,000 Screams - Scareer 

You also get a 5,000 Séance Fee when a "10" is spun

Ghost Writer - 40,000 - 70,000 Screams - BOO-niversity

Plumber - 50,000 - No Maximum Screams - Scareer

Librarian - 50,000 - 80,000 Screams -BOO-niversity

Opera Singer - 60,000 - No Maximum Screams - Scareer

Chef - 70,000 - 110,000 Screams - BOO-niversity

Veterinarian - 80,000 - 120,000 Screams - BOO-niversity

Architect - 90,000 - No Maximum Screams - BOO-niversity

Lawyer - 100,000 - No Maximum Screams - BOO-niversity

The Tombs You Can Rest In Peace Are:

Shoe Box - 80,000 Screams 

Pine Box - 100,000 Screams (Sells for 105,000 Screams) - Starter Tomb

Stone Vase - 120,000 Screams (Sells for 140,000 Screams) - Starter Tomb

Marble Urn - 180,000 Screams (Sells for 160,000 Screams) - Starter Tomb

Wood Coffin - 160,000 Screams (Sells for 180,000 Screams) - Starter Tomb

Sarcophagus - 180,000 Screams (Sells for 200,000 Screams) - Starter Tomb

Vault - 300,000 Screams - Tomb

Chamber - 400,000 Screams - Tomb

Garden - 500,000 Screams - Tomb

Crypt - 600,000 Screams - Tomb

Marble Tomb - 700,000 Screams - Tomb

Mausoleum - 800,000 Screams - Tomb

Ghosts of the Screams Currency

5,000 Screams - Sally Slater (the girl on the tight rope above the alligator)

10,000 Screams - Top of the 3 men sinking into quicksand

20,000 Screams - Constance Hatchaway / Abigail Patecleaver (on the tombstone above her husband)

50,000 Screams - Ambassador Alexander Nitrokoff (the man standing on the dynamite)

100,000 Screams - Master Gracey 

Ghostly Happenings You Will Run Into

Receive SKULL-ership.

Buy candelabras and tambourines.

Spooks arrive for a midnight spree. (LIFE)

Work at Scream Park Ghost Relations.

Head of the class. (LIFE)

Haunt Mardi Gras in New Orleans Square

SPRING WAKE in Florida! (LIFE)

TERM-inal paper due.

Earn a license to scare!

You insist on lagging behind.

Welcome to the After-LIFE

Adobe Eddit the bat from the Pet Cemetery (LIFE)

Meet your "soul" mater. (LIFE)

Your investment in quicksand sinks.

Make room for one more in your Doom Buggy. 

Learn to shriek and harmonize. (LIFE)

Attend a "death-day" party (LIFE)

Find a surprise in a hat box.

TOGETHER FOREVER! (LIFE - STOP)

Materialize the disembodied!

Frighten the Grounds Keeper.

No time off for good behavior.

Take a ride in a horseless carriage.

Death Taxes due!

Buy a Starter Tomb (STOP)

Host a Scare Affair

Dead-End Job

Professional tomb cleaning.

Adobt Lilac the Skunk from the Pet Cemetery (LIFE)

Dis-obedience classes needed.

Pick up a hitchhiking ghost. (LIFE)

Enjoy a cup of tea with your mummy! (LIFE)

Win a BOO-ueaty contest!

Pick up two hitchhiking ghosts.

A night at the Opera.

Séance with Madame Leota (LIFE)

Communicate with the living (LIFE)

LAW SUIT Sue Another Spirit

Take a Night-mare class.

Buy drums and a bell.

Bestow spiritual guidance!

Join the dead poets society. (LIFE)

Attend Ghost Host seminar.

Install extra-creaky hinges in your crypt.

Visit patriarch Grandpa Marc.

Coffin talk with fellow spirits.

Adobt a Siamese-Siamese cat. (LIFE)

Visit brother Claude, he's beneath the sod. (LIFE)

Doom Buggy trip to Death Valley.

Great Caesar's ghost bequeaths a gift!

Commission a portrait.

Visit local haunts in Liberty Square. (LIFE)

New luggage for the hitchhiking ghosts.

Repair clock to strike 13.

Reserve the ballroom for a dinner party.

Having a good mourning!

Knight classes.

Take the Happy Haunts path

Engagement soiree for Constance and Frank

Attend a Ghostly retreat.

Replace safety bar for your Doom Buggy.

Learn to Socialize (LIFE)

Acquire a priceless first edition.

"X" marks the spot!

Prankish spirits detain your Doom Buggy.

Adobe a pet gargoyle (LIFE)

Happy haunts materialize. 

Upgrade to a Tomb (STOP)

Pipe organ transplant

Ghost-write a best selling book.

Ballroom dance lessons. 

Buy a raven.

Death Tax refund!

Grin Path or Grim Path

Anniversary present for Constance and George

Stock up on serpents, spiders, tail of a rat.

New Tombstones.

Push up daisies (LIFE)

Visit good old Fred (LIFE)

Redecorate your tomb to have a view.

Weird glows gleam! (LIFE)

Attend portrait gallery gala.

Meet Master Gracey (LIFE)

Tomb SWEET Tomb! (LIFE)

Make the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake.

Join the jamboree (LIFE)

Follow a foolish mortal home!

Have a tombstone re-DEAD-icated

Attend Ghost Host's Swinging Party.

Farewell... dearly departed

FINAL RESTING PLACE Choose New Orleans Square or Liberty Square

http://www.amazon.com/Game-LIFE-Haunted-Mansion-Theme/dp/B0042QPYG8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326738980&sr=8-1

WK 2 - HM & IN - Columns 2

After thinking a great deal more I also think two other columns would be fun to prepare:

Haunted Mansion (HM) - Covering all aspects of my favorite ride from the haunts to the ride to the merchandise.

Innoventions (IN) - Although Innoventions may be getting a little dated in Disneyland, and with the new Green Home coming to WDW, this blog is not just about the attraction but my attempts to turn our home into a little inspirited Innoventions smart house.

Looking forward to writing more.