Haunted mansion portraits5/27/2023 ![]() The mansion would garner a reputation amongst locals as being haunted and as hosting hundreds of spirits within. Constance's murderous spirit would inhabit the attic of the manor. The Black Widow Bride ultimately died of unknown circumstances in 1927 at the age of 76. The hatbox man would also die via decapitation with his own head being stuffed within a hatbox (Constance's modus operandi) and him going on to become the "Hatbox Ghost" who haunted the mansion.Ĭonstance herself lived comfortably into her old age and evaded the law. Following her marriage to George, Constance murdered the aristocrat with an axe to the skull and inherited his estate. Constance's activity was accompanied by a mysterious man who maintained some possession over the heads of Constance's victims.Ĭonstance would stash away the mementos of her life of crime in the Haunted Mansion's attic, seemingly resulting in the attic being haunted by her four late-husband (if not others). Unknown to George, Constance was a serial-killer who targeted wealthy men to kill with an axe and keep the severed heads of within hatboxes as trophies. Between 18, George moved into the manor with his bride-to-be Constance Hatchaway, a woman from Money County, California. Madame Leota herself would work to materialize the spirits who came within the mansion's happy haunting grounds.īy the year 1877, the manor came under the ownership of one George Hightower, a wealthy man from Newport Beach, California. Notable agents for the manor came in the form of Ezra, Gus and Phineas AKA The Hitchhiking Ghosts, three spirits who haunted mortals until they returned to the manor to become residents. Guests of the manor were brought in from all over the world via the Ghost Relations Department. Little Leota's male counterpart was a deformed murderer known as the Hatchet Man who would commit suicide in the manor's cupola and subsequently become the mansions, "Ghost Host".Īt some point in time, these spirits would work to run the Haunted Mansion as a sort of retirement home for spirits. A figure related to the madame was one Little Leota, a presumed relative (most frequently identified as her daughter) whom posthumously became the mansion's, "Ghostess". Leota's ghost haunted a séance chamber in the mansion, where her spirit incarnated within a crystal ball. ![]() ![]() Most notable amongst these was a Romani clairvoyant named Madame Leota who took her vardo to the estate. All the members of this family would face sudden and violent deaths, leading to them being buried in the family-plot outside the manor.Ī variety of different characters had mysterious connections to the Haunted Mansion's history throughout the 19th century. It is believed (though disputed) that the master of the house was one Master Gracey, a handsome aristocrat in the family who harbored a dark-side. The family's patriarch was one, "Grandpa Marc" who died and was buried in the family plot. While the circumstances of these two change on the telling if they ever were true residents at all, the stories always end with the two dying and becoming ghosts in the estate.Īt some point, the mansion came into the ownership of a wealthy family (likely known as the Gracey family) who had at least 13 members. According to some stories, the mansion's original owner was a sea captain who lived in the manor with his bride. The early years of the mansion are shrouded in mystery, though it was likely constructed in the latter half of the 18th century or early half of the 19th. Behind the mansion is an expansive cemetery, and throughout the grounds are large trees and plant-life. The mansion has three-stories in-addition to a cupola at the top of the manor. So to do the time elapse method I'm thinking a Prop-1 with servomotor, but the static button would allow me to just find a 4 -5 rpm motor that would go forward or reverse.The Haunted Mansion is a white antebellum manor located on Esplanade Street in the city of New Orleans, where it overlooks the Mississippi River. I'd like to be able to either press a static button to operate this or my real favorite would be to have it go every 5-10 minutes or so, enough so people at the party can show each other. ![]() Still, its the actual electric portion of this that still is a real sticking point. I was kinda going for more of the rolling shade option, as I thought the lighter material would be easier to pull up and down. Great ideas and love the artwork Darklore! The first method I could envison as an almost garage door effect, if I put in 1/2 or 3/4 metal u channel with small rollers, and a motor with pulley bringing it up. ![]()
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