Haunted Toy Run

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Haunted Toy Run

Haunted House staff and crew took the day off to do a little shopping for the Holidays. After watching a story on a local news station about how the economy was effecting toy donations, Boneyard staffers organized a shopping trip and proceeded to fill their carts with toys.

Our goal was to fill three pick-up trucks with as many toys, games and bicycles as we could. As our team started filling shopping cars it didn't take long to get the attention of the store managers and security as well. After a brief Q&A we were back on task with the help and support of the store employees.

We loaded up our Haunted House trucks and made our way to a local drop-off location where WFAA Ch8 News had organized a "Toy Drive" with other local businesses. We arrived to a full choir, band and a large cow handing out "Chick Fil-A" Sandwiches. And of course the Big Guy himself "Santa" was on site.

Hats off to WFAA and their sponsors for hosting the event and going out of their way to make sure this Christmas will be a happy experience for children of all ages here in North Texas.

Decorating for the Holidays

Decorating for the Boneyard Haunted House annual Toys for Tots drive. Each year we hold a Christmas party inside the Haunted House - admission is a new unwrapped toy. 2011 marks our fourth year to collect Toys for the U.S. Marine Corps.
This year a crew of volunteers hit the ground running to help transform the scariest haunted house in Texas into a winter wonderland. Over 30 trees, oversized ornaments and too many lights to count round out the decorations.

For more information on the Toys for Tots program please visit http://www.toysfortots.org/

The Human Shield

This has to be one of the most common occurrences I see at the Boneyard Haunted House. Friday night October the 15th 2011 I am at the exit of the Haunt getting customer feedback, how was it? What was your favorite actor? etc. So I approach this one couple and start to ask my standard questions when the Husband starts in.. " Well it was OK, I guess... Nothing much scares me" and the whole time his wife has that look in her eye, (if your married, you know what I mean) So, the wife stays quite during her husbands speech, and then tells me that it was great as she grabs her husbands arm and leads him to their car.

So, I make note of the time and after we close for the night I decide to review the video footage from our "Haunt-Cam" and guess who I find using his wife as a human shield? Yep! Mr. "It wasn't that scary" This guy not only grabs his wife, Yanks her in front. he then hides his head behind her shoulder. The best part of the entire thing. His wife never threw him under the bus. She just stood there and let him tell his story.. {Or at least till they got in the car}

Haunted House QR Codes

QR Codes have been around since 1994, originally used for tracking parts in the automotive industry, Quick Response Codes were slow to make their way into the consumer market. It wasn't until the widespread use of smart phones that the codes began showing up in public.



We first started using Quick Response Codes for promotional tracking in 2009, a very basic code that directed users to our website www.theBoneyard.org. Our plan was to place the code on print advertisement and business cards. Almost immediately we met with resistance, printers had not seen them before, they could not guaranty the codes would scan in their ads. Bottom line - people fear the unknown. On top of that very few smart phone users at the time were familiar with the codes and were reluctant to download the needed app. Read More

Urban Myths in North Texas

A prominent urban myth in North Texas, screaming bridge has been visited by many locals over the decades. From teenagers out having fun to paranormal investigators, the story draws many in search of their own screaming bridge experience. Trying to hear the screams of the departed has been a ritual of passage for many Arlington teens

On the night of February 4th, 1961 a car filled with six Arlington teenage girls plunged off a burned out wooden bridge where then Arlington-Bedford Road (renamed Greenbelt Rd) approached the railroad tracks in far North Arlington. The tracks themselves run parallel to a drainage ditch (mistakenly reported to be a creek in various newspaper articles of that time) which the bridge spanned. Read More

DFW's Most Haunted

Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Investigators spend the night upstairs at the Dallas Haunted House and get some unexpected results.

CBS 11. Joel Thomas explores the Boneyard Haunted House in Arlington. Reporter: Dan Hall runs the haunted house in the abandoned sears building. We work hard all year to perfect our scares and technique for a short time in the Halloween season...

Upstairs is a massive, dark, unused floor. When we first acquired the building, and the mall maintenance guys and mall security handed the keys over us to, they jokingly told us don't go upstairs. Reporter: soon, Mr. Hall began to think he was not the first person to haunt the building.

In the last year, there's been two or three things I can't explain. The rolls of receipts were stacked up on the table. And one of them came rolling across the floor at me one day. It just brushed my foot. Reporter: now, the floor is littered with the paper. Another event was downstairs. One of the trash cans just started moving toward us. Read More.

Promoting with Vehicle Graphics

Haunted House unveils latest wrapped Vehicle

August 2011 - The Boneyard Haunted House in Texas unveils it latest entry into the Wrapped Vehicle Arena. A 2010 Dodge RAM was selected to be completely covered or wrapped in vinyl graphics. The Boneyard, one of the top Haunted Houses in Dallas has been using vehicle wraps since 2008 and currently has a total of six vehicles that make up their fleet. Ranging from a H2-Hummer all the way down to a VW-Bug.

The Boneyard has consistently built their Branding and public image from the start. "Quality and Value are vital when presenting your companies image to the public, and is what our customers have come to expect from the Boneyard" said Dan Hall - Owner of the Boneyard Haunted House. "If you put your name on it - it has to be right! it doesn't matter if its a Hummer or a coffee cup" said Hall.

Choosing the right team to partner with to wrap vehicles for the Haunted House promotions was crucial for Hall. "It was important to find someone that could take my vision and create a vehicle wrap that reflected our image" Said Hall. The Boneyard has been working with Dallas based 360 Wraps for three years, for more information on custom wrapped vehicles check out 360Wraps.com

Ghost Hunting Texas Style

Investigators spend the night in Haunted House

Investigators from the Texas based group "Fort Worth Paranormal" Spent the night inside the Boneyard Haunted House.

Almost immediately the team started receiving signals on their ghost hunting equipment. Having broken up into several teams to cover the massive space that makes up the Boneyard complex. The members were unaware of what was happing with each individual team. It would not be till the next morning when they could start reviewing the evidence collected throughout the long night that they would find out what happened. Read More.

The Electric Chair - Halloween prop

One question I get asked often as a Haunted House owner is " What is your favorite prop or animatronics?" And it's like asking a parent what kid is their favorite! However I have to admit the classic "Electric Chair" makes my top 10 list year after year.

In 1881, - Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist and former steamboat engineer, sees elderly drunkard touch terminals of electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. He is amazed at how quickly and apparently painlessly the man is killed and describes episode to friend State Senator David McMillan.

Currently the Boneyard houses a total of five electric chairs. one of the chairs has been imported from Europe. Originally manufactured as a arcade style novelty, the chair has been restored and updated with modern electronics. And is currently available for customers. Read More.

Grand Prairie Army reservists filed into a haunted house in Arlington Texas ..., hoping to better prepare for an upcoming mission in Haiti. Roughly 120 Soldiers practiced clearing rooms, dealing with hostiles and search and recovery in dangerous surroundings. The soldiers from the 302nd Military Police Unit were carrying unloaded guns, but able to practice real-life scenarios.

Inside The Boneyard Haunted House, former pilot Dan Hall -- who is allowing the military to use his facility for free -- is using all of his equipment to simulate a real life urban environment. "Someone could take fire on the troops, so as they come in they'll be assessing the area have to clear it for any potential dangers," said Hall. ~ Read More...

Halloween Weddings

A Haunted House may not be your first choice when it comes to a wedding venue. However each year this Haunted Haunted House in Dallas Texas holds several wedding ceremonies. Complete with Zombie Ushers and Monster Groomsman the Boneyard Haunted House has become a Hot Spot for Halloween theme weddings. Dan Hall - Owner of the Boneyard said that he did not know how to respond the first time he had a request for a wedding. "I had to make sure that the couple knew that this was a Haunted House" Hall said. That was in 2005, Since then the number of weddings has only increased.

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