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| - This is something that my brother wanted to do when we visited Las Vegas last month. I am not a huge haunted house fan and since they do make you sign a waiver before going in, I was a bit apprehensive about it. I thought it was either going to be extremely scary or extremely tourist-trapy.
I must say that I was impressed by the quality of the tour and the quality of the exhibits. Basically, the tour takes you from room to room and gives you a few points of interest in them. You can see haunted items and historical artifacts from murder, death, and crime. For example, there is an entire Natalie Wood room which seemed a bit out of place, but had some interesting artifacts. There are also four-ish rooms that people can choose to skip because they have super haunted items in there. I didn't skip them because I wanted the whole experience.
Probably the biggest letdown of this museum is that most of the "scares" or "feelings" are done by atmospheric affects and suggestion. While it is cool to walk around in a dark haunted house, there was no reason why the exhibits needed to be in near total darkness. They should be like a real museum and have items with lights for all to see. They are interesting enough and don't need to be "hyped up". They also used quite a lot of smells and noises to disorient you into thinking you saw or heard something you didn't really see. I did not feel anything evil, painful, or sinister in this house from beginning to end. The tour guide (who was awesome) planted some ideas into guest's minds and let our own imagination run wild. While this is great for theatrical purposes, I found it a little hokey. They also make you walk through a 2 minute "haunted house" with some animatronic clowns which I didn't really understand how it fit. This was generally a serious and informative tour.
Whether I believe in ghosts or if these items are really haunted, the artifacts in this museum were incredibly real and interesting. It doesn't matter if I believe that the item is haunted. The item is still very much real and is of historic value. Some people get freaked out about negative energy of Ed Gein's cauldron, but in reality, it still really a pot that Ed Gein used for his victims. Zak had paintings from John Wayne Gacy, Liberace's Piano, and many more real items that you might not find other places. Those are all real things. Are they haunted? That is for you to decide. I didn't really think so, but that does not take away from them being real. He even had Dr. Kevorkian's van that he used for assisted suicide. I liked that they also used it as a memorial for those who chose to end their lives. Everything we saw was treated with respect and seriousness.
In summary, I really did like this museum, especially because it did display some very interesting and odd artifacts. Do I think the place is a little heavy on the theatrics? Yes, but there are far worse things to do with your money in Vegas. I can imagine this place is pretty awesome around Halloween.
Also, it wasn't that scary in my opinion! I still wore a rosary around my wrist just in case. You never know!
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