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What happened and how does it relate to the Frightfest event?
Short Summary: In the fall of 1935, a local town mechanic was brutally murdered with a shotgun by local man as his lover lead him to his untimely demise that fateful night. August 24th, on a hot, late summer night, Mrs. Young(our seductress) borrowed a car from her in-laws to pick up her lover, Mr. Rick. They drove out to the local lover's lane(Harvest Lane, just south of the drive-in), where they were planning an extra-marital tryst. Unfortunately for Mr. Rick, Mrs. Young's husband, upset beyond reason at the shame of an unfaithful wife, had asked his wife to lure Mr. Rick to the isolated dead end road to confront him about their affair. Once the couple pulled in, much to the surprise of Mr. Rick, a swift shotgun blast escorted him from the world of the living, at the hands of Mr. Young. After a short search, the married couple was caught and brought to justice. Mrs. Young served a short sentence in a minimum security prison and went on with her life as normal once she was released. It appeared as if she had truly escaped punishment for her part in the murder until she passed away in the 1980's and that's where it starts to get weird. 

Fast forward years later. A large industrial barn was erected near the site of the murder and used frequently up until the mid 1980s. The area and time seemed to have forgotten what transpired on the hot August night in 1935. The only piece of the puzzle remaining was the fact that no one was willing to stay  in the barn after dark. You see, many slow moving freight trains went right by the barn and less than pleasant folks were known to depart the trains near the barn to head to makeshift encampments near the tracks hidden in the fields.  For a time, you could see the small fires burning into the night and the shadows cast by the flames from the theater. After awhile, the camps and building both became abandoned with no real reasoning outside of speculation of industrial progress. Although rumors swirled that some of those unpleasant folks riding the trains got off at the edge of town were never heard from again, No one really noticed strangers going missing and no one dared go by the barn at night.
As the years went on, the barn fell more and more into disrepair. On hot summer nights and some crisp fall evenings, strange noises would echo off the drive-in screens and an eerie fog would roll into the area. A local house, built after the murder, just up the lane where it took place housed a couple of families over the years. Several children and teenagers throughout the 90's would walk down the lane to explore the strange sounds by the barn, but quickly end up back home with fearful expressions.
The rural legend offers that not only the forsaken spirit of Mr. Rick, the murder victim, haunt the area near his demise, but also the wailing ghost of Mrs. Young. It seems she didn't escape punishment after all, and her spirit remains earthbound for luring Mr. Rick to his death. 

Strange things have happened over the past 2 decades that remain a mystery. The home at the end of the lane burned to the ground from 'unknown circumstances' and the family that had lived there moved away. The old rotting barn was finally torn down, and with it the weeds overtook the field to cover all the traces of what once was. 

The first Harvest Moon Haunted Walk was set up and operated in September of 2014. While building the small haunted walk, a number of strange things kept happening to the staff. Volunteers working to scare the visitors reported feeling odd sensations when near the field, spiders seemed to overrun the entire set up, and electrical gremlins were wreaking havoc on perfectly functional equipment each night. After a short run in that location, we found it best to relocate the trail near Screen 1 at the opposite end of the area.

Each year, even after moving the haunted trail to it's new location, the odd sensations, movements and shadows persisted. Because of this, we decided to do a little digging to see what could be a potential cause for these strange occurrences. This is how we learned the illustrious history of Harvest Lane just south of the theater and how the rumors of spirits that take shape in the autumn haunted structure may be more than just our silly Halloween decorations.

Maybe you'll get a bit of authentic spiritual interaction with our haunted house scares when you enter the Harvest Hollow haunted trail for the 2022 Frightfest Season.