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Friendly monsters work together to solve a Halloween mystery.<\/div>\n

Backstory<\/h4>\n

The guests will be playing the roles of monsters sharing a haunted house. Every year, the monsters open their home on 213 Elm Street to the public on Halloween for a fright-filled haunted house tour. They use the proceeds from the haunted house to buy household supplies for the rest of year, during which time the house stays boarded up and we stay inside. If the townspeople ever discovered the monsters in the haunted house were real, they would certainly drive them away \u2013 or worse.<\/p>\n

The success of the haunted house hinges on a climactic scene in the cellar, when The Thing is revealed. Advertised for hundreds of miles on every billboard in every direction \u2013 \u201cSee The Thing!\u201d \u201cWhat is The Thing? See for Yourself!\u201d \u2013 thrill-seekers and the merely curious come from distant cities to see The Thing, and it never disappoints. Those who have seen The Thing eagerly attest that it is the scariest sight they have witnessed in their entire lives. No one seems able to describe The Thing, and they all agree: you have to see it for yourself.<\/p>\n

Solving the Mystery:<\/h4>\n

It is the night before Halloween, and the monsters have just discovered that the key to the cellar where The Thing is kept is missing \u2013 someone has stolen it! Without The Thing, the haunted house will be a failure, the monsters\u2019 reputations will be ruined, and they won\u2019t have enough money to buy supplies for the rest of the year. How will they live and keep their identities secret? They have to find the key!<\/p>\n

Murder-free and family friendly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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