Monsters and Ghouls Unleash Mayhem in Middleburgh

MIDDLEBURGH – The Dr. Best House and Medical Museum hosted its annual haunted house Saturday Oct. 25.  The event served as fun for all attendees, as well as a fundraiser for the museum and the Middleburgh Area Business Association (MABA). 

The Hilltown Hags made a reappearance with more people on the team to perform. They danced to several songs before the haunted house opened up. Several guests tried to dance along on the sidelines. Vendors sold grilled cheeses, fudge, Legos, tea, and jewelry. 

The haunted house opened at 6:30, with people lining up in anticipation for a self guided walk through. Terrified screams that echoed throughout the haunted house could be heard by guests still waiting to enter. A photo booth with skeletons with glowing red eyes was near the line to enter.

The first room of the haunted house included red lights, creepy animatronics, and clowns jumping out. Next, guests were confronted with actors asking them to come join the actors in a forest and give up their blood to the trees. 

Manequines lined the hallway leading to a room with a dancing ballerina and a person gurgling. Fake skeletons lined the hallways. Guests then stepped outside to be confronted by Michael Myers and a tall black clothed figure with red eyes wielding a machete. 

Behind a veil hid a woman with skeleton face paint warning guests about sirens singing people to their doom at sea. A blue siren with long teeth called out to passersbys as a voice sung on a speaker. A fake mermaid peered out over the edge of the tent. 

Guests then entered a second building, confronted by a witch “luring” children with candy to fatten them up. Attendees were welcome to grab candy from her cauldron. The room was decorated with prop ovens and pies with “faces” as the crust.

Continuing into the last room, Art the Terrifier clown watched as they passed by. In the corner of the room sat a toilet with a prop body on it. The only remaining parts of the deceased toilet victim were the legs and part of the torso.

For more information about the Dr. Best House and Medical Museum, visit drbesthouse.com or 1568 Clauverwie, Middleburgh, or contact them at (518) 827-7200 or drbestmuseum@gmail.com.

For more information about MABA, contact mburghareaevents@yahoo.com.