What’s new at Thrillvania Haunted House Park? Well, did you know that for a haunting to take place, a house must have a history.
Think about some of the creepiest urban legends from the south. A playground in Alabama known to entertain the ghosts of dead children. Lake Lanier in Georgia. The dog boy at 65 Mulberry Street in Arkansas that wrecks havoc all over the neighborhood.
What do these urban legends all have in common?
Many of them are locations where bad things once happened. And it’s no different with houses, which many believe to harbor bad energy… that is if bad things once happened there.
Thrillvania Haunted House Park is no stranger to haunted houses. These 50 acres of land are home to three different – and equally terrifying – haunted attractions… all with a history of their own under the reign of Baron Michael Verdun.
Who is this Baron Verdun? And how is he the host of one of the best haunted houses in Texas? Read on to find out… but beware!
Verdun Manor Rises
Baron Michael Verdun was no ordinary human. During the day, he may have seemed like your typical Texan aristocrat. But by nightfall, Baron Verdun was anything but.
In 1901, Baron Verdun and his wife, Lady Cassandra D’Arque, constructed their Antebellum-style manor atop 50 acres of land. The area was Voodoo Bayou to the locals. And not far off was an old plantation cemetery harboring bad energy from those buried who suffered in this life.
Verdun hired foreign workers to build deep cellars circulating underneath his manor. Once finished, the workers were never seen again. It wasn’t long until travelers and people from the surrounding countryside suddenly began to go missing. Baron Verdun and Lady Cassandra were soon subject of the rumors and speculation surrounding these disappearances.
After all, the townspeople of Terrell always felt something was very off about them. Even their manor was unlike any other home people had ever seen. Its structure and outside appearance was dark, foreboding, gothic, and warped. Who knew what the inside was like…
The Horrific History of Verdun Manor
To outsiders, Baron Verdun was your typical scientist. But the townspeople of Terrell would soon learn otherwise. Because, in fact, Baron Verdun had a sick, twisted fascination with the darkness. And he was especially keen on channeling the inner beasts inside all men.
He was no man. Every full moon, Baron Verdun transformed into the beast. The shapeshifter. A werewolf.
Verdun’s rage and hunger were ravenous and uncontrollable. And so was his beloved Lady Cassandra, no ordinary woman of elegance and prestige.
A creature of the night as some would call it. To most, she was a vampire. Her own thirst for blood led her to abduct those travelers and countrymen… and bring them back to Verdun Manor so the Baron could finish them off.
And that he did in the cruelest fashion. Conducting experiments on these people, he subjected them to great pain and mutilation… and stripped them of their humanity and transformed them into malformed, human-animals.
Baron Verdun wasn’t satisfied. In his eyes, his botched experiments were great failures. And so he set them loose into the wild, leaving them to fend for themselves. More people began to go missing, devoured by these creatures.
Every full moon, the Lady and the Baron hosted extravagant – yet grotesque – masquerade balls. Cocktails. Music. Dancing. And when it came time for the feast, guests were not fed a pig roast. Rather, the Baron and the Lady served up human flesh. And instead of games of cards or singing around the piano, the Baron would chase human prey for fun.
The Legend of Verdun Manor
The people of Terrell had had enough of the darkness that now loomed over their once peaceful town. Tired of the disappearances. Scared of leaving their homes. An angry mob took to the streets and stormed Verdun Manor one stormy night.
First, they rounded up the human-animal hybrids lurking around town. They locked the creatures up in the Baron’s laboratory and set fire to it.
Then, the mob found Lady Cassandra asleep in her crypt… and they put an end to her blood-thirsty rampage by mutilating and decapitating her.
Finally, they caught Baron Verdun and bludgeoned him to death. As he lay there dying, he swore vengeance upon anyone who dared enter his manor and the grounds.
The townspeople laid all the bloody remains deep into the ground. They desired to put this darkness behind them and resume their old lives. And for many years, the people of Terrell got exactly what they hoped. Silence. Yet they always wondered what – or who – remained at Verdun Manor.
New Beginnings?
A year after the deaths of Baron Verdun and Lady Cassandra, Vincent Carruther moved in. He and his family were a breath of fresh air to the townspeople of Terrell. Verdun was dead and so was Lady Cassandra. The dark past was behind them all…
But little did the Carruther’s know about the manor’s dark history.
One Halloween, the Carruther’s hosted a ball. But as they say, the dead can rise on Halloween. And so that’s exactly what the Baron and his Lady did… and they did more than crash the party.
Bursting inside, Baron Verdun and Lady Cassandra got the last laugh. They brutally murdered the Carruther’s and everyone inside. And the real man of the house and his lady scattered the remains of their guests around the house… in the corridors and cellars and in the walls.
Any remaining doubts and suspicions among the townspeople could now be horrifically confirmed. The Baron and Lady Cassandra were the real owners of Verdun Manor.
And anybody who wished to think otherwise would subject themselves to the darkness that lies in Verdun Manor… that is if they dared to enter.
Thrillvania Haunted House Park
It’s said that the grounds of Verdun are still haunted to this day… especially around Halloween. To experience the haunting for yourself, you’ll first need to do so through Thrillvania Haunted House Park.
Those who dare enter Verdun Manor must first brave the Voodoo Bayou and the old burial ground. As they approach Verdun Manor, they’re then greeted by blasts of fire. These blasts may be reminiscent of the night the Baron’s laboratory was set aflame. But they serve as a final warning to those who still wish to enter.
If you yourself dare to enter, you’ll have a hard time deciphering what’s real… and what’s not.
Even America Haunts, the industry’s leading haunted association, has something to say. According to America Haunts, Thrillvania Haunted House Park is “a blood-tingling experience”.
This year, America Haunts also ranked Thrillvania one of the most extreme haunted houses in 2018. And those who dare to visit it will soon understand why.
Do you dare to learn the dark history behind one of the best haunted houses in 2018? If so, get your tickets to Thrillvania Haunted House Park today!