Halloween is still two weeks away, but it’s not too early to get into the spirit. Costumes and candy already line department store shelves and many haunted houses opened their doors to the public at the end of September. The Georgetown Morgue Haunted house is one of those locations.
The Georgetown Morgue is a historic location in the south Seattle and has some dark folklore attached to the building. Two incidents are rumored to take place in the morgue that caused it to change ownership in 1969. The first is the alleged “Seattle Crematorium Massacre” and the disappearance of John “Figgy” Dorsey, per the Seattle Haunts website. Both of these incidents are draped in speculation, according to the Daily WU. None the less, it makes a creepy setting for a haunted house.
The building is now rented out by Seattle Haunts and is sponsored by Kube 93 as the Georgetown Morgue Haunted House. I went and checked out on a Saturday night and the line was LONG. This was my first time going to a major haunted house and I was surprised at the size of the crowd. The wait ended up being around two hours.
The atmosphere in the line was actually kinda fun. Performers in scary costumes and make-up slink and meander through the crowd surprising and scaring unsuspecting guests. Creepy swamp monsters, children of the corn like kids and clowns on stilts all made appearances in the line. An inflatable gargoyle monster perches on top of the morgue and a speakers roars a devilish call in to the night every few minutes.
The haunted house itself is short, it only took about 13 to 15 minutes to walk through the whole thing, but the ascetics we’re good. Set up like twisted morgue, there are scenes depicting bloody dissections and body mutilations. You walk through a hallway of hanging body bags up and down skinny hallways of ramps, strobe lights, and rooms with nearly zero visibility.
Despite the lack of visibility, and visual fuckery, it’s rather easy to find your way through the house. Which I appreciated because it’ was loud inside that house, it was pretty disorienting. Chainsaws and blades clanging against chain-link fences (that’s what it looked like anyway,) added a Texas Chainsaw Massacre feel that really set it off.
The preformers do a good job of scaring everyone in the group. Performers come from all angles to get everyone. I jumped more than once, but the highlight was watching the people in front get scared. Overall I had a good time, knowing how long the line took to get through, I wouldn’t recommend going unless it was on a weekday to avoid the wait. Such a short experience isn’t worth a two hour long line. However the entire atmosphere was great and the haunted house has some awesome moments. If you have some time on a weekday I highly recommend checking out the Georgetown Morgue Haunted House.
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