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By Mackala Krichbaum, KrichbaumM@Findlay.edu
To fulfil any spooky or scary needs, check out the House of Horrors hosted by the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science clubs on Oct. 17 at 8:30 p.m. at 293 W Trenton.
The House of Horrors started after the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Club Halloween event at the Blood Prison — The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio — fell through.
“I don’t remember exactly what happened with it, but two years ago the Blood Prison fell through,” Club President Kaylee Davis said. “We needed to put something in place of this because we can’t not have an event for a semester.”
Since the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science club members haven’t seen a haunted house located on the UF’s campus, they decided to move forward with that idea.
“We went with that and rolled with it,” Davis said. “We decided to call it the ‘Murder House.’ In this house, we replicate the crime scenes for the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science department.”
To prepare for this event, the club needed to receive funding from the Student Government Association (SGA).
“It’s definitely gone a little bit smoother this year now that we actually have money for good decorations,” Davis said. “We usually start by trying to find volunteers and we do that through both our club, the Criminal Justice Club and then the theater department.”
Sponsored by the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science club, this event is open for all UF students to attend and experience the Halloween season. All those who attend the event are offered a free shirt.
The House of Horrors offers different themes each year. This year is no different with the theme being Freak Show.
“The two main things that I came up with was a clown and then an admit one ticket,” Davis said. “We’ve used the clown on the posters; the ticket is on the Instagram post and t-shirt design.”
This is the second year the club has offered this event, but the club looks forward to continuing this tradition in the future.
“It’s all very new to us and we’re navigating it one step at a time,” Davis said. “There’s always something that we run into where we realize it may need some changes, but it’s working for the most part.”
