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Hello and welcome to episode 170 of the Diz Unplugged, connecting with Wall Podcast.

I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Craig Williams.

Craig, how are you today during this spooky season of Halloween?

That's actually what I was going to say.

I'm doing good, but I'm feeling spooky tonight.

Are you?

So what does it like to feel spooky?

It's just I both feel scared, but also have the ability to feel like I could scare someone as well, too. And I'm sure I do that all the time anyways, but I'm feeling it deep inside me right now. Okay. Well, neighbors of Craig, you've been warned.

Well, it's that season when the Cryptoors Creek and the Tombstones quakes,

so we've invited one of our favorite foolish mortals,

Jeff Bam, author of The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion to materialize on connecting with Walt to talk with

us about the haunted mansion. Jeff is also the creator of DoomBuggies.com and is one of the hosts of

the wildest podcast in the wilderness, Mousstalgia. Jeff, welcome to connecting with Walt.

Thank you so much, Michael. It's a pleasure to be here.

Excited to talk to you about, you know, those grim, gritting ghosts. It's the season, right? So, yeah, thanks for having me.

Oh, we're delighted to have you. It is the season. And for many Disney theme park guests, the Haunted Mansion is their favorite attraction.

So they're in their heyday right now.

So when did your interest in The Haunted Mansion begin?

And how did it develop and grow over the years?

Yeah, you know, for me, it was probably a lot to do with Disneyland Records, actually. I was a timid child. I wasn't really into haunted houses and that type of thing. My parents ran kind of a youth group, so they would put on a haunted house every Halloween. And, you know, it's a really little kid.

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