Show t Rated Nations Nation's Best By Emily Remington Senior Editor October is notorious for bringing out the dark side in all of us It is a t. t time when the weather turns rums harsh and everyone tries to cram as ask k many thrills as they can into 31 days This usually includes watching scary movies creeping around at night and telling spine tingling stories in graveyards or simply carving o lanterns and eating candy However the Halloween season is never complete the classic haunted house Salt Lake City is home to one of the best haunted houses in the country Both Fright Times and magazine have selected Rocky Point Haunted House as the 1 haunted attraction attraction- in the country Rocky Point Haunted R House is usually located in a vacant warehouse spacious enough to accommodate several rooms of horror which are hand crafted by a skilled staff of artists and architects architects architects archi archi- including including-Cydney Neil Bart Cox Neil Crabtree and Chris Hanson to name a few Rocky RockyPoint RockyPoint RockyPoint Point Haunted House has a past of I its own which is both mysterious and a little creepy In 1965 Scott Crabtree and his family built the Rocky RockyPoint RockyPoint RockyPoint Point Restaurant atop a rocky hill which inspired the name Three years after its it's opening the restaurant restaurant restaurant rant caught fire and was badly d damaged maged The then sat v vacant cant for many years before Scotts Scott's son Neil Crabtree decided to utilize the building which has already earned a reputation for being haunted to create a genuine spook alley In 1979 Crabtree sent people through his haunted house By 1992 one small show had grown to two large shows in Ogden and Salt Lake City putting people through its frights each season and reigning as two of the premier haunted attractions in Sin the country Cydney Neil arrived on the scene about 15 years ago to help out her younger with his spook alley She succeeded in turning it into one of the most prestigious haunts in the county Neil started out as a fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion model and then began producing producing producing ing so some of the largest fashion shows in the area Neil is also an accomplished make up artist and has worked in the film and television television sion industry and Crabtree and Neil work closely to draw up the blueprints Aside from Rocky Points Point's intriguing history and expert staff there lies an even greater aspect of the haunted house which are its impressive charitable Nearly has been raised for the Utah Special Olympics the Muscular Dystrophy Association American Diabetes Association and the local chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America When you visit Rocky RockyPoint RockyPoint RockyPoint Point Haunted House not only are you experiencing one of the greatest great great- est haunts in Utah but youre you're contributing contributing contributing con con- to a great cause Who knows maybe your 13 will help buy glue for the next Boys and 1 Girls Club art project ar A J. J r r J if t J |