The Nankin Township Historical Society

Halloween in Detroit is synonymous with Harry Houdini and the séance due to his death in an area hospital in 1926. I'm guessing that most people know that Houdini died from appendicitis after taking a flurry of punches from a student and failing to get immediate treatment. His wife and he had a death pact whereby he would contact her from beyond the grave. She attempted to each Halloween for a decade after his death with varying results according to which source one consults.

Here's a Haunted Houses of Metro Detroit advertisement from the WRIF's Inside Out magazine Halloween edition in 1990. I picked this up somewhere for a buck since that's what written at the first page. The listed attractions were as follows: WRIF Haunted House (Farmington Jaycees), Brighton Haunted Barn, Barnstormer Dungeon of Doom (Whitmore Lake), Bloomer Haunted Forest Walk (West Bloomfield), Haunted Museum (Toledo), Haunted House (Hazel Park), House of Nightmares (Warren), Haunted Barn (Wayne), Mutillation Mansion, Warren Goodfellows Haunted House, Vampire Vault (Taylor), Spooktacular (Utica?). More highlights to come from the magazine.