The backstory is real, the other stories are fanmade.

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The Haunted Mansion was built in 1671 by Ub van der Iwerks (A actual person who helped create the attraction.) People told him that the mansion was built on indian burial grounds, but he didn't give a booty about their mumbo jumbo. But there were a numerous account of freak deaths at the mansion. Ub then went mad and sealed himself in tomb, where he presumably died. His family abandoned the house.

It was then sold to Colonel Stevens. The colonel rebuilt the house to make it more stable, as he believed most of the deaths there were caused by the bad construction. But he too went bonkers and started carving his name backwards in gravestones in the cemetery built outside the mansion. He died in a boiler explosion.

Eventually, the Stevens family sold the mansion to Master Gracey's father, Master Gracey Senior. He was murdered by his wife, who left the mansion for her son to inherit.

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When George Gracey became much older, he became interested in the supernatural and brought the mysterious Madame Leota, a medium, to the mansion to live there, where she started holding seances. George then met Lillian at a circus and they fell in love. They got married and George brought her to the mansion, along with an organ player named Wolfgang and a trio of men who would become servants.

Leota grew jealous of Lillian and killed her by asking her to do her tight rope act, but she fell into a river and was eaten by an alligator.

Gracey mourned his wife's death, but was introduced to Emily Cavanaugh, his second cousin who lost her parents. She instantly fell head over heels in love with George and the two eventually got married. But as soon as they got married, Leota slay her by trapping her in a trunk in the attic and she suffocated to death. George confronted Leota who revealed all and said she was going to trap him in her crystal ball and summon evil spirits to the mansion.

George hung himself in the rafters, and Leota's spell backfiredand she was trapped inside the crystal ball.

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Leota's daughter, Little Leota was a serious trouble maker and practical joker. She killed her fiance and her night maid, but the second death was not meant to happen. Little Leota seduced every man she met, but the liveryman, handyman and gardener. She swore revenge on them, so she told them to go and search the grounds for a noise she heard. They unfortunately perished in quicksand, and Hellhound, the Gracey's dog was killed by a falling tree. As she laughed at their deaths, the branch snapped she sat on and she drowned in a river, shrinking to a doll's size.

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These stories are fanmade.

Ludwig Von Baroketch: A pianist who was caused to write a symphony for Death, but he writ his masterpiece first. This angered Death who swooped down and killed Ludwig, dooming him to forever play Death's symphoy. His piano (and soul were sold to Gracey).

Victoria Boufout: Master Gracey's great aunt loved having parties, but they irritated Madame Leota. She cursed Victoria and that in 13 years she would die. On the 13th year, Victoria celebrated the biggest party, before passing away in her sleep.

Mary Gracey: Master Gracey's mother. She murdered her husband and was taken to court, where she was found innocent. She left the mansion to her son and left for Europe.

Edward Gracey: Master Gracey's uncle. He was an ambassador of Burma. One night while he was waiting for his trousers to be pressed, he came upon some guerrillas setting gun powder barrels into a room and lighting a fuse. He threatened that he was die too if they blew up the room. The men left and Edward was killed in the explosion.

Jamie Padgett: Little Leota's fiance. He thought he was a vampire, so he hid himself in a coffin. Little Leota nailed the lid down and he suffocated.

Hitchhiking Ghosts: Gus, Ezra and Phineas were cell mates in a insane asylum. They escaped and went their separate ways. Gus died by falling into a well, Ezra was crushed by a fat woman and Phineas died from led poisoning. Leota brought them back to the mansion as ghosts.

More to come tomorrow...

Wow... those are some interetsing stories, thanks for sharing... this wouldn't be where you got your fanfic names for Fear and the Bleeding Bride, would it?

Good morning! Yes, Scarab I got their names from here and I confess I did it, and I'm glad that I did it! Oh, I've been watching to many detective programmes! :wacko:

Here are some more of the character biographies. Remember only the backstory is real while all of these were made by fans of the attraction.

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Etienne Lalaurie and Antoine Germaine: Two duellists who were the best of friends. They attended a party at Master Gracey's house and met Madame Leota, who danced with one and then the other, whispering lies in their ears about what she could give them. On the way home, the two men argued over Madame Leota's promises, so they duelled, but shot eachother. As they lay dying, they realised Leota lied to them both and vowed to get revenge on her. They are still in the mansion, firing their pistols at eachother for practice.

Wolfgang Elias Furlong: A great organist who came from Ireland. He joined the circus to be their organ player, as their last one passed out from to much "glug, glug, glug!". He was then approached by Master Gracey and his wife Lillian and Wolfgang was allowed to join the mansion as their organ player. Leota told Wolfgang that the organ was cursed, but he played it anyway. It was a big mistake as the organ lid slammed down on his fingers and he lost his ability to play. He then hung himself from the organ and died. His ghost can still be seen playing the organ.

The Ballroom Dancers: These six couples were unfortunately invited to one of Madame Leota's seances, but instead of participating in the summoning of ghosts, they just danced in the ballroom. Leota got mad and doomed the dancers to dance forever. The dancers eventually all died and only their ghosts remain, still dancing forever, never stopping.

Prudence: Little Leota's personal maid. One night, she was patrolling the halls for a so called sound Little Leota, a candelabra in her hand, when a door swung open and slammed against the wall. It terrified Prudence and she perished in the hallway. Little Leota didn't actually mean to kill Prudence, only scare her.

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Here is a part of the backstory I forgot to put in.

When Emily was discovered dead, George quickly held a funeral for her in the mansion's courtyard. Everyone from the mansion and town joined the ceremony, except Madame Leota. When George said his speech how he loved Emily, he was about to place her wedding ring on his finger so that she could always to him, something spooked the horses and they gallopped off, taking the hearse and Emily's body with it. As the horses and hearse zoomed away, one of its wheels flew off and flattened the ring into the cobblestone path. George gasped and tried to free the ring from its grave, but to no avail. It still remains there to this day. And it actually is. If you exit the ride at Disneyland in Florida, you go under an archway, look down and it should be there.

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The Tea Party (I like this one): In 1931, the Graceys held a Halloween party for all of the town’s most influential citizens. Madame Boufont, taking charge of the arrangements, came up with the idea of a tea party in the graveyard. She sent each invitee a badge with a clever name, such as "Dustin T. Dust" and "I. Emma Spook". Nobody would know anyone’s true identity until the unmasking at midnight.

Halloween day was rainy, but by sunset the sky had cleared and the stars were out. The Mansion’s servants quickly dried the tables, wiped off the tombstones, and lit the candles. Ordinary decorations wouldn’t do, do Mme. Boufont brought out living ones: a pair of owls (with clipped wings), a few stray cats (lured by saucers of cream), Master Gracey’s dog Hellhound, and Aunt Elma’s raven. Master Gracey set up a special display of his Egyptian mummy. A rather ragtag band of costumed musicians, assembled from local tradesmen, arrived just in time.

Soon the guests began to arrive, wearing their name tags as they had been instructed. "Bea Witch" came as a duchess. "Love U Truly" and "I. Truly Dew" dressed as a king and queen. "I. M. Ready" made a convincing Father Time with his ear trumpet. The grandest entrance was made my "M. T. Tomb", who was made up as a corpse. He arrived in a hearse, which got stuck in the mud. The casket slid out, and "M. T." sat up smiling as though he’d planned it that way. The stuck hearse became the centerpiece of the tea party.

The partygoers enjoyed such activities as a tombstone teeter-totter, a swing in a dead tree, and bicycle races on the hill-the only dry ground. Mme. Boufont kept the household members so busy with their hosting duties that they hardly had a chance to taste the tea, but the guests and the thirsty musicians drank pot after pot, remarking on its unusual flavor.

Suddenly, just before midnight, all of the guests and musicians fell ill. The town’s doctors were among the invitees, and they too collapsed. By the time medical help arrived, everyone at the tea party was dead. Due to their fashionably late arrival, the Gracey household had been spared. The well water that had been used to make the tea proved to be contaminated.

The bodies could only be identified by their name tags since Mme. Boufont had kept no record of who was who. As a result, the deceased were entombed under their pseudonyms. The five musicians didn’t have name tags--their tombs were left unmarked. No charges were filed in this case, since all the judges and lawyers were dead.

The Mallow Men/Phantom Five: These five singers were known as the Mallow Men, led by Uncle Theodore. They were invited to the mansion by their old friend Master Gracey to perform a concert. After they did perform the concert, a lightning bolt struck then stage and electrocuted the quintet, killing them all. Gracey built five busts, one for each singer and placed them in the graveyard. Three years later, when the Jones Family were killed, the bust of Uncle Theodore broke and the head fell off. It was repaired, but only fell off again when the gardener, liveryman and handyman perished in quicksand, Hellhound was crushed by a tree and Little Leota drowned. It has remained that way ever since.

The Jones Family Opera Singers: Carmen Jones and her brothers, Antonio, Giovanni and Rosso were famous opera singers. They were invited to perform at the mansion by Master Gracey to make his first wife, Lillian, happy. On the night of their performance, the family where reaching the finale, the beheading of Giovanni's character and Carmen's and Antonio's characters were to become immortal with fire. But Gus Gracey interfered. He opened and trapped door and Rosso who played the executioner, tumbled down into the hole and beheaded Giovanni in the process. Under the stage, Gus killed Rosso with some deadly swings of his chain and ball. As for Carmen and Antonio, Antonio lit a keg, but he stumbled in the motion and collided with a fuel tank. The tank exploded and Antonio and Carmen were engulfed in flames and died. Then the audience applauded, not actually knowing that the actors were dead. Gus then clambered out of the trap door and bowed. (I oddly find this a funny series of deaths)

Ghost Writers: Edgar Allan, Elizabeth Barrett, Alfred Lord and Henry Wadsworth were ghost writers who lived in the mansion's library. One day, Allan was placing a heavy book on a shelf with a wobbling ladder, but he unfortunately fell and took an entire shelf of books with him, which killed all the writers in one go. Gracey built busts for them in the library.

The Dogs: There have been a series of dogs in the mansion. Bony, a skinny dog belongs to the caretaker of the mansion, Dick O'Dell. His father was Loki, a curious dog, who unfortunately died when suffocating in a sacophagus. Loki's father was Master Gracey's dog, Hellhound. Hellhound was a vicious bloodhound who barked intruders off the property. He sadly met his end when Little Leota placed him on a different in order to kill three servants in quicksand. Hellhound barked and a lightningbolt struck a tree and is crushed Hellhound. His skeleton can be seen in the graveyard howling up to the moon.

Hm... itneresting, thanks RG. :)

Wait, here are some of my own stories on some of the characters in the ride.
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The Bat Family (The Candle-Holding Gargoyle)
Born in the attic of the Gracey Mansion, the Bat Family were owned by Master Gracey. There were sixteen bats in the family, each named by Master Gracey as Thomas, Matthew, Benjamin, Maria, Nancy, Steven, Michael, Cornelius, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Emma, Nicolas, Richard, Abigail and Squeaker. The bats were treated like cats and fed every night by either Master Gracey or one of the servants. The bats didn’t get along with Madame Leota and she threatened to Gracey that if he did not remove the bats from the house, she would kill them. Not bearing the thought of having his precious pets killed, Gracey hid them in the room which would eventually become the Stretching Gallery. But the bats did not last long as they slept on some candle holders; the ceiling caved in and killed the bats. Squeaker managed to survive the fall, but as he began to fly out of the room, a candle fell and the flame caught Squeaker’s wing and he burnt to death. Gracey built small models of his departed bats as candle holders in the room where they died and buried their bodies in the pet cemetery outside the mansion.

Henry Alvers (The Knight in the Endless Hallway)
Henry Alvers, a knight of the Round Table of Camelot, was a brave man and very close to Sir Lancelot. During a battle against the enemy, Alvers witnessed the death of Lancelot and vowed that he would avenge his friend. He set out with only a sword, shield and his suit of armour and beak-like helmet to confront Lancelot’s killer. The two fought, but during the fight, Henry was forced to straighten his weight as the armour he wore was dragging him down. The foe then stabbed Henry through the chest with his blade and killed him. Henry’s suit of armour became bound to his soul, and was sold to the Gracey Mansion many years later and placed in the Endless Hallway. He can still be seen straightening his weight.

Leonard Rigor (The Breathing Door)
Born with asthma, Leonard had a bad childhood and his parents did not allow him to take part in sports of any such, making him very unfit. Leonard left his parents after they almost starved him to death and was allowed to live in the Gracey Mansion by Master Gracey, who took pity on the young man. Two months after he moved into the mansion, Leonard was strolling down the guest corridor one night, when he tripped over a lump in the carpet and collided with a locked door and was knocked unconscious. He quickly recovered, but didn’t have time to do anything else as he had a deadly asthma attack and his body literally exploded, the body parts dissolving to dust. They were used to construct a door that was destroyed when Leonard blew up. His spirit now is trapped within the door, which now breathes in and out.

The “Ghoulfather” Clock
This grandfather clock was built by a carpenter and an engineer named Mitchell Gregor and Murray McDandle. The two built it to look like some sort of demon. When the finished and presented it to Master Gracey, he noticed that Murray had accidentally put 13 hours on the clock. When the two left Master Gracey’s office, Mitchell argued with Murray and it eventually led to killing him with a mallet. He was then confronted by Madame Leota, who informed him that now he had killed his partner, the grandfather clocked would be cursed by a dark shadow. Mitchell ignored Leota and placed the grandfather clock in the guest corridor. But as he was about to leave a large shadow of a claw snuck out from behind the clock and grabbed Mitchell, ripping his body to shreds until he was dead. The clock is now forever cursed.

Bluebeard and his Wives
A villainous scurvy pirate of the oceans, Bluebeard travelled the seven seas, attacking ships and stealing their loot before blowing up the vessels with dynamite. Bluebeard married his first wife Penelope in 1434, but he murdered her shortly after. His second wife was Abigail who he married and killed one year later. Over the next four years, he married four more women, whom he all killed. Anastasia was crushed by a falling crate, Prudence was ripped to pieces by a cannonball, Phoebe was murdered when she and Bluebeard were making love, and Eugenia was stabbed, strangled and hung by her husband. But it was Bluebeard’s seventh wife, Lucretia who changed everything. She discovered the bodies of the past wives, and she poisoned Bluebeard’s drink and killed him. She took his ship, but it mysteriously blew up taking her with it. Bluebeard and his wives are all buried in a crypt outside the mansion.




Dave Seregii
Born in Russia, Dave was quickly moved to America when the Royal Family were murdered by Rasputin. Dave learned at several different schools, colleges and universities and became an expert hunter. He was honoured as a hero when he saved Master Gracey’s wife, Lillian from a wild boar. Master Gracey allowed Dave to come live in a mansion as for saving his wife. Lillian then died after getting eaten by an alligator. Everyone mourned her death, except Madame Leota who actually caused Lillian’s demise. Master Gracey and Dave went hunting a lot after that, until one day when the two were chasing a bear through the forest near the mansion. Gracey and Dave went different directions to try and block the bear from escaping. Dave managed to chase the bear into a cave, but also met his demise when the bear turned and ripped off his head with its sharp claws. Gracey found Dave’s body and buried him in the cemetery, and killed the bear which is now stuffed and in the mansion.

Fred Parker
Fred was a stonemason who worked for Colonel Stevens, the second owner of the Haunted Mansion. He built several tombs in the graveyard and the large crypt at the back of the mansion. He, however, met his end when a large boulder fell from a cliff and crushed him. He is buried in the graveyard.

The Dictionary Ghost
This spirit’s name is unknown. He was mysteriously found by Prudence the Maid in the Loading Room, reading a dictionary. She took a fancy too him but discovered he could not speak or write but was able to read. Master Gracey was introduced to the man who was still reading the dictionary. After members of the mansion were introduced to him as well, including Madame Leota, who liked him probably because he was always reading up words to do with the supernatural. However one night, Prudence visited her friend, who showed a word in the dictionary, “Ghost”. He suddenly died mysteriously and Prudence wept over him. Gracey wanted to help Prudence so he asked Leota to try and summon his spirit to the mansion. Leota did so, as she still like the man. But her incantation went a little wrong and the man became invisible, bound to sit in the chair in Loading Room, staring blankly at the dictionary. He became known as The Dictionary Ghost.

Brock Driftwood
A guest staying at the Gracey Mansion, Brock was a joker who got along with everyone, even Madame Leota. He had skills as a locksmith, and tried to help guests get free from the rooms that Little Leota had locked them in, but failed every time. He eventually got trapped in a room himself and green acid started to fill room. Brock managed to kick the door off his hinges, but it would not fall down. He tried to rip it down with his hands, but he was caught in the acid and died.

Jimmy Oak
A cheerful, carefree fisherman who was a third cousin of Master Gracey, Jimmy came to live in the mansion when he heard George and Emily were to be married. He was a small chap, but was an expert at jumping. During the party at George and Emily’s wedding, Jimmy got drunk and started having a conversation with a bust on the fireplace in the ballroom. When Emily approached him, he tried to throw his drink at her, but he unfortunately toppled off the fireplace and took a lamp with him. He hit the floor, but was killed by the falling lamp.

Agatha Gracey
George Gracey’s grandmother from Oklahoma. She enjoyed visiting her grandson in his mansion and spent most of her time knitting clothes for him to wear, despite the fact he never actually wore them. Several months before George was to be married to Emily, Agatha came to visit to meet the bride to be and the two sat in the ballroom beside the fireplace, discussing George. When Agatha got up to fetch a cup of tea for her and Emily, her dress got caught in the fireplace. As the fire burnt her clothes, Agatha cried for George, who eventually came to rescue. He managed to put out the fire on Agatha’s dress, but she suffered a heart attack and died in his arms. She was buried along with the other dead Gracey family members.

Pablo Ferenze
A lawyer who was also an alcoholic, Pablo came from Mexico to America to be Mary Gracey’s defence attorney in her trial for killing her husband, the original Master Gracey and father of George Gracey. Pablo moved into the Gracey Mansion and watched George grow into the handsome gentleman he was when he hung himself. During one of Victoria Boufout’s parties, Pablo got drunk and leapt up onto the chandelier, using a cane to stay safe. But his cane snapped and he fell to the floor and died.

The Ghoulish Grooms
These three ugly men were grooms that Emily divorced before she married George Gracey. They were actually revealed to be brothers, Luke, Craig and Martin. They secretly attended Emily’s marriage and then trapped her in a room with them. But George came to her rescue and killed all three of them. It was only minutes later that Emily would be suffocated in a trunk. The three now torment her in the attic by screaming out “I do!” over and over again.

The Crypt Phantom
Possibly rumoured to be the Grim Reaper himself, this mysterious ghoul lures guests into his crypt where he takes there souls and destroys their bodies. He did this to several people in the mansion, and even Master Gracey nearly died because of him. It is unknown how he got into the cemetery, but possibly because of all the unexpected deaths in the mansion and its surroundings.

Those Bats are... peculiar :blink:

I know that this was written ages ago but I have just been on the Haunted House Ride in Cali Disneyland and coming back and reading this reminded me soooo much of the ride. I know its supposed to but wow. Like if anyone else has been on it or if u haven't u go into this elevator thing, u stand and there are portraits on the wall. Reasonably happy portraits. Then the elevator starts looking as though it was stretching while a voice tells u there's no way out. The portraits turn into looking like those of the characters described in the story at the beginning of this topic. The ones i can remember were of Lillian doing her tight rope walking act. The portrait stretched so u could see the croc underneath. The liveryman, the handyman and the garderner were the next portrait. They were on each others shoulders originally and after stretching the quicksand was revealed. I think there was one of little Leota drowning, but im not sure. There were more which I don't remember. After the elevator stretched the lights turned offf. And the spooky voice, it was meant to be George's, said there was no way out, except for his way. and this very obviously fake dummy body that had been hung dropped from the ceiling which was George after he'd hung himself. Then the lights came back on and a door opened and then went the rest of the ride. So there you are, interesting when you teem it up to the back story.

As it happened, Rotgut had just returned from that ride when he wrote this and was clearly very inspired.

Yippee. Im going to tokyo as an exchange student (only for 2 weeks this time) And i get to go to tokyo disneyland so i can ride that ride. Tee hee. Ill take photos and look out for anyone that looks life one of the characters (wow, that'd be creepy) U neva know!

Wow!!! Tokyo!! I'm so jealous! :blink:

Have fun anyway, and take lots of pictures to show us!

Of course, but i don't know how to upload photos. I think it has something to do with photo bucket and html but if u could tell me how to thatd be great.

Only 6 weeks and 4 days to go till I go!

I have a mission to go to every Disneyland on Earth before I die. Ive been to Cali and im going to Tokyo so im getting close to achieving my goal.

Only Paris, Florida and Hong Kong to go then.

Well there's one in california too, and I think there might be one in san fran...

It's very confusing where the two parks in america are. WDW I think is in Orlando, while the original is in California.

Dude, how many WDW's ARE there? :blink:

Yeah. The one in America thats not the original, the one iv been to in California, is called Disney World. Its apparently the biggest ride size of them all, though Tokyo Disneyland is apparently the biggest in space.