DES MOINES, Iowa — Merlyn Linn, the founder of Linn’s Haunted House in Des Moines, died earlier this week at age 88.
In a news release on the Linn’s Haunted House Facebook page, it was announced that Linn had died on September 17.
Linn grew up on a farm near Dayton before moving to Des Moines at age 10. After high school, he served in the United States Navy and, shortly after, married his high school sweetheart, Shari Robinson. At 26, Merlyn and Shari bought their store and turned it into Linn’s Supermarket…