Two friends are turning a childhood dream into a reality. They own The Realm of Darkness Haunted House in Kaukauna. And it’s not just for Halloween, they’re making it year round.
- The Realm of Darkness Haunted House is a passion project created by two 20-year- olds from Little Chute.
- Ben Hurst and Dalton Polomis started creating haunted houses when they were 10 years ago.
- The Realm of Darkness is located in the old Starlite club in Kaukauna.
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It’s not everyday you see a haunted house that stays up year round. But just outside of Appleton, located in the old Starlite Club building, is an attraction made from the stuff of nightmares: The Realm of Darkness Haunted House.
It wasn’t always like this, though. Co-creator and operator Dalton Polomis hearkens back to humble beginnings.
“It kind of started 10 years ago when we, you know, it first started as a hobby. It was, kind of the, you know maybe we prepped a couple weeks ahead of time-kinda thing-type of garage haunt,” said Polomis.