Amid lengthy property acquisition negotiations, Springfield’s most notorious haunted house, Hotel of Terror, is open for patrons ready to be spooked!
In 1978, the Mathis family opened Hotel of Terror in downtown Springfield. The haunt’s first October offered a 5 to 10 minute experience with two floors to see.
“The original price was only $2. We brought in a total of $26 on opening night in 1978! The money wasn’t our goal obviously. The fun we had scaring and seeing the customers having a blast was our goal,” the owner, Sterling Mathis, shares on the Hotel of Terror website…