Just how exactly did Disneyland's Haunted Mansion go from a walkthrough attraction into an omnimover dark ride in a little over 12 years? In this video, we'll be figuring that out, by exploring it's history and seeing how each element of the mansion evolved into what it is today. - Sorry to say, but the "Fathers of the Mansion" t-shirt is no longer available. Thank you to everyone who picked one up. • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ParkRideHistory • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkRideHistory • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkridehistory/ ADDITIONAL INFO: I'm including the links to some audio-stuff that I couldn't play in the video for copyright reasons. Enjoy! • Gaylord Carter's Organ Demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMY6ySG_8PM • Grim Grinning Ghosts Fun Facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkpZq0onow8 • Paul Frees' "Ghost Host" Recording Session(s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDyhXPWc14c (part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x1-fxMBkmk (part 2). NOTE: The images at 22:31-22:45 (and the one at 22:54) are unofficial artist depictions of the concept, based on written descriptions. Not official pieces of art by Disney. Special thanks to https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/ and http://doombuggies.com/ for the amount of work they've put into cataloging the mansions history. Compiling all the information in this video wouldn't have been possible without them! Music and Videos used: https://pastebin.com/nx7j91s7 Description is just too cluttered with all these links, click the pastebin link to see full list. If you need help figuring out what video is playing at a specific time, just ask, I can give you the source. Websites/Article Sources (general history. If it's not in these articles, you can find it on doombuggies or longforgotten): • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Mansion • https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20150808/30470/ghoulish-history-disneylands-turbulent-haunted-mansion • http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index335.html • https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/disneyland-quintessential-classics-haunted-mansion • https://www.micechat.com/234872-haunted-mansion-the-horror-humor-voodoo-of-ken-anderson/ • https://boingboing.net/2019/09/07/marc-davis-in-his-own-words-i.html • https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/ Thanks for watching