Extras | Killers – New York Haunted House

The lobby waiting area to the haunted house is being converted into a full-scale Serial Killer Gallery.Broken into 8 different parts, the gallery will include art work by Serial Killers, artwork about serial killers, memorabilia, items related to them getting caught and their incarceration, as well as novelties related to our culture’s obsession with these monsters, turning them into celebrities.

Above all else, this showing merely contextualizes the bogeymen you will find inside the house. It is in no way a celebration or a glorification of their acts of violence, but rather provides some psychological insight into what makes these people tick, and why we are so fascinated by them.

The events inside the haunted house are fast and visceral and do not reenact any of the crimes. We treat these killers for what they are – killers. We should be afraid of them. They are terrifying, and will be presented that way. That said, you are likely to be too busy screaming and averting your eyes to get any real understanding of the people you are seeing or their crimes. The Mind of Madness Gallery helps provide that context.