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Little did I know that this night in 2009 would be the start of my deep love of an annual event at Universal Studios. It was crowded, and cold but I didn't care. I was hooked. I remember taking this picture while sitting on the ground waiting for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. We had done a fair number of houses at this point and I was giddy with excitement. Eleven years later I still feel the same way. Happy Halloween 🎃

News clippings found on the Halloween Horror Night’s website for their 19th year (Ripped Through the Silver Screen)

THE PALACE TO BE SOLD The Universal-owned Palace Theater will be sold as part of the company's nationwide liquidation of assets. Burdened by increasing maintenance coasts, general economic conditions and decreasing attendance due to poor box office performance, the Universal Palace Theater is to be among the 317 theaters being sold according to Carl Laemmle Junior. The son of the famous Universal founder, Carl Laemmle. 

LOCAL MOVIE THEATER USHER FOUND HANGED Long-time movie theater usher, Julian Browning, was found dead behind the big silver screen of the old Universal Palace Theater. Entangled in the drop line of an old abandoned stage counterweight system, the man's corpse was discovered slowly twisted in the frayed ropes, his neck broken, bruised, and stretched. Theater-goers will remember Browning as the  unusually stritch and stern rule-keeper who patrolled the aisles of the movie house with his flashlight at the ready. Police have not yet determined if the tragic death was self-inflicted or a result of foul play.