European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doing Magazine the haunted mansion even Frankenstein is nervous. Girl in the coffin gets a Rise out of school kids. Not 2 Alj by Ari l. Goldman new York times the haunted mansion a new carnival at traction at Long Branch n.j., people pay k $2.50 to be scared for 20 minutes As Franken Stein s monster chases them up and Down ramps Jack the Ripper threatens them with a Cleaver and Lizzie Borden brandishes an a. Lately however the Frankenstein monster and his fellow friends Are As scared to enter the three Story House As the Public is. Some visitors to the haunted mansion Are taking the acting too seriously and Are hitting the actors and actresses. Ambulance visits to the mansion Are not an uncommon event. One recent evening for example one of the living dead a character with a rubber mask Lay unconscious in the rear of the mansion while awaiting an ambulance. Someone must have gotten carried away and belted him. I really Don t know what happened said Carmen Ricci the 39-year-old owner and co designer of the Man Sion. Since the mansion opened Over the july 4 weekend Long Branch police Are called there at least once a night and at least five or six actors or actresses have been injured according to the owner. What can i Tell you the show must go on said Ricci who pays the Young adults $3 an hour for a 12-hour Day with no insurance. The injuries have All been minor according to Ricci with the actors taken to Monmouth Hospital for observation and usually released the next Day. For the most part actors have been punched and several have even been kneed in the Groin. A woman did that to me this afternoon and it hurts said one actor who did not want to give his name. I m going to California in a few weeks so i m doing this just to kill time. But for others it s a Good Opportunity to work in front of an audience for the first time he said. Apparently the pay and experience is not Worth the threat of getting floored by some Over Macho or intoxicated Patron because every saturday payday at least five to 10 actors quit to find safer work according to interviews with Security guards and actors. My brother played Wolf Man and was punched in the Mouth said 21-year-old Laura Hornung. He came Back the next Day and everyone cheered  the mansion rather tame on the outside consists of three floors connected by ramps. Crowds Lead them selves through the darkly lit House and go past actors and actresses wearing costumes and heavy make up. Every now and then someone leaps at a person out of the dark Ness and shouts boo if the person appears scared the actor will usually pursue the timid soul for a few minutes. This is where we run into trouble said Ricci. Someone wants to prove something to his Girlfriend or has had too much to drink and will let go with a  the other night an ambulance came twice to the haunted mansion s rear Entrance where the actors congregate while enjoying their 10-minute Breaks. This time a customer chased by a living dead ran into a Wall and had the wind knocked out of him As Well As getting a bloody nose. Monday september 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 13