Author: Editor, Curious State

Leonard Pickel has made a career of the unexpected. From manipulating architecture to designing impossible floor plans, his Hauntrepreneurs business pulls out all the stops to pack the creep factor into every square inch of the 300+ haunted houses they’ve designed. The company’s DNA lies in the Pickel Theory of Haunted Houses. “It’s high startle rather than high gore,” he says. “People are grossed out by blood and guts and body parts, but they’re not really frightened by it.” As far as haunted houses go, Leonard’s are more involved than hanging your typical scary Halloween decorations. When Leonard designs a…