In the original Story of the Haunted Mansion Gracie throws his wedding ring out the window. When you exit the Haunted Mansion, after the Smooth Path Turns to Cobblestones, there is a wedding wing in the Ground, too bad it is used as a flagpole hanger :l

Flagpole hanger? How big is the ring? :)

Not THAT Big of a Flagpole I Mean. like Bolts getting Drilled in there... I think it's Disrespectful to the original HM

Last time I checked...

There is no "Official Story" to Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion...

I have picture Proof and written story, lemme go get it!

sorry for double but here is the story,
Gracie came home to discover his wife-to-be on the day of their wedding with another man...so he murdered them both, only to find out a short time later that the man was simply a fitter, coming in to adjust her wedding dress. Gracie threw the ring out the window in grief then hung himself in the gallery. Gruesome, but it does entertain anyone who asks about the HM story!
Picture Proof:
http://www.morizio.com/images/ring_w_text.jpg

sorry for double but here is the story,
Gracie came home to discover his wife-to-be on the day of their wedding with another man...so he murdered them both, only to find out a short time later that the man was simply a fitter, coming in to adjust her wedding dress. Gracie threw the ring out the window in grief then hung himself in the gallery. Gruesome, but it does entertain anyone who asks about the HM story!

Yea that's your own personal take...

I've heard many other versions as well...

There is no "Official Story" released by Disney for the "Haunted Mansion..."

Yet I didn't say Official I Said Original

Yet I didn't say Official I Said Original

There's no "Original Story" if there's no "Official Original Story" to begin with...

thats cool

I dont agree. You can have the first story about the HM ever but it doesnt have to be the "offical" but it is the original. ;)

In the original Story of the Haunted Mansion Gracie throws his wedding ring out the window. When you exit the Haunted Mansion, after the Smooth Path Turns to Cobblestones, there is a wedding wing in the Ground, too bad it is used as a flagpole hanger :l

HAHAHA i heard that rumor before and saw the exact same thing you did. It does look like a ring for sure. But when you posted the pic and puts the comments on it. It makes sense now.

I am sure most of the people know this but do you know there is a key under a mat that says key is under the mat. This is at Muppet vision 3D too bad the key is sewn into the carpet.

lol.. gotta love rumors! I have never heard of the wedding ring or the key thing... but lol... I once heard there is a whole underground city under WDW. hmmm. Oh well... chop this up to unsolved mysteries I guess! ;)

wow thats is really interesting

I never thought of it as a ring - it looked more like a bolt to me.

I thought the story of the Haunted Mansion (based on what the movie suggested) was about deception and lying and death and one really evil butler - lol. :D

~Oranges

I once heard there is a whole underground city under WDW.

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:
oh i know that story...

walt was watching (from above) over tomorrow land (in DLR) and he saw a cowboy walking thew tomorrow land and he thought that ruined the experiance so he had the idea to build the tunnels
(ps. sorry for the spelling erors)

But about the HM, there is a story that goes along with it. My dad has it in written form somehwere. Now that maybe for Disneyland, but they both basically have the same storyline.

But about the HM, there is a story that goes along with it. My dad has it in written form somehwere. Now that maybe for Disneyland, but they both basically have the same storyline.
OOoh Interesting, If you find it, could we see it?

Yea, I'll ask to see it and see if i can get it up here.

i knew it and saw it it is awesome they took the ride to the extreme check out my HM secerts at www.doombuggies.com

Last time I checked...

There is no "Official Story" to Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion...
Suprisingly, I actually agree with Middiebear for once. Woot for new experiences!

There is officially no story in either of the WDW's and DLR's Haunted Mansions. Walt himself was quoted in saying that the rides were experiences, not stories. That is why they are changing the DLR Haunted Mansion; to add a story. They are creating the bride story because Disney now wants their rides story driven. I could probably dig up the quote and some more proof somewhere else, but for now this is good wenough.
-cave

As I stated before, there is a story. It's just very hard to follow. The site mentioned above is very good for things like myths and behind the scenes type stuff. If my dad can find the story, I will surely put it up here.

It may be just one of the stories that is out there. I am not positive that it may be the story.

There's no "Original Story" if there's no "Official Original Story" to begin with...
Hmmm that's odd here's my story that I read.
Master Gracey was the owner of the mansion and had 6 wives. He sixth wife was Madame Leota (the one in the glass ball). Gracey decided to divorce Leota and later fell in love with another woman and purposed to her. Leota still loved Gracey and was outraged to here the news. Master Gracey's new wife was a bit of a prankster. One day she went into the attic and hid in a large trunk so she could scare Master Gracey when he came up to find her. The enraged Madame Leota was hiding upstairs when she saw Gracey's new wife step into the trunk. She took the key and locked it. So on and so forth lalalala.....
When it was time to bury Gracey's wife, his wife's coffin was placed in the back of a horse drawn carriage to be driven to the cemetery. Master Gracey, beside himself in grief, held his wife's hand for what would be the last time. At that instant, something spooked the horse, causing it to run away. As it left, Gracey's wife's ring fell off, and the horse's hooves stomped it into the ground as it took off (see gertle's picture)
The next day the carriage was found outside the cemetery. The horse, the driver, the corpse and coffin were all missing, That made Gracey totally freak out (well I can't blame him) and well.... let's just say he went to be with his wife. If you look very closely you can see Gracey's tombstone:
http://img136.**************/img136/2189/hauntedmansion017hs1.jpg

~Chaelle

well about the whole ring thing well there was this dude i met at the haunter mansion he looked scarry and i was like 6 years old and he asked me if i wanted to see the ring he said it was in the horse drawn carraige

sorry if i spelt somthing wrong :(

Hmmm that's odd here's my story that I read.
Master Gracey was the owner of the mansion and had 6 wives. He sixth wife was Madame Leota (the one in the glass ball). Gracey decided to divorce Leota and later fell in love with another woman and purposed to her. Leota still loved Gracey and was outraged to here the news. Master Gracey's new wife was a bit of a prankster. One day she went into the attic and hid in a large trunk so she could scare Master Gracey when he came up to find her. The enraged Madame Leota was hiding upstairs when she saw Gracey's new wife step into the trunk. She took the key and locked it. So on and so forth lalalala.....
When it was time to bury Gracey's wife, his wife's coffin was placed in the back of a horse drawn carriage to be driven to the cemetery. Master Gracey, beside himself in grief, held his wife's hand for what would be the last time. At that instant, something spooked the horse, causing it to run away. As it left, Gracey's wife's ring fell off, and the horse's hooves stomped it into the ground as it took off (see gertle's picture)
The next day the carriage was found outside the cemetery. The horse, the driver, the corpse and coffin were all missing, That made Gracey totally freak out (well I can't blame him) and well.... let's just say he went to be with his wife. If you look very closely you can see Gracey's tombstone:
http://img136.**************/img136/2189/hauntedmansion017hs1.jpg

~Chaelle

i havent heard that one, this is the one i heard:
it was master gracies wedding day and he was at war days and days he didnt come back when he was supposed to, his wife went mad and through her self out the window ( which in this story was a long enough fall to kill her) master gracie came back to the mansion to find his bride-to-be's body laying next to the wall, master gracie was madly in love with her and when he saw this he was mortified, he stayed in the study for a week, he had gone mad in the middle of the week and couldnt handle the lose of his wife so he hung him self, some family member or friend came to visit the 'married' couple but only found master gracies skeleton hanging from the ceiling, the brides corpse was gone....

Actually that story makes no sence to me, what happened to the wife's ring in gertle's picture? :D
~Chaelle

Actually that story makes no sence to me, what happened to the wife's ring in gertle's picture? :D
~Chaelle

the ring fell off her finger when she fell and it rolled away.

i got it off of a web site that i had searched.

Ah.. I see.
~Chaelle

yup, it was some disney 'facts' thing, i think they went to search for the bride and they might have stepped on the ring which then connects to the picture, but im not sure because the shorta left the ring topic.

Hey thanks for the confussion (sp?) LOL

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:
Yes this is true... And they use color codes.... If your in a room with purple walls, you are directly underneath Snow White ride! Also other colors indicate different rides... ;)

Woot! The HM never ends.... So many stories, so little time..... ;)

Once on a VMK tour I had yet another story by the tour guide! She told us that every haunted mansion has it's own story. And the story of WDW haunted mansion was that Master Gracie was set to get married, and Madame Leota was very, very jealous. So on their wedding night she convinved them to play hide and seek, and then convinced his bride to be to hide in a chest. Once she was in the chest, Leota locked it and then went and told Master Gracie that his bride had left him. She said that in the bride in the attack scene, if you follow the brides dress, it actually is coming out of the chest.
The story of the Haunted Mansion at DLR was that the owner of that mansion was a pirateer, which was explained because of the weather vane (it's a ship), and when his bride to be found out what he was, and all the horrible things he had done, she killed herself.
I don't know if any of it is true, but I love all the stories regardless of their validity.

Once on a VMK tour I had yet another story by the tour guide! She told us that every haunted mansion has it's own story. And the story of WDW haunted mansion was that Master Gracie was set to get married, and Madame Leota was very, very jealous. So on their wedding night she convinved them to play hide and seek, and then convinced his bride to be to hide in a chest. Once she was in the chest, Leota locked it and then went and told Master Gracie that his bride had left him. She said that in the bride in the attack scene, if you follow the brides dress, it actually is coming out of the chest.
The story of the Haunted Mansion at DLR was that the owner of that mansion was a pirateer, which was explained because of the weather vane (it's a ship), and when his bride to be found out what he was, and all the horrible things he had done, she killed herself.
I don't know if any of it is true, but I love all the stories regardless of their validity.
What does that have to do with teh ring?

Actually, the weather vane atop HM at DLR is a whale. Giving hints toward as you said pirates or a ghostly sea captain.


Nope, it's a ship. Sorry.


http://i54.****************/albums/g110/crouchpotatos/mansionship.jpg

Nope, it's a ship. Sorry.


http://i54.****************/albums/g110/crouchpotatos/mansionship.jpg
oh..i never noticed that

THe story at DLP is very VERY different.

A girl is preparing to get married, all happy and cheerfull. On the day of her wedding, she was left along at the alter. As madame leota said, "A beatiful bride, and a vanishing groom." So out of depression, the girl killed herself. Many of the events in the DLP HM revolve around the wedding. The balroom dance is her wedding reception (you can see a huge pile of gifts on one side of the balroom), the things leota says and also the very fact that the girl haunts the house.

THe DLP HM is my favorite one. Best storyline, and the effects on it are real cool.

Not THAT Big of a Flagpole I Mean. like Bolts getting Drilled in there... I think it's Disrespectful to the original HM

Well actually I think if you want to get into an "Original" point of view. Walt Disney was at Disneyland. I have the actual Disney soundtrack of the Haunted Mansion and it does talk about it and how it became the "Original". Meaning the version on this thread was not the original because it was not the one inspected by Walt Disney. I am just pointing out the facts that if there is really any original it would be DLR's HM

Edit: Not just because we like something better does it mean it's the Original of it's kind.

stuff changes and changes happen

Thats not a rumor its true there is a city under WDW.

yeah walt disney world and disney land story ma e the same but the disney paris it is way different

here is the story from the HM movie

Master Gracie was having a party and in front of everybody was going to ask Elizabeth to be his wife and while Elizabeth was getting ready Ramsley the butler gave her a drink which was poison. Ramsley did not want them to get married and he hid every letter any that they made for their love in a trunk and hid the key. Master Gracie found out she was dead and hung himself for his heart could not take the pain.

story i heard

Elizabeth didn't love Master Gracie but for only wanted his money, but Gracie was in love with her Leota heard Elizabeth didn't love her so she killed Elizabeth hand threw her ring out the window. She felt so bad for Gracie that she laid a curse upon the house with 999 grim grinning ghosts in it.

I never thought of it as a ring - it looked more like a bolt to me.

I thought the story of the Haunted Mansion (based on what the movie suggested) was about deception and lying and death and one really evil butler - lol. :D

~Oranges

Lol When you said ' butler ' I thought you said ' butter '.

~gert

sorry for double but here is the story,
Gracie came home to discover his wife-to-be on the day of their wedding with another man...so he murdered them both, only to find out a short time later that the man was simply a fitter, coming in to adjust her wedding dress. Gracie threw the ring out the window in grief then hung himself in the gallery. Gruesome, but it does entertain anyone who asks about the HM story!
Picture Proof:
http://www.morizio.com/images/ring_w_text.jpg

lol it takes meh forever to find the ring shap.



lol i like the story though...........lolz meh weird

OK well for those of you who like the haunted mansion there is a site called doombuggies.com with pretty much everything about the mansions. I would check it out if you're bored. Anways here is what they had to say:

There are some that say Master Gracey, the supposed owner of the Haunted Mansion, murdered his young bride on the eve of their wedding, after catching her in the attic with a young man, whom he also killed viciously by decapitating him with an old sword; Gracey never had the chance to find out that the young man was merely a runner from the bridal shop, bringing a last-minute collection of veils and hats for the young bride to sample...

Still others claim that Gracey's young bride lost her sanity, and killed herself by leaping off of the top of the old mansion on her wedding day, still wearing her gown, causing Gracey, in a fit of despair, to hang himself from the rafters of his home. It's even been said that Gracey may have killed his bride in the attic after a fit of unsubstantiated jealous rage, and then buried her in a brick column out in the family graveyard after throwing her wedding ring out the attic window in disgust.

In fact, some Haunted Mansion cast members from the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World even claim that to this day, you can still see the imprint of the bride's wedding ring outside of Gracey's old mansion in Liberty Square... why don't you check out the Secrets of Liberty Square and see for yourself...

^ that is a good website :) i love hearing the stories about the mansion

i found some storys on doombuggie.com
‘True’ Mansion Ghost Stories

"A woman came to Disneyland with the ashes of her little boy who always loved the Haunted Mansion. She tried to get permission to scatter his ashes in the attraction, but of course Disney wouldn't allow it. She did it anyway- adding his remains to the dust in the Mansion. To this day, CMs and Guests have claimed to see a young boy near the exit lift, sitting by the speedramps and crying.

"Another ghost inhabits the Mansion. Near the unload area, there is a mirror so the CM can see if anyone comes down the speedramp. Once, a CM saw a figure that they though was in the CM costume—probably their replacement "bumping" them to another location. But when they turned, there was nobody there. After a few more guests unloaded, the CM saw the figure again. This time, she noticed he was wearing a tuxedo, and he walked up right behind her. She turned, to see an empty hallway. Later that night, she saw the same figure, who walked up behind her, tried to talk (but no sound was heard), and placed his hand on her shoulder. Feeling a chill, she turned to once again see an empty hallway. Completely freaked out, she took off running out of the Mansion. She quit shortly afterward."

'The Beating Drum'
I had been a CM at the MK for about 6 months. Before coming to the Mansion I was trained as a Jungle Skipper. Needing the money (like most CMs), I would pick up greeter shifts at the Mansion. One night in July I was scheduled to close the attraction. It was a midnight closing so it was going to be pretty late when I got out of there. After chaining the main entrance, I walked inside to help with "walk-through". We do this after the ride stops to clean up and look around and all. We turned off all the sound, turned on all the worklights and went on in. Everything was fine until we reached the part of the ride known as "Seance Circle." When we walked in all the worklights were off, which we thought was odd, because they were still on in the previous show scene. Upon entering, my fellow CM asked if I heard anything. I said "Not really, why?" He then asked me to listen. I listened and heard this faint beating, like the sound of a drum. We were like, ok? So we kept walking and the further we got in, the louder it would get. We walked even quicker and got out of there! The minute we passed into the next show scene, the sound stopped and it was silent again. I tell you, it made me believe those stories about the Mansion being haunted..."


ahh i found the REAL story

"As for the biographies, here's the basic story: Master Gracy had the Mansion built on a hillside for he and his bride (the one in the attic). Madame Leota was a medium who wanted Gracy badly, but he loved his bride more. Leota cursed the house and Gracy. They didn't die right away. There were quite a few other things that happened before Gracy and Leota died. I don't remember the exact way she died, whether she was murdered or not, but her body was pulled from the river, having shruken to the size of a doll (which is our explanation for Little Leota). The Mansion was cursed so everyone generally met nasty ends, and the spirits tended to stay there. The raven was Leota's pet. There is no apparent record of its actual death. Maybe it was never alive.
"I also heard a ton of stories about a real ghost being in the HM who walks around the sets. I never saw anything walking around by myself or riding and could never prove anything. This is not to say I don't believe in spirits, but I never found any in the HM. There was a man killed there. And the creepiest thing was that I met the daughter of his friend who was with him when it happened. During a Grad Night, I believe, two guys were in a doombuggy. One climbed out at Seance Circle to get to the Madame Leota effect. Well, in front and behind the ride path is a drop of 10-15 feet to the floor. There is a wall on each side for people walking the track (painted black of course) but there was a huge space between that wall and the platform where Leota's table was. He climbed over, fell, and broke his neck. It was creepy to run into the daughter of his friend...and this wasn't even at the park. We just happened to be talking about the Haunted Mansion.


Haunt's History (Outline of life, circumstances and place of death, must contain good reason for being a ghost.)

The Mansion was built in 1671 by Ub van der Iwerks, a Dutch burgermeister. He chose the site on a hill overlooking the river despite warnings from the town elders that he was desecrating a sacred Indian burial ground. Construction was plagued by freak accidents, causing laborers to become scarce. The burgermeister finished the bricklaying himself, stubbornly seeing the project through to completion. He moved his family in on October 31, 1671. Details of what happened next are sketchy. . .apparently Ub went mad and sealed himself in a tomb in the adjacent graveyard. What is clear is that the van der Iwerks family abandoned the house.

In the decades that followed, the Mansion served as a pirate's hangout, a brothel, and an army barracks. Those buried in the Mansion's graveyard are only a sample of the many that died on the premises.

In 1871, the deed passed to Colonel Ronald Stevens, a wealthy publisher, in the winning from a riverboat card game. The Colonel began an extensive renovation of the Mansion, which was as ill fated as its original construction had been. When Fred, a stonemason, was killed by a falling rock, Colonel Stevens took over the stonecutting himself. He moved his family in on October 31, 1871. Shortly thereafter, the Colonel lost his mind. Neglecting his lithography business, Colonel Ronald Stevens spent his last days carving his name backwards on tombstones. He finally died in a boiler explosion. The remaining bits of him were buried under each of the gravemarkers inscribed SNEVETS NOR.

The Stevens family sold the Mansion to the American Spiritualist Society, which used it as a retreat. The Society converted one of the rooms into a seance circle, which was used nightly to summon departed spirits from far and wide. They had logged over 900 contacts by the time the Society was disbanded in 1914. The trustees then sold the Mansion to Master Graceys father.

George Gracey, Sr., bought the Mansion for use as the Graceys' winter home. After George was murdered, his widow sold the Gracey estate, except for the Mansion, which Master Gracey inherited.


Madame Victoria Abigail Boufont--Madame Tangerine to her friends--was George Gracey's great aunt. She grew up in France and moved to the States in 1873. Besides her beautiful crop of orange hair (for which she got her nickname), Madame Tangerine was also known for her friendliness and outgoing personality. In addition, she loved to socialize and have fun, so she was constantly throwing parties for one reason or another. Needless to say, she was well liked by everyone. . .well almost everyone.

One person could not stand Madame Tangerine Boufont--Madame Leota. The reason for Madame Leota's discontent with Madame Tangerine: Madame Tangerine's parties would always interrupt the seances. Madame Leota was especially angered since her powers as a medium were increasing. On November 5, 1919, Madame Boufont threw another one of her parties. She had devised a scavenger hunt, of which the winner would receive a silver crown from her collection (Madame Boufont had inherited a large sum of assets from her parents). The participants of the scavenger hunt again interrupted one of Madame Leota's spirit sessions, this so enraged Leota that she screeched at Madame Tangerine, "Thirteen years from today you will die!" Madame Tangerine did not take this curse seriously and returned to her party to present Tiber Garret with the crown. However, Madame Tangerine did seize this opportunity and threw a grand bash every November 5th. Every year Tiber Garret would be crowned the victor. After the final guest had departed from the 13th party, Madame Tangerine retired to her chambers, she passed away peacefully in her sleep--a smile still on her lips


Elma Belle, George Gracey's aunt, was married to Richard Belle in 1879. She led a quiet life until the death of her husband in 1891. After Richard's death, Elma took up painting as a means of supporting herself. However, she was barely making enough money to buy more paints so George convinced his favorite aunt to move into the Mansion. That's when Elma began painting seriously, doing portraits of the Mansion's residents and guests. Unfortunately, as the years passed Elma became senile. The first sign of her senility was her purchase of a raven from an old woman. She then began talking to her paintings and having conversations, and even tea, with the paintings and her raven.

Elma's portraits were widely talked about. What seemed to especially capture the viewers' attention was the way she painted they eyes. . .they seemed to follow the viewer. Elma painted her crowning glory on the day she died--the portrait of George Gracey that now hangs above the foyer fireplace.

The only painting of Elma herself is a portrait she painted of her and her husband Richard, long after Richard's death. Rumor has it that this portrait began as a painting that her raven posed for.

In 1920, after a dinner at which Elma had presented George with his portrait, the nursemaid put Elma to bed and left for the night. Around 11 o'clock, a scream came from Elma's room. As the family entered the room, they saw Elma was dead, her withered hand pointing toward the window sill where her raven was resting.


Mary Gilbert Gracey was Master Gracey's mother. she had a sheltered and stifling childhood from which she longed to escape. Just as she reached her teens, however, her father and stepmother died. Although financially well off, Mary was saddled with the upbringing of her infant half-brother Asa. As the years dragged on, Mary became increasingly resentful of Asa. She finally threatened to kill him, so he ran away and joined the carnival. Asa Gilbert would one day become the Mansion's handyman.

Now free of responsibility, Mary Gilbert set out to see new places and meet new people. The first person she met was a wealthy young businessman, George Gracey. Though he was a lackluster lover, he managed to sweep Mary off her feet. To her dismay, she soon found herself in a delicate condition and was obliged to marry George.

While her husband went off on what she imagined to be exciting business trips, Mary Gracey stayed home with George, Jr. The moment he was old enough, she packed him off to a distant boarding school. Unfortunately, George, Sr., then began conducting his business from home, and Mary's plans for freedom were again frustrated.

One day when Master Gracey was at Yale, George confessed to his wife that he had had an affair with a Miss Patterson in Boston, and the affair had produced a ******* son, Daniel. (Daniel Patterson was to become the Mansion's liveryman.) This was the excuse Mary had been looking for. That night she parted her husband's skull with an ax.

At the trial Mary's counsel pleaded for mercy on the grounds that she was a widow. Witnesses testified that the defendant was justified in killing her husband because he was a very dull man who told pointless, long winded stories. Mary Gracey was acquitted for lack of evidence, and emerged smelling like a rose. She sold the Gracey house, left for Europe, and was never heard from again.


Uncle Edward Gracey was the brother of George Gracey, Sr.. Edward never married, though a brief liaison with a Miss Foster in Buffalo produced an illegitimate son, Eddy, born about the same time as Master Gracey. Eddy Foster would one day be the Mansion's gardener.

After college, Edward Gracey entered the diplomatic corps. His duties took him from the State Department in Washington to far-flung capitals of the globe. He only returned to the Gracey home once, to attend his brother's funeral and his sister-in-law's trial.

Uncle Edward helped his nephew whenever he could. While serving as consul to Cairo, he obtained permission for Master Gracey to export an Egyptian mummy and sarcophagus. The last time the two relatives met was when Master Gracey traveled to Africa on a bat-hunting expedition. They had a falling-out over the way Master Gracey was spending the family fortune, and never spoke again.

In 1937, Edward was appointed ambassador to Burma. One evening, soon after his arrival in Rangoon, he was dressing for a banquet. While waiting for his trousers to be pressed, he looked over his speech. Suddenly, armed insurgents burst into the embassy compound, ordering everyone to evacuate. Edward slipped into a secret passage taking him from his quarters to his office. There he discovered guerrillas putting a candle to the fuse on a keg of dynamite. Edward leaped on top of the barrel and declared: "If you blow up this building, you'll have to take me with it!" The men looked at each other, shrugged, and left. He tried in vain to extinguish or remove the fuse. Like a captain going down with his ship, Edward Gracey went up with his embassy.


Madame Leota was born in the Louisiana swamps to a kidnapped gypsy and a voodoo priest. Uneducated in everything but the occult, she grew up learning that other people were nothing but cattle and that everyone has weak spots and can be easily influenced. She was a very bitter person and was known to fly into rages at the least provocation. However, even though she had a bad temper, Leota was most dangerous when she was calm and could think things through. She was very sly and the other village people shunned her.

Leota finally moved to New Orleans and began reading palms and holding seances. Although some were exaggerated by special effects, by and large, her powers were genuine. She was bilking many people out of their money, and when she met Master Gracey she saw a real opportunity. She moved into the Mansion and it became easy for her to run the life of Gracey.

His wife Lilian hated Leota. When Lilian tried to get rid of Leota, the Madame hypnotized her into performing her old tight rope act and leaping to her death. Leota then convinced George to marry Emily, for she needed more money, just as he did. But not wanting another woman in his life, Leota locked the trunk that Emily was hiding in.

Leota planned to use the Mansion as a portal to another world, to call in more powerful spirits. George refused to permit her-- in the resulting argument he learned that Leota had killed his wives. George then attempted to flee, but ended up in the attic as his escape routes were cut off since Leota was controlling the servants and spirits. As Leota cast a spell to imprison George in her crystal ball, he hung himself rather than be caught. With his death, the spell went awry and backfired, trapping Leota in her own crystal ball. To this day, Leota still commands some small power, but not as she was before.


Among the more viscous of Madame Leota's wicked traits was that of being an indiscriminate flirt--leading on unwary suitors and at times playing one man against another. This was the case of Etienne Lalaurie and Antoine Germaine.

These two gentlemen were born on neighboring plantations and grew up the best of friends, always in each other's company--drinking and gambling together. As the sons of wealthy men, Etienne and Antione were given the finest educations: together they attended various schools and were trained to duel in the fine art of self defense and chivalry.

While at the party of a mutual friend, they made the acquaintance of the evil Madame Leota. She danced first with one and then with the other, whispering wicked promises and lies, her eyes now gleaming with the excitement of her new game.

One the way home the two gentlemen shared stories of the night's conquests. During the course of the conversation, the slanderous lies of Leota came to the surface. A fight ensued and the gentlemen challenged each other to a duel of pride. Seconds were chosen, a place named, and the duel was fought.

Each gentleman fired his pistol and was mortally wounded in the same breath. As they lay dying, the lies were exposed and they vowed revenge against Leota. They continue to haunt the Mansion to this day, still seeking their revenge.



Jamie Louis Padgett was a wealthy plantation owner in New Orleans, renowned for his indigo and sugar cane crops. Because he was of great social prominence, he held many cotillions and balls. At one masquerade ball, he had the misfortune to meet Little Leota, who rarely left the Mansion. She decided she wanted his plantation, so she seduced him and married him. But Jamie loved the plantation and would not transfer the title to her.

One evening Madame Leota introduced him to a "friend" of hers from London. He said his name was Nicholas Crown and that he was interested in starting his own plantation. Jamie was only too happy to share all his knowledge with Crown. As they strolled through the grounds of the Mansion, Crown suddenly insisted he was a vampire. Jamie laughed, and with amazing speed Crown grabbed Jamie and drove his teeth into the poor man's neck. Jamie woke up the next evening in his room, Little Leota insisted that he had slept through the day. He realized that he must be a vampire and began the disturbing habit of sleeping all day in a coffin, only rising to roam the Mansion by night.

One evening Jamie heard strange music and muffled crying. As he tried to open the coffin lid he found it would not yield. The coffin would not open! He fought and screamed for help, never suspecting that his beloved bride Little Leota had nailed it shut. For seven nights he fought and struggled each evening. He would succeed in cracking the lid almost enough to escape, however by that time it was sunrise. When he would see the light of day through the tiny slit, he would close the lid in mortal fear of the sunlight. Of course, Little Leota would renail the lid shut every afternoon. When his struggles finally died with him, Little Leota claimed the plantation and turned it over to her adulterant partner, Nicholas Crown, who had never been a vampire.



Gus was born into the Ohio branch of the family. George Gracey, Sr.'s second cousin, Gus was a genetic dwarf and a deviant. His childhood had been plagued by incidents caused by his violence. He had killed several family pets and attempted to murder his siblings several times. His parents finally had him institutionalized, but after several years of confinement he escaped. Although his parents moved in an attempt to lose him, Gus managed to find them and follow them wherever they moved. In his wanderings he maimed or killed many people and animals. It was a delight for him to laugh hysterically while beating people or animals with his ball and chain. He would knock people down by wrapping the chain around their legs, then he would exclaim, "Now you're down to Gus size!" As far as he was concerned his attacks were always justified, but the wrongs against him were usually imagined.

Gus finally caught up with his parents by mailing himself to them. He killed them after they attempted to nail him back in the crate. He then waited for some relative to take him home, that relative turned out to be George Gracey, Sr. Realizing Gus's potential threat, Gracey, Sr. kept Gus locked up in the Mansion. When Master Gracey inherited the Mansion he discovered his charge. To ensure that Gus would not further damage the Gracey reputation in the community, Master Gracey looked to Madame Leota for a solution. She cast a spell on Gus, dooming him to be confined to the Mansion's boundaries for his life and beyond. Gus met his end while trying to drown the stray cats at the Mansion. . .he slipped and fell in the well himself.


Master George GraceyWent to fine schools (Harvard, etc.). Never really knew father because he was always in boarding schools. Master Gracey moved into Mansion when father, George Gracey, Sr., was murdered by mother. Obsessed with getting to know father even after death, he sought out the occult. While seeking out mediums at carnivals, he met his wife Lilian, a tight-rope walker. He finally met Madame Leota in New Orleans. Bringing her back to the Mansion, they began holding seances and performing rituals to talk to the dead and summon ghosts. Eventually becoming interested in all aspects of the occult, including ancient religions, Gracey spent his fortune on relics, books, even a mummy complete with a tomb. Lilian became increasingly jealous of Madame Leota and sought for George to remove her, but George wouldn't hear of it. His wife's protests were silenced one day as she fell to her death in a pit of crocodiles while performing her old act for friends at a party. George became increasingly obsessed with the supernatural and squandered the rest of his fortune in these pursuits. Desperate for money, he married a second cousin, Emily, to lock down more of the family riches. Only 16, she was still playful on their wedding night and they played Hide and Seek.. Alas, Emily his in a trunk in the attic, still in her gown. The lid became locked and she suffocated before being found.

In the last few years of life, it is said Master Gracey went mad and finally hung himself in the attic. Since that day, no one lives here, but Master Gracey's voice can still be heard.

Mistress Gracey, formerly Lilian O'Malley, was born to wealthy parents who strived to give her everything she wished. She grew up extremely spoiled, but developed a melancholy attitude after being denied her heart's one true desire. . .her first love. At 15, Lilian had fallen head over heals for a circus performer named Alex. She thought she had won his heart during their brief liaison, but the circus left town in the middle of the night and the jilted Lilian was crushed.

She pined away for a week before deciding to follow the circus. She joined it in Mobile, AL, but discovered that her love had been killed in a freak accident involving a lion. Lilian stayed with the circus performing the tight rope act because it made her feel close to her recently departed beloved. It was during one of her shows that George Gracey fell in love with her at first sight. She was quite taken with the young master and agreed to marry him since her true love was now gone forever.

After only 3 months of marriage, George brought Madame Leota into the Gracey household. This combined with the goings on between Leota and George and the disconcerting arrival of Leota's daughter-a girl of dubious parentage-caused Lilian much concern. She was often neglected by her new husband and Little Leota and the Madame plagued her with nasty pranks. This caused Lilian to slip further and further away from reality and into a deep melancholy. One night at a small party Madame Leota urged Lilian to perform her old act over the river by the house. Wanting the attention and delighted to be wanted, Lilian agreed. To her dismay the rope began to unravel when she was only half way across. Poor Lilian fell to her death in the jaws of an alligator.

These six couples had the misfortune to be invited to one of Madame Leota's parties. They had one thing in common--they all loved to dance. How they got an invitation to the party remains a mystery since they had no interest whatsoever in the occult. During the course of the celebration, the group kept to themselves, pointedly ignoring the weird Madame Leota and the melancholy Master Gracey. They simply danced.

After several hours of being ignored, Madame Leota had taken all she could stand. Muttering to herself, she stopped the music and shouted a curse to the dancing couples. The couples stopped and stared at the deranged Madame. Suddenly the couples were overcome by a peculiar sensation--they began to dance, whirling and twirling, faster and faster, becoming more and more exhausted. Unfortunately, try as they might, they were unable to stop dancing, and as one by one their bodies succumbed to the Angel of Death, their souls could not be given so easy a reprieve. They continue to dance to this day, a tribute to the evil of Madame Leota.


Ezra Dobbins and Phineas Queeg were friends of Gus Gracey. The three were cellmates at the Salem Asylum for the Criminally Insane.

Ezra was a voyeur--his lean frame was ideal for climbing trellises and trees. He developed a fascination with obese women and sought out the most rotund young ladies to spy upon. Ezra was finally caught skulking in the boudoir of the mayor's ample daughter. When this corpulent miss took the stand, the chair groaned under her weight, the court did not hesitate to accept Ezra's insanity plea and commit him to the Salem Asylum.

Phineas was a discredited chemist who made his living as a snake-oil peddler. He traveled the countryside, carpetbag at his side, seeking the most ignorant rubes to buy his worthless potions. His diabolical sense of humor led Phineas to spike his wares with ingredients he knew would cause unwanted side effects, i.e. his "hair tonic" was actually a depilatory. Phineas made his final mistake when he sold "Queeg's Youth Elixir" to the chief of police, causing the man's voice to raise an octave. Criminal charges were promptly filed. A parade of hapless witnesses, combined with Phineas's snickering in court, led him to the Salem Asylum.

The three cellmates spent their time planning their escape. Ezra fasted until he could squeeze through the bars to reach the keys and unlock the cell door. Once the three were free of their cell, Gus toppled the guards with his ball and chain, while Phineas set off a smoke bomb to prevent their pursuers from chasing them.

The Three friends hitchhiked down the road. They would hop aboard the moving vehicle regardless of whether the coach or carriage stopped for them or not. Passengers were startled when the three friendly little fellows plopped down beside them or on their laps. Ezra always aimed for the plumpest female; Phineas picked out the stupidest looking; and Gus just wanted to play with the children.

Ezra Dobbins and Phineas Queeg met their ends at a carnival. Phineas sampled a quack remedy at the medicine show. Ironically, he died not from the quack remedy, but rather he cut his lip on the bottle cap and died from lead poisoning. Likewise, Ezra's fetish ultimately caused his demise. He snuck into the sideshow fat lady's tent and was killed when she inadvertently sat on him after he had crept up behind her.

Years later Madame Leota cast a spell confining Gus to the Mansion for as long as he lived and eternity after that, but she took pity on the lonely dwarf and summoned the spirits of his two departed friends to keep him company. They decided to stay and there they'll remain until they spot someone they'd rather follow home.

Little Leota was Madame Leota's daughter and the first child born in the Mansion. Madame Leota never revealed the father's name, but it's interesting to note that whenever Little Leota spoke, Master Gracey always fell silent.

At a tender age, Little Leota began helping her mother in the seance circle. She soon developed her own talents as a spirit medium. Always playful, she teased or flirted with the seance guests. Many believed that if they failed to heed her taunting call to "Hurry Back", her little joke about a death certificate would come to pass.

Fascinated with death, Little Leota was instrumental in getting the townspeople to hold funerals in the Mansion's conservatory. However, she was a practical joker, nailing the coffin shut before the viewing or replacing the flowers with dead ones. Her favorite trick was to lock all the guest room doors in the middle of the night and then run down the corridor knocking on them.

Little Leota was given to long and lonely wanderings, especially at night. She could be seen carrying a single candle from window to window or endlessly walking the hallways, candelabra in hand. She loved to stand on the porch and feel the wind in her face.

Quite the tart, Little Leota had affairs with every man that struck her fancy. The only men who resisted her charms were the Mansion's handyman, gardener, and liveryman, who feared for their jobs should they become involved with her. Incensed at being snubbed, Little Leota plotted against the trio, sending them on a wild goose chase one night. They perished in quicksand, as she watched from a tree. The branch broke, and she fell in the river and drowned. When her body was recovered, it had shriveled to the size of a dollLittle Leota was the type of person who was easily bored with everyday routine. She could not sit inside and mope about the Mansion like the other family members. She had to be involved in some sort of mischief.

One evening after the servants had left and the Mansion was deathly quiet, Leota climbed out her bedroom window, slid down off the archway, and was away in a flash. she took a horse from the stable and galloped down to the wharf.

A pirate ship had landed earlier in the evening and the crew was enjoying their liberty at a local pub. They were rowdy and crude, singing pirate chanteys and drinking rum. Little Leota joined in with the fun.

The next morning, Leota was strangely silent. Others in the household remarked on her strange behavior. Then a change came over her and she began singing a peculiar song: "Yoho, Yoho, a pirate's life for me!" and the hallway echoed with an awful laughter and the sound of water lapping on boards.

Then it was over. She regained her composure, smiled sweetly and greeted the guests for the day.



This is the tale of a poor, unfortunate housemaid, who met her death quite by accident. Prudence was Little Leota's personal maid. She was neither attractive nor memorable--a person would forget meeting Prudence before he finished saying good-day to her.


Prudence had a rare quality that caused her to blend into her surroundings. This made the task of serving Little Leota even more difficult. Little Leota was not the easiest person to serve, always sending Prudence on wild goose chases. Prudence was doomed to search for lost shoes, misplaced handkerchiefs, and at times, even unidentified noises in the middle of the night.

Such was the case one cold night when Leota called for Prudence. Leota claimed she had heard a noise downstairs and sent Prudence, candle in hand, to investigate. Even though Prudence objected and was visibly frightened, Leota ordered her to investigate. Prudence wandered the halls, the flickering candles her only source of light in the dark house. As she was walking down the long dark hall, one of the doors swung open and slammed against the wall. Poor Prudence was so terrified by this that she collapsed and perished in the hall. She never discovered that it was only Little Leota trying to frighten her. Prudence still haunts the halls, searching for disturbances.


The second Mistress Gracey, Emily Cavanaugh was born to the very wealthy Cavanaughs of Rhode Island. Being an only child, Emily was destined to inherit the entire family fortune. Much to her parents' dismay, she was a flighty girl and given to disappearing for hours on end, contemplating flowers or patterns on wallpaper. Much was done by her parents to teach Emily the responsibility of her station, but the girl refused to grasp the gravity of her situation.

When her parents were suddenly killed by a runaway carriage, the entire wealth of the Cavanaugh's fell on her unprepared shoulders. At the funeral she met Master Gracey, who having recently lost his first wife, was prepared to offer her consolation and guidance. An impressionable girl of 16, she fell in love with the authoritative figure of the Master and his boyish good looks. When he proposed marriage, the unwitting Emily accepted.

The wedding was a beautiful affair and the bride was radiant. The trouble began on the honeymoon at the Gracey Mansion. Madame Leota waited there for the young bride, killing time until she could dispose of the bride. Being young, Emily was still playful and decided to play Hide and Seek with her new groom. So eager was she to begin this honeymoon game that she didn't even wait to change out of her wedding gown. She found herself in the attic, and hearing George calling her, she quickly hid in a large sea trunk. The trunk was uncomfortable and stuffy, and just as she prepared to come out of hiding, she heard the sound of scraping metal. Madame Leota had seized the opportunity and locked the trunk, the poor young bride suffocated.



After discovering his young bride's untimely demise, Master Gracey felt the need to announce his continuing dedication to her in order to avoid rumors that he only married her for her money. Gracey arranged to have the funeral services in the courtyard of the Mansion so that the entire town could be present. With the Gracey household and the town as his audience, only Madame Leota mysteriously failed to attend, Master Gracey stood on the driver's bench of the hearse buggy and prepared to announce his undying devotion to Emily. He planned to place the ring on his little finger as a reaffirmation of his dedication to Emily and so that she would always be close to him. Suddenly, before he was able to place the ring on his finger, something spooked the horses and Gracey was thrown from the buggy. As the horses galloped wildly away, a wheel of the buggy rolled over Emily's wedding band, embedding it in the cobblestone walkway. Despite his best efforts, Master Gracey was unable to free the ring from its cobblestone grave. . .the ring remains there to this day. The servants were sent to search for the hearse. A few days later the horses and buggy were discovered, but the hearse was empty. Emily's body was never recovered.

Bony belongs to **** O'Dell, the caretaker. Bony was one of five pups. The other four-Rover, Queenie, Sport, and Sport-soon found a good home in Tomorrowland. Bony was the runt of the litter, and **** had to nurse him along. Bony grew to be the spitting image of his father, Loki.

Loki, always curious, became trapped in the mummy's sarcophagus and suffocated. Loki's father was Master Gracey's dog, Grand Stygian Hellhound of Hudson. Hellhound's ancestry can be traced back to the dog of a U.S. Cavalry blacksmith stationed at Fort Sam Clemens. Prior to that, the lineage has been followed as far as the jailer's dog in a Caribbean village sacked by pirates.

Master Gracey chained Hellhound by the river at night so his howling would warn people away from the quicksand. One stormy night, as part of a scheme to lure three of the Mansion's servants into the quicksand, Little Leota moved Hellhound up the hill and fastened his chain to a tree behind the cemetery. Lightning struck the tree and Hellhound was killed. To this day the area is known as Howling Dog Bend.

At one time the raven was purchased from an old woman by Elma Belle for a pet. George Gracey often commented on how it went where it pleased but always flew back to Elma whenever she began talking to "Richard". Elma always called the raven "Richard" and would talk to it as if it was the late Mr. Belle. No one paid much attention to her fascination with the raven, since Elma was going senile.

The raven was never painted by its owner, but "posed" one time for a painting that turned out to be of Mr. and Mrs. Belle. In addition, the residents noticed that the bird's favorite haunts were areas of death, such as the conservatory, the graveyard, and Madame Leota's seances.

When Elma died George attempted to get rid of the bird, but he was unsuccessful at catching it.

It appears that the raven outlived all the residents of the Mansion because no records of its death are known or mentioned.

I always love hearing the stories of the Haunted Mansion. I have seen the ring outside of the WDW HM. I always heard that when you were going backwards to the graveyard scene, you were the bride falling out of the attic and dying. That is why the grave keeper and his dog are scared of you!

Wow, darthmickey, that took me like an hour to read!

That does, however, make since, with Exza, Phineas, and Gus, quicksand, the picture in The Stretching Room. And also the two men having a gun fight over the girl, The Ballrom, and also the people that keep dancing, The Ballroom, and Little Leota, "Hurry back!" Wow

lol.. gotta love rumors! I have never heard of the wedding ring or the key thing... but lol... I once heard there is a whole underground city under WDW. hmmm. Oh well... chop this up to unsolved mysteries I guess! ;)


The Mansion Story was on the VMK insider Tour. And the underground city there are underground tunnels all over the Magic Kingdom Park. Like a little City. That is how the workers get around and deliveries are made.

there are underground tunnels everywhere in WDW. you ever see those doors that say "Cast Members Only" yea those lead to the tunnels.

here is the story from the HM movie

Master Gracie was having a party and in front of everybody was going to ask Elizabeth to be his wife and while Elizabeth was getting ready Ramsley the butler gave her a drink which was poison. Ramsley did not want them to get married and he hid every letter any that they made for their love in a trunk and hid the key. Master Gracie found out she was dead and hung himself for his heart could not take the pain.

story i heard

Elizabeth didn't love Master Gracie but for only wanted his money, but Gracie was in love with her Leota heard Elizabeth didn't love her so she killed Elizabeth hand threw her ring out the window. She felt so bad for Gracie that she laid a curse upon the house with 999 grim grinning ghosts in it.

It was a Movie! Wow... I thought it was made up by someone at the Disney Company :eek:

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:

I belevie you but I can't imagine that lol

Here's Main street Mickey Mouse lol!



QUOTE= CoolDolphin

Ever wonder who is that person stand near the gate in the graveyard holding a latern? He was in the oringinal movie

It was a Movie! Wow... I thought it was made up by someone at the Disney Company :eek:

No first it was a ride then a movie.

i heard DLR has more ghost stories then WDW bc it didn't open for 6 years bc it was so ascarry that people had heart attacks and died walking through the original ride also another story about the original HM that we never saw in DLR is someone fell into a snake pit i guess with live snakes back during testing. Now guess how much they must have changed and with all those deaths before the DLR HM opened i wouldn't be surprized if it was haunted. WDW is the new DLR HM but different. WDW HM is not the was the DLR was the DLR had deaths before it opened the WDW didn't i don't think but those ghost stories above made me a believer.

i heard DLR has more ghost stories then WDW bc it didn't open for 6 years bc it was so ascarry that people had heart attacks and died walking through the original ride also another story about the original HM that we never saw in DLR is someone fell into a snake pit i guess with live snakes back during testing. Now guess how much they must have changed and with all those deaths before the DLR HM opened i wouldn't be surprized if it was haunted. WDW is the new DLR HM but different. WDW HM is not the was the DLR was the DLR had deaths before it opened the WDW didn't i don't think but those ghost stories above made me a believer.

Don't know where you got your info, Trainz, but, while Walt did consider a walkthrough attraction for the Haunted Mansion, it has always been a ride. The DL mansion facade (false front) was built with the New Orleans Square addition in the 1965 that also debut the Pirates of the Carribean. The actual attraction did not open until 4 years later. Says imagineer Marc Davis, woh oversaw most of the attraction:
“You know that the first guys who worked on it could never sell it to Walt because they were trying to tell a story about this bride who was left standing at the altar, and the groom who had died a horrible death... The thing was, with this kind of attraction (and Walt agreed), that this was not a story telling medium. These attractions at Disneyland and Disney World are experiences – but they are not stories! You don’t have a story that starts at the beginning and goes until the end.”
Although there have been some tragic deaths that have occured at both DLR and WDW, none happened at either Haunted Mansion.
The Haunted Mansion is designed to be experienced over and over, telling a new tale to the rider at each visit, as previously unseen details reveal themselves for the first time. Each guest leaves with their own story, based on their own experience in the mansion, each ride can be a new and unique experience.

lol tikiroom..it took me like a hour to read too

there are underground tunnels everywhere in WDW. you ever see those doors that say "Cast Members Only" yea those lead to the tunnels.

[Pardon the double post]
Actually, most of those doors in the Magic Kingdom just lead backstage. You need to walk a little to get to the Utilidor entrance. What does backstage look like? Go behind your local Walmart store. That will give you a good idea.

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:

Best book ever lol..But yeah walt suggested that, because when he made disneyland he once saw a frontierland charecter walking around tommorowland, and he felt it ruined the illusion, same with the trash so he made the "Utilidoors" underneath the magic kingdom. Hehe the magic kingdom is on the second floor :)

I belevie you but I can't imagine that lol

Here's Main street Mickey Mouse lol!



QUOTE= CoolDolphin

Ever wonder who is that person stand near the gate in the graveyard holding a latern? He was in the oringinal movie

the ride came a long time before the movie came out, and there was no original movie of it, its just the one with eddy murphy in it

Thier was no oringnal movie but their was a oringinal story

There was stories that were made up by Guests and or Cast Members. All of the said stores are just myth though...just like someone re-telling a ghost tale.

The only offical thing in WDW for Haunted Mansion is...There is 999 Happy Haunts and there is always room for one more.

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wow i loved that indepth detail about the mansion. now i have to wait until dec. until i can ride it again so i can see all the little details for myself

wow! i love to hear these stories there great

There was a haunted mansion book that was on sale in La Baton Rouge in Disneyland and it said that all the haunted mansions in the Disney Parks have a different story. The one in Paris had something about a western ghost town. The one in the Magic Kingdom was about Master Gracie and the one in Disneyland was about a love affair that involved with the bride in the attic.
That was before the change. The new haunted mansion attic scene, tells that the bride marries rich men and kills them for their money.

Well there practicly is one!Secret tunnles in which CM's and characters get around the park without being seen. For more on this read the book The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Person.This place also holds the garbage shoot and more!:wave2:


I read that book too!! It rocks!!!

Interesting find

This morning, while standing in my garage waiting for my friend, I happened to look down and find this thing.. I don't know what it was, but it was a ring/circle thing with a square, and looked similar to the thing om your picture.
(EDIT: I just asked my dad what it was called, and he said a 'hose clamp')
Lol, random.

But, I like all your guys theories!!

This morning, while standing in my garage waiting for my friend, I happened to look down and find this thing.. I don't know what it was, but it was a ring/circle thing with a square, and looked similar to the thing om your picture.
(EDIT: I just asked my dad what it was called, and he said a 'hose clamp')
Lol, random.

But, I like all your guys theories!!


ROFL !!!!!!

sorry for double but here is the story,
Gracie came home to discover his wife-to-be on the day of their wedding with another man...so he murdered them both, only to find out a short time later that the man was simply a fitter, coming in to adjust her wedding dress. Gracie threw the ring out the window in grief then hung himself in the gallery. Gruesome, but it does entertain anyone who asks about the HM story!
Picture Proof:
http://www.morizio.com/images/ring_w_text.jpg



It isn't a flag pole... I've seen it for. Its kinda cool, the ring is.

i worked at disney for 3 years jk i would work there for life i know every hidden mickey (haunted manison) ones are hard!!!!!!!!! well any ways i know everything about vmk and wdw title on vmk is HannahMontanaSngr