Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
Oct 12, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
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It begins, "Okay, so I had to share with you the craziest story that involves a haunted house and possibly a possession.
A friend of mine was doing a short film project, and I agreed to be a part of it, and I agreed for my six-year-old son James to be a part of this as well.
I knew that this would be a really fun experience for him, and even though the subject matter was a little spooky, this may help him understand that all movies and things like this are just made by regular people."
Mm-hmm.
"Anyway-
Hmm
...
when I got the details of the location for the filming, I was like, 'Okay, middle of Illinois, really old house.
Cool.
Sounds good.
We're in.'"
Yeah.
"Driving out there, I started to get the heebie-jeebies because it was, like, a state road to a state road to a state road off the highway, and you know, I was just really off the beaten path and in the boonies, and I don't like that so much being a city girl.
We got to the house around noon, and immediately my blood went cold, even though it was an early August afternoon and an old Victorian mansion with not great central air.
The place was just off?" Question mark.
Hmm.
I don't know.
It was quirky.
It was full of antique furniture.
It's been turned into a bed and breakfast.
I didn't really do any reading up on the place.
I just kinda showed up, and we were shown where to get changed.
Everything started off fine, and we had a lot of fun getting into costume.
They even let me take home the shoes they gave me to wear on set." Yes, queen.
Get those free shoes.
It begins, "Okay, so I had to share with you the craziest story that involves a haunted house and possibly a possession.
A friend of mine was doing a short film project, and I agreed to be a part of it, and I agreed for my six-year-old son James to be a part of this as well.
I knew that this would be a really fun experience for him, and even though the subject matter was a little spooky, this may help him understand that all movies and things like this are just made by regular people."
Mm-hmm.
"Anyway-
Hmm
...
when I got the details of the location for the filming, I was like, 'Okay, middle of Illinois, really old house.
Cool.
Sounds good.
We're in.'"
Yeah.
"Driving out there, I started to get the heebie-jeebies because it was, like, a state road to a state road to a state road off the highway, and you know, I was just really off the beaten path and in the boonies, and I don't like that so much being a city girl.
We got to the house around noon, and immediately my blood went cold, even though it was an early August afternoon and an old Victorian mansion with not great central air.
The place was just off?" Question mark.
Hmm.
I don't know.
It was quirky.
It was full of antique furniture.
It's been turned into a bed and breakfast.
I didn't really do any reading up on the place.
I just kinda showed up, and we were shown where to get changed.
Everything started off fine, and we had a lot of fun getting into costume.
They even let me take home the shoes they gave me to wear on set." Yes, queen.
Get those free shoes.
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