Haunt at Great Oak
The haunt returns October 2025
No graveyard would feel complete without tombstones!
We have incorporated both premade and our own custom designed tombstones into the haunt.
We have incorporated both premade and our own custom designed tombstones into the haunt.
Custom... In 2021 we introduced our custom made full size tombstones. While planning these we decided that using spices could be a fun approach, since we are trying to have a family-friendly haunt.
After the first two tombstones were made, we started working on adding even more factual information to the faces of them. We tried to give them humor, so you don't die from boredom, while still keeping the silliness low enough that you don't bust a gut from laughing.
(Clicking on a reference number below will take you to it)
After the first two tombstones were made, we started working on adding even more factual information to the faces of them. We tried to give them humor, so you don't die from boredom, while still keeping the silliness low enough that you don't bust a gut from laughing.
(Clicking on a reference number below will take you to it)
In the year 2022, we introduced our lenticular tombstones to our halloween haunt.
In person, the images change while you are walking, or driving, past the tombstones.
For those visiting the site, just wait a few seconds to see what our visitors experience.
In person, the images change while you are walking, or driving, past the tombstones.
For those visiting the site, just wait a few seconds to see what our visitors experience.
References and Back Stories
1. Lamiaceae is the scientific name for the family that Basil comes from. - Wikipedia.org
2. Basil appears to have originated in 807 A.D. - TheSpruceEats.com
3. Lamiaceae is the scientific name for the family that Oregano comes from. - Wikipedia.org
4. "Oregano is the spice of life" quoted from Henry J. Tillman - Google.com search
5. "Oregano can be traced back to as early as 3000 BC" - SallysOrganics.com
6. Cinnamon broken up into two parts to sound more like a name, with a nickname inserted between.
7. Cinnamon "dates back in Chinese writings to 2800 B.C." - TheSpruceEats.com
8. Zingiber, or "Z" for short, officinale is the binomial name for Ginger. - Wikipedia.org
9. "An I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread" quoted from Shakespeare. - Google.com search
10. Ginger was transported c. 5,000 BP. - Wikipedia.org
11. We just wanted to do a word play on the phrase "holy cannoli".
12. "the creation of the cannoli took place" ... "between 827 and 1091" - CannoliKitchen.com
13. We just wanted to make vanilla sound more like a name.
14. This was the most child-friendly quote we could find about vanilla. - Google.com search
15. "The Aztecs acquired vanilla when they conquered the Totonacs in the 15th Century" - NationalGeographic.com
16. Natrium (Wikipedia.org) is the Latin name for sodium, and salt is composed of sodium chloride. - Wikipedia.org
17. Google.com search
18. "Some of the earliest evidence of salt processing dates to around 5,400 BC" - Wikipedia.org
19. "The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants." - Wikipedia.org
20. Google.com search
21. "Black pepper ... has been known to Indian cooking since at least 2000 BCE." - Wikipedia.org
Premade Tombstones
1. Lamiaceae is the scientific name for the family that Basil comes from. - Wikipedia.org
2. Basil appears to have originated in 807 A.D. - TheSpruceEats.com
3. Lamiaceae is the scientific name for the family that Oregano comes from. - Wikipedia.org
4. "Oregano is the spice of life" quoted from Henry J. Tillman - Google.com search
5. "Oregano can be traced back to as early as 3000 BC" - SallysOrganics.com
6. Cinnamon broken up into two parts to sound more like a name, with a nickname inserted between.
7. Cinnamon "dates back in Chinese writings to 2800 B.C." - TheSpruceEats.com
8. Zingiber, or "Z" for short, officinale is the binomial name for Ginger. - Wikipedia.org
9. "An I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread" quoted from Shakespeare. - Google.com search
10. Ginger was transported c. 5,000 BP. - Wikipedia.org
11. We just wanted to do a word play on the phrase "holy cannoli".
12. "the creation of the cannoli took place" ... "between 827 and 1091" - CannoliKitchen.com
13. We just wanted to make vanilla sound more like a name.
14. This was the most child-friendly quote we could find about vanilla. - Google.com search
15. "The Aztecs acquired vanilla when they conquered the Totonacs in the 15th Century" - NationalGeographic.com
16. Natrium (Wikipedia.org) is the Latin name for sodium, and salt is composed of sodium chloride. - Wikipedia.org
17. Google.com search
18. "Some of the earliest evidence of salt processing dates to around 5,400 BC" - Wikipedia.org
19. "The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants." - Wikipedia.org
20. Google.com search
21. "Black pepper ... has been known to Indian cooking since at least 2000 BCE." - Wikipedia.org
Making Tombstones