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konamouse
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DreadHouse.com

Dread House
the truth behind the myth
(found from a story at Urbanmythology.net)

Info about the show (the show was initiated sometime in late 2002) describing mysterious deaths of cast & crew. THe site author posted he/she personally knew at least one person who went on to participate in the show.
Quote:
The idea behind Dread House was that the 13 players would start separated in different areas of the hospital, equipped only with a flashlight, a wireless video camera to record their movements, and a wireless PDA device, by which they would communicate and receive instructions and updates. Hidden throughout the facility were caches of food and water, although some of the food was spoiled or infested with maggots or bugs. Players stumbling acorss a "bad" food cache could be forced to eat it in a challenge or in exchange for additional equipment or aid. All of their paths had traps and rewards hidden along the way and one by one, the players were to be eliminated by falling victim to the traps. Some of the traps took the form of re-enactments of actual outdated and barbaric medical treatments or experiements that supposedly were actually conducted at the hospital.


(at the CambridgeMentalHospital website there are some descriptions of these treatment options in the history and records pages).

The webmaster claims to have proof but they are no longer posted on the website:
Quote:
Sorry these pages have been temporarily removed due to harassment and threats by the people behind the Dread House show.

He/She does ask that if anyone has any information about the show or the company that was behind the production, please send an email.

Email: infoSPLATdreadhouse.com

WHOIS info:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160 PMB353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: DREADHOUSE.COM
Created on: 12-May-03
Expires on: 12-May-05
Last Updated on: 30-Apr-04
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.HOMEPAGENAMES.NET
NS2.HOMEPAGENAMES.NET
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:27 am
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slackertodd
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I also find it interesting that he mentions know of one participant in the show. However, he says he can't list information on a public web site, but the proof is out there.

Question is where is that proof?

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konamouse
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I was hoping there was a clue for the stuff posted on a hidden link (he could have put that info in the source code on the picture & document pages). Maybe we can email the webmaster (dunno if he or she) and ask for access to the proof. Would be nice to compare the contestant/crew names with those from the mental hospital records.
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qwig
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Ok, I am a total n00b, having just discovered [and become totally hooked] on ARG's in the past 24 hours. Plus, i am in the UK, so i am not sure how involved or useful i could be, but here is my two penneth: i emailed the webmaster of the site, stating that there seemed to be a link between dreadhouse and urbanhunt, asking for any further info, and got this reply

Dear ***:


Thanks for your e-mail about my site.


Unfortunately, at this point, I can't really afford to trust anyone merely because of one e-mail from them. It's really not too hard to picture the c"team" you mentioned using someone like you as an attempted source of information from me.


jc


infoSPLATdreadhouse.com


if this is a useless post, i apologise, if its any use, then good!!!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:02 pm
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konamouse
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No, nothing is every useless - you never know when a clue will show up. Welcome to the "hunt", qwig.

However, there is a forum for all INTERACTIONS (i.e. emails) here.

We'll keep using this thread for any changes in the website.
Check out the PUZZLE section for something found at DreadHouse and the solve for the secret message here.
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