Ghost Haunted Mansion

Countless stories about certain areas of Disney Parks being haunted have circulated throughout the years. Some theories say that Walt Disney himself walks the park after it closes each night, to this day, and you’re about to see why. A video that first emerged a few years ago, shot from the security control room after the park was closed, show a vaporous figure walking down the Haunted Mansion pathway and right through a gate. Continue reading for the video.

In 1961, handbills announcing a 1963 opening of the Haunted Mansion were given out at Disneyland’s main entrance. Construction began a year later, and the exterior was completed in 1963. The attraction was previewed in a 1965 episode of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, but the attraction itself would not open until 1969. The six-year delay owed heavily to Disney’s involvement in the New York World’s Fair in 1964-1965 and to an attraction redesign after Walt’s death in 1966. The mansion opened to all guests August 12, 1969.

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