Brigantine Castle Online: Emails 2020

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5/29/20

Earl Sachin, Canada

Here is a memory of my visit to Brigantine Castle in July 1977, when I was in my mid-20's.

I shook hands with what I thought was a statue (it had an outstretched hand). When I made contact it moved forward, and I flew backwards 6 feet through the air, landing on my back. It was the greatest haunted house adventure I have ever experienced.

An 18-year-old girl had to be carried out screaming because of the feel of fur balls against her ankles, and screaming of rats in a blacked-out room which we walked through by feeling our way along the walls. This preceded my aforementioned experience. It surprised us when we found out about it later, as she was a 6-footer, and probably about 200 lbs.

3/9/20

1981. Had some doubts when I started working at the castle but fell in love with it immediately. Etched in my mind are the cast, the building, the atmosphere, the whole pier. I can still smell the creosote on the pilings while ocean waves crashed against them. I can hear the sounds of seagulls mixed with the screams and laughter of folks on the beach. I can still taste the fried food and pizza from the pier while the bells rang in the arcade followed by calls of the workers running the games. Cast and crew were a tight knit. A crazy bunch but worked together famously. Scare and scare alike. Around 10PM, while monster make-up removed and latex was peeled from our faces, a familiar, “Ya goin’ to the Beach Bar after work?”, was heard. No one even needed ask. It was a given. Growing up. Finding yourself. Couldn’t ask for a better place to do it!