From Slaughterhouse to Haunted Barn to Tormented Souls to …?

The Slaughterhouse first opened as Big Al’s Slaughterhouse in 2010. It operated at at least three different locations before closing in 2013. Some of the remains of Slaughterhouse were purchased by the Ankney Haunted Barn. The “bone hallway” was one of the most visible things brought over.

In 2015, The Haunted Barn closed down as well, and I don’t know what happened to most of its props and supplies. When the Barn came back a few years later (2019?), only a few things seemed to remain from the previous version.

After closing again in 2021, the Haunted Barn inventory was sold off. Tormented Souls Haunt and Scream Park ended up with some of it.

There are now items at Tormented Souls that have existed at three different Des Moines haunted houses. (Actually, four, if you count the Haunted F/X home haunt.)

And with the closing of Tormented Souls in 2024, their inventory is for sale. Perhaps some of these items may go on to be in a fourth (or fifth) haunted house.

To be continued…

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