The Haunted Mansion in Long Branch, NJ Commercial from the 70's

The long-gone Haunted Mansion in Long Branch, NJ. Similar to Brigantine Castle in Brigantine NJ (2 miles north of Atlantic City, NJ, miles and approx. 66 miles from Philadelphia, PA.

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Entertainment

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• Haunted
• Mansion
• Long
• Branch
• Brigantine
• Castle
• NJ
• New
• Jersey
• 70's
• '70s
• 1970's

[rwk360]

Great Adventure had the Haunted Castle which burned May 11, 1984. It was a one story attraction with trailers but quite large. That incident is what caused many dark rides to close including Brigantine Castle. However, the Haunted Mansion operated through 1986 and the Castle Dracula at Nickels Midway Pier, Wildwood through 2001. They both burned, in June 1987, and Jan 2002.

[mrmoore1970]

Hmmm...I wonder why these awesome attractions burned to the ground? Brigantine Castle was awesome. But today, all we have in our areas are Haunted castle attractions that are open during the Halloween season only such as Eastern State Penitentiary. They should bring Brigantine castle, The Haunted Mansion in Long Branch, and the rest that we loved years ago WITH FIRE EXITS AND EXTINGUISHERS...what a shame!

[EarlSnohomish]

Wow. I totally forgot about this. I always wanted to go, but if the family was going to take a trip to NJ from Long Island when I was a kid, it would be to Great Adventure instead (which was fine by me). My parents are not haunted mansion types. :-)

[mrmoore1970]

LOL! My cousins and younger sisters were wimps, so few of my family members who had some backbone went to the Haunted Mansion and Brigantine Castle (near Atlantic City, NJ). They should bring back tourists attraction like this, and not just for Halloween!

[hugatag]

Hi, I was one of the actors from the Haunted Mansion and played many different roles however I did Norman Bates more then most. I totally enjoyed having the opportunity of having a professional paid actors job. I enjoyed my exhibit and would keep totally still. customers would come by in packs saying "aww he ain't real" He is a wax figure. And just when they all breathed a sigh of relied I would scare the shit out of them all. lmao..Those were the days man!

[captmunson]

@mrmoore1970 most likely " Insurance Jobs" due to failing business..seems like there is always a FIRE that wrecks a number of boardwalk places in NJ every year..usually in September or October when business is off and nobody is around

[Krazy3912]

This commercial used to scare the HELL outta me when I was 10 (summer of '78).

[73dodge]

What a shame we don't have stuff like this anymore. We live in such an awful time where everyone is living in their cellphone world, unaware of anyone or anything around them.

[BIGMAN201939]

was at great adventure that day of fire went to see golden earing concert cancelled concert but gave out free passes to come back

[gocal777]

i went there , it was fun.Thank you for posting this clip.

[memyself2k]

@rwk360 I remember this attraction when I was a kid! I also remember Great Adventures' Haunted Castle burning in the 80s myself. Ironically I was there approximately two years before the incident.

[shibainuwalker]

I was there in 1979 and it was so scary I walked out. Now I wish I had stayed on for the rest of the tour, Now I'll never know what the rest of it was like?

[eubanky2112]

@mrmoore1970 i was on my way in to the great adventure house when we saw the flames if i was ten mins sooner i dont think id be here now

[frannydog94]

hahaha, one of them looked like frank zappa

[MissInvisible11]

This is from the 80's, not 70's.