History WMG / TheHauntedMansion

[[folder: The 2003 Movie]]

[[WMG: Master Gracey and Elizabeth's relationship was "unacceptable" for [[IncestSubtext another reason]] ]]
Elizabeth was the daughter of a servant in Gracey Manor. An important fact to take note of here is that she is of ''mixed race'', not just black. What if she was secretly the illegitimate daughter of George Gracey, Master Gracey's father?
** Then why couldn't Ramsley just tell Edward that? Seems a big step to take resorting to murder, when it's likely a secret like that would be kept.

[[WMG: The flaming snake thing was the actual Devil]]
In the Literature/BookOfRevelation, the Devil is referred to as a serpent and he's generally believed to have been the snake in the Garden of Eden story. Lucifer was mad at Rambley for avoiding going to Hell for so long so he decided to personally come to collect.

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[[folder: The Movie]]

In the [[Literature/TheBible the Book of Revelation]] the Devil is referred to as a serpent and he's generally believed to have been the snake in the Garden of Eden story. Lucifer was mad at Rambley for avoiding going to Hell for so long so he decided to personally come to collect.

[[folder: The Remake]]

* ''Slight'' wrinkle there--at the end, ''you're asked to come back to the Mansion '''when you die'''''. As in, you're not dead. You've just been given an extraordinary show.

This theory has been on the Internet for years (see: several YouTube videos), and deserves to be written up here. When the guests first arrive, they're mortal, and the Ghost Host welcomes them. In the Stretching Room, he specifically says that the only way to get out of the mansion is death ("There's always ''my'' way..."), and then immediately remarks that he's looking for "volunteers" to be the thousandth spirit in the walls. The ride proper begins, and while there are plenty of spirits present (the moving ladder in the library, the piano player's shadow, the breathing/knocking doors), none are visible, so the guests are still calm. Madame Leota then uses her powers to give the ghosts form, and the people in the mansion actually begin to see them at the party; they panic and run to the attic. That's where the truly evil and scary spirits--Constance and the Hatbox Ghost--are, and the guests, in blind fear, either fall out of the highest window, are pushed by Constance, or [[DrivenToSuicide take the Ghost Host's advice and jump]]; this is when the Doom Buggy tilts backward. Upon hitting the ground, who's the first person you see? The Caretaker, and he appears terrified. But he's not looking at the graveyard...he's looking at ''you,'' as if your spirit just got up from its body. The Ghost Host greets you gladly, and rather than simply watching the party, you're now right in the middle of it. That's why the previously silent, spooky spirits are now boisterous and fun--you're on the guest list!

* ''Slight'' wrinkle there--at the end, ''you're asked to come back to the Mansion '''when you die''''''. As in, you're not dead. You've just been given an extraordinary show.

Elizabeth was the daughter of a servant in Gracey Manor. An important fact to take note of here is that she is of ''mixed race'', not just black. What if she was secretly the illegitimate daughter of George Gracey, Master Gracey's father?

He and his dog died of fright the first time the ghosts appeared before them. Their ghosts still stand there, still not having realized that they're dead now and no longer have anything to fear.

Disney released two souveniers featuring the Hatbox ghost with a tombstone from the que. One says "Cousin Huit,we know you didn't do it." Hat box ghost's head appears as part of the tombstone. he other one says " Here lies Fred; a rock fell on his head." The O-Pin house event revealed that Hatbox ghost goes by the name H.B. Ghost. Of course H.B. could very well just mean hatbox, but H. could also stand for Huit and B. stands for an unrevealed middle name. Huit was accused of killing some guy named Fred with a rock. Huit was found innocent at his trial, but Fred's family believed that Huit was truly guilty. They took the law into their own hands and beheaded Huit. His head was hidden in a nearby hatbox.

This is based on the theory that the house itself is possessed by spirits, not only inhabited by them. Your first clue is in the stretching gallery, in which we see a portrait of an old woman hold a rose pan down to show that she's sitting on the grave of "George", who apparently took an axe to the brain. Later, in the attic, this is mirrored, as the wedding portraits show the same woman with each groom's head fading in and out, and some of the gifts showing a headless groom. The final portrait is the nail in the coffin, showing Constance holding the rose in an identical pose, with her husband being the George from the stretching painting. However, Constance herself has caught on to the ghosts' interference, and appears wielding an axe, but you pass her unharmed, only to come face-to-face with the Hatbox Ghost, who hints that the boxes in the attic contain the heads of the grooms. In other words, the ghosts of the Mansion have given you the information and the evidence of Constance's crimes, and are hoping that you would be able to tell the police to prove that Constance was indeed a BlackWidow, which would presumably get her out of the Mansion and free the husbands' spirits.

This is based on the theory that the house itself is possessed by spirits, not only inhabited by them. Your first clue is in the stretching gallery, in which we see a portrait of an old woman hold a rose pan down to show that she's sitting on the grave of "George", who apparently took an axe to the brain. Later, in the attic, this is mirrored, as the wedding portraits show the same woman with each groom's head fading in and out, and some of the gifts showing a headless groom. The final portrait is the nail in the coffin, showing Constance holding the rose in an identical pose, with her husband being the George from the stretching painting. However, Constance herself has caught on to the ghosts' interference, and appears wielding an axe, but you pass her unharmed, only to come face-to-face with the Hatbox Ghost, who hints that the boxes in the attic contain the heads of the grooms. In other words, the ghosts of the Mansion have given you the information and the evidence of Constance's crimes, and are hoping that you would be able to tell the police to prove that Constance was indeed a BlackWidow, which would presumably get her out of the Mansion and free the husbands' spirits.

Disney released two souveniers featuring the Hatbox ghost with a tombstone from the que. One says "Cousin Huit,we know you didn't do it." Hat box ghost's head appears as part of the tombstone. he other one says " Here lies Fred; a rock fell on his head." The O-Pin house event revealed that Hatbox ghost goes by the name H.B. Ghost. Of course H.B. could very well just mean hatbox, but H. could also stand for Huit and B. stands for an unrevealed middle name. Huit was accused of killing some guy named Fred with a rock. Huit was found innocent at his trial, but red's family believed tat Huit was truly guilty. They took the law into their own hands and beheaded Huit. His head was hidden in a nearby hatbox.
Huit's family insisted tht he was innocent and wrote it on his epitaph.
[[WMG: The Hatbox Ghost is connected to Constance.]]
Now that he's back, the Imagineers have filled up the Attic with hatboxes, and placed the HBG on the exiting balcony. Perhaps he was another one of Constance's victims, but not one of her prospective husbands. His famous trick implies that he was beheaded, and Constance killed by decapitating her husbands. Maybe the HBG was a hatter who provided the hats for one or more of her grooms, and got suspicious. When he threatened to expose Constance, she cut off his head and threw it into a hatbox after disposing of his body to hide the evidence. Now he waits outside the attic, unable to "join the party", but unwilling to face Constance.

[[WMG: The Haunted Mansion's original owner was Henry Ravenswood.]]
In the backstory of Phantom Manor, Henry Ravenswood was a wealthy settler who came to the town of Thunder Mesa in order to create a mining company, witch made him even richer than before. However, he had disturbed [[Main/IndianBurialGround the resting place of the Thunderbird]],awakening it. The Thunderbird caused and earthquake, nearly destroying Thunder Mesa. My guess is that he was the one who built the Mansion in New Orleans, and his entire estate was cursed to bring bad luck to anyone who would disturb it. The estate was bought by a man named George Hightower and his fiancée, [[Main/FanNickname Emily]] Emily died shortly thereafter, but Hightower [[Main/AgentScully refused to believe that the curse was responsible. He remarried a woman named [[Main/BlackWidow Constance Hatchaway]]. Constance murdered George soon afterward, but went missing herself. If this theory is true, then his [[Main/ThwWoobie Melanie Ravenswood]] was the original bride.

In the backstory of Phantom Manor, Henry Ravenswood was a wealthy settler who came to the town of Thunder Mesa in order to create a mining company, witch made him even richer than before. However, he had disturbed [[Main/IndianBurialGround the resting place of the Thunderbird]],awakening it. The Thunderbird caused and earthquake, nearly destroying Thunder Mesa. My guess is that he was the one who built the Mansion in New Orleans, and his entire estate was cursed as punishment for his crimes.

One of the motifs of the opening-days Attic was heads in hatboxes. There were several hatbox props with heads that would pop out of them, like the pop-up ghosts. The Bride seems to be the central figure, and her heartbeat dominates the room. After the cars passed the Bride, they were met with the Hatbox Ghost, whose head was ''supposed'' to disappear and reappear in his box. With the preceding props and the accompanying horror cliche, one was supposed to assume that Hatty was done in by the Bride, which is a concept later reused for the Constance character, and possibly even by HBG's return. The very first version of the Bride figure was made to appear as a skeletal corpse, which allows the connection to be made far more easily. However, since the Hatbox Ghost didn't work, the pop-up heads lost their buildup and the Bride had to become the climax. From then, the original Bride was known as a mournful figure. More info can be found [[http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2015/05/happy-haunts-materialize-hat-box-ghost.html here.]]

One of the motifs of the opening-days Attic was heads in hatboxes. There were several hatbox props with heads that would pop out of them, like the pop-up ghosts. The Bride seems to be the central figure, and her heartbeat dominates the room. After the cars passed the Bride, they were met with the Hatbox Ghost, whose head was ''supposed'' to disappear and reappear in his box. With the preceding props and the accompanying horror cliche, one was supposed to assume that Hatty was done in by the Bride, which is a concept later reused for the Constance character, and possibly even by HBG's return. However, since the Hatbox Ghost didn't work, the pop-up heads lost their buildup and the Bride had to become the climax. From then, the original Bride was known as a mournful figure. More info can be found [[http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2015/05/happy-haunts-materialize-hat-box-ghost.html here.]]

[[WMG: The HatboxGhost is connected to Constance.]]

Now that he's back, the Imagineers have filled up the Attic with hatboxes, and placed the HBG on the exiting balcony. Perhaps he was another one of Constance's victims, but not one of her prospective husbands. His famous trick implies that he was beheaded, and Constance killed by decapitating her husbands. Maybe the HBG was a hatter who provided the hats for one or more of her grooms, and got suspicious. When he threatened to expose Constance, she cut off his head and threw it into a hatbox after disposing of his body to hide the evidence. Now he waits outside the attic, unable to "join the party", but unwilling to face Constance.

Huit's family insisted tht he was innocent and wrote it on his epitaph.

WMG: The Hatbox ghost was Cousin Huit