Fort Bragg soldier brings fun and screams with returning haunted house

Friday, October 25, 2019
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Fort Bragg soldier's passion for bringing the fun and screams continues to grow in the form of a 2,000 square foot haunted house in Linden Oaks.

The site is called the "Mouth of Madness" and was put together by Master Sergeant David Wampole and his colleague Ben Dall.
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The attraction has more than 10 rooms and 15 characters that take you along 12 minutes of heart-pounding fun.

However, this immersive experience had more humble beginnings. It all began in Wampole's in-home haunted house back in 2016.

The active-military member always had a passion for storytelling and horror from a very young age.

"I loved Halloween, and I would go to haunted houses, probably went to a hundred of them," Wampole said.



Three years later, he and Dall are trading that home for the parking lot outside the Chay Youth Center.
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"This whole thing has become a conglomerate of volunteers," Wampole said.

The volunteer-run operation is sending all of its proceeds to the Family Readiness Group, within the Signal Intelligence Sustainment Company for the 82nd Airborne Division.
They, along with other non-profit groups that assist veterans, will be receiving the money from these haunts.

Wampole formed a company recently called "Full on Fears." Once he retires in the coming months, he intends to take the mobile haunted house public.

"I'd eventually like to be the best-haunted attraction in the triangle area," Wampole said.
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The attraction is open to people with a Department of Defense ID or visitors with guest passes.

Admission is a $5 donation or you can donate $10 for an extra frightening experience.



The Mouth of Madness is open weekends starting at 6 p.m. until Halloween Day.

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