20 Fun and Geeky Facts about the Haunted Mansion’s 999 Happy Haunts

When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!

- Your Ghost Host, Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion

This year, Disneyland Park has been celebrating “50 Years of Retirement Unliving” as the classic Haunted Mansion attraction turned 50 this month. There have been exclusive parties and celebrity well wishers, as well as specialty merchandise. This year’s D23 Expo annual Design Challenge will even focus on the best chilling fan art based on all the Haunted Mansion attractions at Disney Parks worldwide.

Yes, we Foolish Mortals love the Haunted Mansion, but part of its charm is its residents, the 999 Happy Haunts who dwell within its walls, hosting their “Swinging Wake” day after day for half a century.

In honor of this grand old home turning 50, I found some fun and geeky facts — some official, and some more fandom created — about just a few of the spirits gathered from Disney history blogs…