Born in Centreville, Maryland in 1989 and now experienced

worldwide...

Coming back to Queen Anne's County in the Fall of 2019 for a 30th anniversary edition as...

Thurs, October 24, 2019

Fri, October 25, 2019

Sat, October 26, 2019

Doors Creak Open at 7 pm each Night

at the Kennard African American Heritage Center 

410 Little Kidwell Ave, Centreville, MD 21617

Parking and Free Shuttle Info

Attendees will NOT be able to park on site.  All parking will be at Queen Anne's County High School. FREE Shuttle buses will start at 6pm each night. 

Child Care for Younger Children

FREE childcare services will be provided for up to one hour each night from Day Care, Inc. located at the event site. This program is intended for middle and high school age students and their families. Parent discretion is advised.

On Site Activities/Food

We will have food trucks, outside band entertainment and spooky activities - and characters...plenty to do while you wait to go through the Haunted Trap House.

Tickets

Tickets are now available through Eventbrite.  Click HERE to purchase tickets. Only 300 tickets will be available each night at the door. Advance tickets are highly recommended. 

Tickets are just $3.00 per person--the same price to attend our annual County Fair.  This admission "donation" goes to the Queen Anne's County Drug Free Coalition to offset costs for projects just like this--projects that help our community make an impact on the substance abuse challenges we face.  The Haunted Trap House will not be a profitable event.  We are fortunate to have state grants, county and local government funding, and generous business community donations to make this massive project a reality.  Thanks so much for your support.

We know it can be hard for some families to attend an event like this--especially during hard financial times.  We have a number of tickets we can provide free of charge.  Please contact eric.johnson@hauntedcrackhouse.com if you are interested in such.  

Disclaimer

Attendees/participants understand that there is inherent risk involved with attending this attraction. Particpants voluntarily assume all risks and dangers associated with participation in this attraction. In consideration and acceptance of entrance into this attraction partyicpants agree to release the operators, their parent organizations, affiliates, offices, directors and employees and landlord from any liability, harm, injury or death, cost or expense whatsoever that may arise directly or indirectly from attending this attraction or any of the attractions at this location. 

This attraction reserves the right to refuse anyone. You will experience special effects along a guided tour through what will be, at times, a dimly lit environment, and will experience the emotional portrayal of what can happen in the life of a substance abuser and their families. You should NOT ENTER the Haunted Trap House if you have any medical condition that renders you incapable of walking unaided. DO NOT ENTER the attraction if you are intoxicated, taking mind altering medications or using other illicit drugs of any type. You will not be admitted and/or you will be escorted out if any of these conditions are to be noticed by our staff. DO NOT smoke, run, eat or drink inside the attraction.

Additionally, there is no touching of actors, other attendees or props inside the attraction. No cell phone use, video or flash photography may be taken inside the attraction. If any of the rules are not followed, you will not be admitted and asked to leave the property. Your ticket is a revocable license and may be taken and admission refused.

What the project is about

The Haunted Crack House project is the dramatic representation of what can happen in the life of a substance abuser.  It is a best practice prevention program, utilizing logic models for guidance.  With a spooky, haunted house atmosphere as a backdrop, guests are taken through realistic scenes depicting the tragedy of a young teen who becomes entangled in the web of addiction.

In 1989, the drug problem in many parts of Maryland centered around crack cocaine--hence the chosen project title, "Haunted Crack House."  While the drug problem has evolved over the years to include prescription drugs and now the most recent opiate crisis, the community and family impact remains as catastrophic as ever.

An Executive Steering Team of county agency and community leaders was formed in January 2019 to chart a course for the project's 30th anniversary return and to conduct a community profile assessment, on which to develop a script reflecting the drug challenges facing the county’s diverse community.  Kathy Wright, co-chair of the Drug Free Coalition reported that, “statistics demonstrate that fentanyl/opiates, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and e-cigarettes are the most impactful here in Queen Anne’s County.”  Wright also serves as an addictions counselor in the county’s public schools, helping teens struggling with addiction.

 

Maggie Thomas, Local Addictions Authority for Queen Anne's County Department of Health, serves as co-director with Eric Johnson.  “The opioid epidemic is devastating to our community.  We have too many lethal and non-lethal overdoses in Queen Anne’s County each year,” said Maggie.  “With this in mind, our executive steering team changed the name to, ‘Haunted Trap House,’ after much discussion and with input from the target population—middle and high school-aged students and young adults.”   

The Urban Dictionary defines “trap house” as an apartment or private house, sometimes in public housing projects, where multiple drug dealers (known as “trap stars” or “trap lords”) do business. Trap houses attract teens from a wide variety of backgrounds.   Trap house is now a genre of music and a subculture gaining steam in an epidemic that has claimed countless lives.

Donations

Checks should be made payable to: 

          Mid-Shore Community Foundation

Please put “QAC HTH Project” in the memo line.

Checks should be mailed to:   

Eric Johnson – Special Ops Division

QAC Emergency Services

100 Communications Drive

Centreville, MD  21617