Haunted Texas: Events First. The Park Is Still the Goal!
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From a 5th-grade classroom in Taylor, Texas, to a haunted history park we haven't built yet.
When I was in 5th grade at T.H. Johnson Elementary in Taylor, Texas* my teacher, Mr. Lockhart, had cancer.
I didn't understand cancer.
I did understand that the bandage on his nose would sometimes fall off when he breathed too hard—and it scared us.
I learned every recitation in that class because I didn't want to upset him.
Fear can freeze you or fuel you.
I chose fuel.
And that is still the energy behind Haunted Texas Theme Park and Haunted History Parks Global: creating immersive entertainment around Texas history and telling those stories out loud instead of paving over them.
Taylor, Texas is still home base for that dream.
But it's time for me to be transparent about where we actually are.
We Didn't Raise the $5 Million.
This GoFundMe originally supported a much larger plan: raising money toward a $5 million seed round for land and beginning development of Haunted Texas.
That round did not close.
This original campaign raised about $370 from 2 people who REALLY believe in our vision. We thank you for being early supporters!
And I'm not going to keep describing a park we can't break ground on yet as if millions of dollars are already at work.
We tried.
It didn't happen.
So we're changing the strategy.
Not the dream. The strategy.
# EVENTS FIRST. PARK SECOND. ️
Instead of asking the public to help us raise millions of dollars to build an entire theme park, we're starting with something we can actually execute, measure and grow.
Our new GoFundMe goal is $25,000.
That money is intended to help us work toward launching our first Haunted History pop-up event in San Diego, California.
Why San Diego?
Because this is where I'm currently rebuilding, and it's where we can begin developing the live-events side of Haunted History Parks Global before taking the concept on the road.
The strategy is simple:
Produce the first event.
Sell the first tickets.
Prove people want the experience.
Generate revenue.
Do it again.
Build sponsors and partnerships.
Take the experience to additional cities.
Work our way back toward Texas.
And eventually—
Build the park.
WHAT DOES $25,000 ACTUALLY DO?
The goal is not to pretend $25,000 builds Haunted Texas.
It doesn't.
The goal is to use crowdfunding as early-stage launch capital toward a real, measurable first milestone.
Funds raised may help cover:
Venue & Event Costs
Deposits, venue expenses, permits and basic event infrastructure.
Production
Sound, lighting, staging, visual storytelling and the people required to produce the experience.
Haunted History Experience Development
Creative development, historical storytelling, immersive elements and early technology experiences.
Marketing & Ticket Sales
Advertising, social media, content, PR, graphics and promotional expenses required to actually put people in the room.
Event Staff & Contractors
The people who help safely and professionally execute the event.
Project Reserve
We want to begin building a reserve so that successful events can help finance future events—and ultimately contribute toward the larger Haunted Texas vision.
WHAT THIS $25,000 IS NOT FOR
Transparency matters.
This campaign will not:
❌ Buy 70 acres.
❌ Build a billion-dollar development.
❌ Open Haunted Texas Theme Park in 2027.
❌ Build housing.
❌ Build a technology academy.
❌ Fund the entire Freedom's Late Notice tour.
Those ideas belong to the larger roadmap.
They are not what we're asking GoFundMe donors to finance today.
We're asking you to help us prove Step One.
FROM $25,000 TO HAUNTED TEXAS ️
The new strategy creates a capital ladder instead of asking one investor—or thousands of strangers on the internet—to fund the entire dream at once.
STEP 1
GoFundMe
Help capitalize the first Haunted History pop-up.
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STEP 2
FIRST EVENT
Put real people in the room.
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STEP 3
TICKET REVENUE
Start generating our own money.
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STEP 4
SPONSORS + PARTNERS
Use demonstrated audience demand to attract commercial partners.
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STEP 5
REPEATABLE EVENTS
Take Haunted History experiences into additional markets.
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STEP 6
FREEDOM'S LATE NOTICE™
Develop our larger comedy, culture, history and immersive-technology entertainment franchise through investors, sponsors and strategic partners.
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STEP 7
HAUNTED HISTORY PARKS GLOBAL
Use the audience, revenue, technology, intellectual property, partnerships and operating history we build along the way to strengthen the case for the permanent destination.
PROVE → MEASURE → REPEAT → SCALE
THE BIGGER EVENTS ARE STILL COMING
Our larger event strategy includes Freedom's Late Notice™ — A Billion-Dollar Roast of America's WTF Moments, an entertainment concept combining comedy, culture, history, music and immersive technology.
That project is being developed separately for investor, sponsor and strategic-partner financing.
We are not asking GoFundMe donors to finance a multimillion-dollar celebrity event.
The GoFundMe has a much simpler job:
Help us get the first smaller event off the ground.
If we can't prove people will attend the first experience, we haven't earned the right to ask investors to finance the hundredth.
WHY EVENTS FIRST?
Because waiting for millions of dollars before doing anything wasn't working.
Events give us something a business plan can't:
Receipts.
Real ticket buyers.
Real attendance.
Real customer feedback.
Real sponsor interest.
Real merchandise sales.
Real content.
Real audience data.
Real operating experience.
And, hopefully—
Real revenue.
Instead of:
Raise millions → Build park → Hope people come
We're working toward:
Build audience → Generate revenue → Test experiences → Prove technology → Create IP → Attract larger capital → Build destination
I'M AMY BROADNAX.
I'm the founder of Haunted History Parks Global, and I'm rebuilding this from San Diego.
The original version of this campaign asked people to believe in something enormous.
I still believe in something enormous.
But this version asks you to help me do something much simpler:
Start.
One event.
One audience.
One successful night.
Then another.
Then another city.
Then sponsors.
Then larger productions.
Then Texas.
I'm not promising that $25,000 magically turns into a theme park.
I'm promising that we finally have a smaller first step toward trying to earn our way there.
HELP US PUT HAUNTED TEXAS BACK ON THE ROAD
If you care about the park…
If you love history…
If you love a good scare…
If you believe history can be taught differently…
If you support independent creators and female founders…
Or if you simply want to see whether we can actually pull this off—
Start here with us.
Donate what you can.
Share this campaign with somebody who loves a good scare and a true story.
Follow the journey.
And when we announce that first event—
Come spend the night with us.
The park is still the goal.
The events are how we get back on the road to it.
— Amy Broadnax
Founder & CEO
Haunted History Parks Global / FinTechLit Corporate Event Technologies
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