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Toads in a Pond
 .Forget about Maleficent and Lady Tremaine, Eleanor Audley's finest moment at Disney came when she made Madame Leota's rather silly incantations (let us admit this) sound both real and magical, even...
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Medusa Joins the Club
 .In the fall of 2015 (yep, it's been that long), batches of glass slides intended for use in the changing-portrait cameras in the Portrait Hall at Disneyland showed up in Van Eaton auctions. At least...
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Sweet. Long-Forgotten Turns SIXTEEN (plus, the Mansion up against the wall)
If Long Forgotten were a Disney princess, she'd now be old enough to get married. To quote Maleficent: "It's incredible! Sixteen years..." Yes, it's incredible.Ooooh . . . Ahhhh . . .Okay, that'll do....
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FOUND: One of the Original 1969 Stretching Portraits
This may be the most amazing and unexpected discovery of an original Mansion prop since the Phineas Pock tombstone resurfaced in 2020. This is even better, really. Back in January of this year (2025),...
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"Museum of the Weird" Inspirations? Plus: Long-Forgotten Turns FIFTEEN!
 Time to celebrate our Quinceañara.Again, thanks to all our loyal Forgottenistas. We've been here making a nuisance of ourselves for more than a quarter of the Haunted Mansion's existence. As you know,...
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Beyond the Bride: The Other Changes in 2025
 When "classic Mansion" finally returned in 2025 after an unprecedented absence of approximately a year and a half, we found a lot more than a reimagined attic bride. Now that we've dealt with her (see...
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Here Comes the Bride, Part Six: Connie Loses Her Axe
 .Los Angeles TimesKid you not, within days of the debut of the New Constance (Jan 18, 2025), I began getting inquiries as to why I hadn't said anything yet. "Well? Where's the post??" *sigh* That's...
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A "Giant" Inspiration for the Mansion Exterior? And What About Phantom Manor?
I refer to the James Dean movie, Giant, which premiered in 1956. It was his third and final film, as he died in a car accident before the film was released. Also featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock...
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An Audio Trip Through the Haunted Mansion Two Years After Opening
1971We've posted audio recordings of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion from 1973 and 1976. This 1971 recording is the earliest yet and is pretty good quality. As with the other tapes, it seems like a busy...
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Ken Anderson and the "Prince Valiant" Spooks
What's this? Another post on Ken Anderson's artwork? Â Sure. Why not?According to the Life of Saint Anthony, written by Athanasius in the fourth century, the desert monk was assailed by demons trying to...
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Ken Anderson's Haunted Mansion Artwork? Most of What You Know is WRONG
(A big hat tip to Tom Morris for the foundational work that spurred this investigation.)Every now and then we have a post that requires the fundamental rewriting of a chapter in Haunted Mansion...
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Long-Forgotten Turns 14, and We Ask: "Has the Inspiration for the Tightrope...
.Hard to believe, but it's been 14 years, and we're still rolling along. Again, thanks to all you Forgottenistas out there for coming along for the ride! And on this one, go ahead and stick your hands,...
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The New Hatbox Ghost in Orlando
As everybody in the Mansionite universe knows by now, the Hatbox Ghost made his debut in the WDW HM on November 30, 2023.After:Before...RIP to the "Donald Duck" chair.The obvious question is why he was...
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Crump and Davis: Lost Artwork and Long-Forgotten Collaborations
There's a dandy piece of unpublished Marc Davis HM artwork that I've had locked in my files forever but have not been at liberty to show. However, I got a second copy of it recently with permission...
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Thirteen O'Clock (and RIP to a Friendly Bumpkin)
It's thirteen of the clock at Long Forgotten. (That's what "o'clock" means, 'case you didn't know.)This is our thirteenth anniversary.Lucky you, lucky me.Thanks once again to all you readers. This...
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Our Dearest Dorothea
Dorothea Redmond, that is.We've talked about all the major players who brought the Mansion to (after)life. Anderson. Davis. Crump. Coats. Gracey. Atencio. Baker. We've also tipped the old LF hat to a...
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The Hatbox Ghost that Never Was
We've had two of them. First of all, there's the original 1969 model, the legend, he concerning whom there is still a lot of misinformation bruited about. Here are the facts. Clip and save:Â He was...
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"With Love Affectionate"
 A sequel and update to the previous post.My brother is at Disneyland even as I write. He got lucky on his fifth Mansion trip and was pranky-spirited right in front of the new display, so we have a...
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Grue...some
Some brand new items have been added to the Anaheim Mansion since the seasonal HMH has been retired for 2022. One has gotten a lot of attention, the other one hardly any, and yet it is the second one...
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Maleficent's Torture Chamber
Clickbait title, I know, but actually, it's accurate, so why not?Makes a pretty good trivia question, too. We have learned that the happiest place on earth has been home to an awful lot of graveyards,...
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