come on in come on in you should have never said that uh this is the Masterpiece okay guys we're
currently in the middle of the woods right now we are at Markoff's haunted forest it is time
for the behind the scenes special we're gonna show you behind the scenes of what it takes to
run one of the top haunts in the entire country they're celebrating their 30th year we're gonna
show you the UPS the Downs how they build a lot of their special effects and animatronics
people will never really get to see how haunts happen so I'm really excited to show you guys
what they have in store for this year so on that note it's time to roll the intros hi I'm Paul
I'm the director of operations hey Tucker can you breathe hi I'm Danny I make Nightmares come true
he's here at the town
and I don't work here anymore but I still use the porter potties
I'm LP and I'm the general manager and you're doing a fine job
I'm Adam and I'm one of the least set designers hi
hi my name is Chris and I'm in charge of makeup I'm Gumby and
I'm brokeback and we're in charge of the town I'm a bird I'm a plane I'm boss man
oh God
my name is Nick Marco it's been 30 years let the interviews begin yeah okay here now are we
sorry okay everyone 30 years yeah yay how long have you worked for the company forever it's
my 16th season here the 11th year at Markov 14 years this is my 26th well it's also my 10th year
everyone knows we know if anybody doesn't know it's Kayla's 10th year here how many years have
you been here since 2005 so someone do the math you're seven I think we're both Danny and I yep
seven this is your four for me 30. whoa all right so where did Markov start started right
there in that bus well we drive the bus around we decked it all out inside like it's a haunt a
lot of things you had to crawl under crawl over tunnels we actually had chainsaw in there trees
so we would go down to neighborhoods kids would love us the cops would be pissed at
us and chase us out but the lines were long was it permitted no what's the theme for this year
for markov's theme for this year for our 30th is uh Delight there's just some random family
here who is this family and why are they here they were from a photography Gallery
in the mall that was closing down so we got we got the call come in and get what you want and
Paul really wanted those pictures I got an idea we're gonna reuse all those family portraits
we're gonna put them in the bathroom and then I gotta convince the Markov Squad to take a family
portrait so I can put in the bathroom with it I feel like it's a really dumb idea but why not
big lump with knobs it has a juice has the juice look at it it's corn
yeah it's cold now the haunt season starts so early markov's they start they go to a thing
called Transworld it's a [ __ ] convention many ideas were planned yes and then many different
props were bought during that time all right Paul final purchase of the day what'd you get
we got oh some teddy bears yeah oh no oh you got a nice jail teddy bear things are getting weird
then throughout the year since it's outdoor haunt they have to maintain everything it's currently
in June right now what happened over here but the wind happened the wind just knocked it down we're
gonna cut to this magically being rebuilt and then there's the preparation and creating new scenes
and um that's where we are now what has been your greatest achievement over these 30 years at
Markov not dying I mean for Nick definitely not dying everything behind the scenes of uh doing
the intro for Nick he's going full on Larry David in the Seinfeld episode we're in the cape I know
Kayla says she'll try anything twice but this is just once oh God he's come so close so many times
to leaving us with this Empire that we wouldn't even know what to do with that
I'm run over by my four-wheeler uh trailer ran me over and Paul come out and Stitch
me up so enough the boss's head yeah I hope he's gonna be the first person
like to test this out but make sure it works they're just using him as a crash test dummy
this idea of making a head with like a corn cob sticking on its mouth now since markov's makes
everything pretty much in-house they create all their props and most their effects what kind of
document the process from like my idea to it actually showing up in the hunt I feel like
that'd be pretty interesting right all right so what's going on with the corn it's not looking
what happened to all the corn the corn is fine it's that's normal right uh no so corn will get
worms if it's not sprayed we don't actually raise this corn for feed does go to our Hogs
so we don't waste it but it's not intentionally grown it's intentionally grown for the corn maze
um so when you get worms in the end like this they start eating it and getting it real gross do you
want should we see if we can find another worm hornworm I'm guessing by that hole right there
we gotta we gotta wear them in here there it is there it is it's an alien worm oh look at them
well it's just a small guy that's just a small guy
doing his thing Mystery Pack what did we get did you get the chaser
it's in here it's been going to town but where where'd he go where are you worm and then we're
trying to find a good piece of corn to cast I think this might be the one the lucky little corn
what do you want to name this little piece of corn I need more TP for my cornhole hello buddy hey
hey horsey how are you he's a big puppy who's a big puppy what is going on with this corn this
is scary are you guys comparing your corn right now well his is longer mine's thicker which would
you rather have cast what is your favorite prop from the entire time you've worked here there's a
secret prop that's on the way that I'm like I'm not gonna reveal right now because it's going
to be revealed later that's probably going to be one of my favorites it's an enormous installation
foreign that would be wonderful looking forward to it so what's the verdict on the property but
we bought it in March Kevin what did they say was going to be here oh they're still working
on it you open on on the 30th yes Brandy when I called you two weeks ago to ask where the prop was
um you said oh yes we're just waiting on the suit and now you're telling me well you've
got the bottom half done and you're waiting on the topic oh you're in Maryland oh yeah
we really got to get on this so when is it going to be here she's gonna call me back
they're still working on him the fat dude the fat dude no what do you think they're still working
we bought this at Transworld we bought this in March it's September are you kidding me right now
eventually good news oh my god there he is the guy we ordered from Transworld is finally here
this looks so bizarre like this look at this and there's the inside of him
how's the weather in there
when did you give him a placenta that's a good question Kevin he's a big baby he just never
disconnected what are you doing there Danny I am uh okay I'm worried about what I'm doing he just
ripped that board off the building yeah last May everybody didn't know it was a tragic yeah the
United States was hit with a tragic announcement from Dunkin Donuts that they discontinued hazelnut
swirl so now it's caramel swirl it's not as good but I have emailed several times it's Duncan
corporate I believe uh can we do one more story yeah absolutely what is your fall coffee order
so my coffee order doesn't change throughout the season the year like it's all three seasons it's
the same I get a medium iced coffee with cream and caramel swirl four pumps cream four foam
caramel so we're gonna cast The Corn I'm gonna make some corn Kevin so what Griffin's gonna do
is he's gonna put part A into the popcorn bucket so you can make corn from popcorn we are going
to be very accurate okay so what's the difference between a and b it is a two-part formula Kevin we
must have equal parts of part a wound Part B now we shall mix the corn to make sure it is nice and
um evenly dispersed in solution right now I'm gonna pour the silicone into the corn I mean
onto the corn I mean into the bucket so we're pouring slowly and letting the goo rise I wonder
what the comments are about to say about this clip the corn is in there now now we wait while
you guys are doing all this Hocus Pocus and uh mixing things I'll be out here with the muscles
I'm gonna hit myself in the head doesn't it go in that well you can't because the
Rope is here you see we will cut the rope I'm sorry I'm not good at putting things in
holes and it will cut the rope so you have to kind of make shift your own and go like this
yep the mold is hard hard corn peel all this stuff off
cornhole all right they're now having to cut incisions to get the corn out to then
start making the mold I don't know if it's going to come out
that's the inside of a corn mold I mean cornhole I mean corn mold so now we're able to mold it we can
make as much corn as we want now we can we can make corn wallpaper I am putting part A of the
expandy foam as a container and then we'll have a Part B we have a lot of a b things going on here
Kevin okay A has gone into B A has gone into B and we are gonna have a reaction science exothermic
foam stuff of about 30 seconds to mix this before it starts to go it's a two pound Marine expanding
foam it expands 16 times this little bit of liquid that's your science for you into the cornhole so
that a little bit of liquid is going to expand and turn into a giant corn cup roll it around
in there hopefully it'll get all the detail real nice what's happening in there let's go outside
oh God too much oh it's oozing out right now I think we mixed a little bit too much in there
like this might be the scariest thing here but this is probably second scariest disrespect it's
now uh dried and foamed up are you ready for the big reveal we're a girl I don't know but it's got
a shaft oh I see corn that's some ASMR right there pull out the corn stock I don't see that
looks pretty good yeah a little paint it'll look legit uh we're almost there this is the crazy deal
we have in the morning now we're gonna paint it warm out I know we're going to be taking a family
portrait putting them all in the bathroom so we got everybody to wear a top haters we're now going
to Staples to uh print out this picture for the bathroom what did you just say they are handsome
but they're not that handsome for you to stare at while you're using the bathroom all right we
have the photos so now we have to replace this one because it's all going to be families that we're
gonna put in there I have cut the prints I think this might be one of the dumbest ideas we've ever
come up with but hey okay time for a little MTV Cribs keep close the heat is on thanks management
so we have the guy who started it all this random photo that was just in this bathroom forever he
came from somewhere he was just sitting on a table out in the hallway and I went I don't even know
this is going to be awesome let's put it in the bathroom and people are just gonna go who is this
guy and it'll just be a mystery I have framed it he's now a landmark uh and then over here we have
this wonderful family then we have this family she doesn't look too pleased to be placed here in the
bathroom and then we have the little family photo yeah broke back with the top hat you got Paul you
got Nick and you got Chris turned out pretty well you took pictures without me in them I want to be
born here that's what we call it so that's gonna surround you while you're going to the bathroom
you framed the guy I did oh my God and then this is the Masterpiece Christmas giving me the stern
British eye going huh do you do things with that okay it's now almost 10 at night we're still
working on the corn okay look how spot on that is all right now it's time to make the head for the
body that the corn will go into so we will have a head very soon so what's been the biggest struggle
this year I don't know I feel like this year has actually been the smoothest how did the weather
affect you guys building this year like how many things did you have to fix circus had a tree fall
through it I think we're gonna need a new roof graveyard had a tree fall through it Viking had a
tree fall through it don't think about the bridge oh the bridge fell so how much time goes into just
fixing what the weather has destroyed all the time all the time every about 30 seconds yesterday I
had at least two Airlines explode one of which was I was walking right now repeat that lines
with air in it not Air Lines yeah like almost 200 PSI go oh yeah so yeah it's being outside weather
takes a toll things get worn out and it's rough so it's a constant Battle of fighting elements
but also like the the props the props get beat up real good I mean they get a good win they'll
get knocked over they take out corn you have NATO oh we've got a tornado here not awesome and then
you just have the normal rain where it just digs into the walkways and then you have to redo all
the walkways while people are walking on them so weather's fun I know the elements are the worst
part of doing an outdoor hunt but it's also the best part we get to work outside every day boom
you see that work after this I'm gonna go sit down for a little bit eat another crumble cookie
and uh contemplate what I'm gonna do next I don't actually know what I'm getting yet I'm
it's for the front Circle come on into my shop it's kind of cool it's gonna be kind of cute
yeah we we got kind of a packed a little card here totally safe heading back Nick was like
go get some stuff to decorate the front circle with you should have never said that because
I'm gonna go all out so now we have decorations what area are you working on this is in the front
Circle this is our picture our picture moment and tasks to decorate it like Martha Stewart foreign
coffee break
a little overboard with it No One's Gonna Take These from us
so we gotta drill a hole in his mouth to stick the corn cob in drill away
new merch this year Paul what do we have we have our 30th Anniversary Maryland themed
haunted forest shirt look at the back isn't it fantastic hi brokeback how's it going I'm good
are you here all right so it looks like you two are about to start a little podcast together so
what are you about to do boys say something dirty on on audio for a prop come on in oh well you do
that better than I do you want to do it together we could have an acapella come on in come on
come on in come on in quiet I'm playing with my organ
quiet I'm playing with my organ it's two in the morning and we have this this dumb idea
but we're gonna see if this works now we're gonna go over to the town and uh
set up an animatronic and see if this joke Works am I ready set are you ready hit it
chicken turkeys and our Guru is up here looking over his little minions what do
you want for dinner Frankenberry whatever would you notice Chris uh it's got a bum Fred it's a
furry little bum too I will never be able to unsee that now it looks delicious this
smells like childhood happiness artificial strawberry flavor really get your day going
um okay she's like fifth grade happy are you doing scary stuff sometimes you gotta eat
scary there's probably bugs all over this is just a giant pepperoni yes and Cutco the corn
has now been stuck into his head now it's time to paint him so what's the hardest part about
painting the skin trying to get the right skin tone to match the human being but technically
since he's dead actually not that important right now so Kayla what are you doing now I'm making it
look like his eyes have been gouged out taking some latex and some cotton I soaked the cotton
latex and now I'm just pulling it to give it the texture and then it's gonna have to dry it's corn
Kayla has painted the eyes now look how gnarly those look and the neck we have to reinforce
the corn now what are you putting inside of it right now two of these giant six inch Timber
locks that are taped together and hopefully that will keep that corn in place yeah extra blood's
going on it right now all right so when you're walking by the Moonshine you will now see this
poor man got a cornholio this whole process showed you that anything that is created at
a haunt or anything creative right it takes a lot of time and effort sometimes it takes
giant teams just to do small little details like this so when you're walking through haunts just
try to appreciate the little details when you're walking by because it took multiple
days sometimes to create things I like that I mean that's where it's this the farmer's market
everything has been the most important thing for the success of markov's over these three decades
I think the fact that it's family run and you treat it like family I'm still flying around
me oh what's in your overall being you know one great big family hanging out together having fun
yeah sure all the hard work doesn't seem so much hard work you know when you together with
friends it's so fun it's a lot easier to do the longer nights to kind of you know egg each on
to do that little bit extra work and and get it done because we need to do that and it's yeah I
think it's the bonds the closeness my hands are falling off we're so busy it's pretty impressive
for a hunt to make it to 30 years and start in a bus and now we're in a huge field and
Forest yeah we've grown so much in 30 years and we continue to grow every year and it's
pretty impressive we got a 120 pound fish on us Shake I'm holding on right now oh god oh my god
oh oh it has the juice it has the juice okay guys don't get upset this is the end of part one part
two will be dropping next week of the markov's haunted forest behind the scenes special so if
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where the worms come from space I don't know ground space they're alien worms