By Nikki Jones

I would like to preface this adventure with the fact that although I love Zak Bagans and his work with the paranormal NOW...that was not always the case. My husband has been a fan of Zak and Ghost Adventures from the very beginning (serious business on a Saturday night) but it took some time for me to come around…I mean…let’s be real here…the host (Zak Bagans) wore bedazzled jeans and would yell at and provoke unseen forces, but as time passed and Saturday night was for Ghost Adventures and Ghost Adventures ONLY, I gave in…and then became obsessed. As a believer in the supernatural and more specifically, the presence of demons and demonic possession (although I have no personal experience with demons…well, REAL demons that is) watching Zak and the boys during their lockdown experiences invoked anxiety and a certain fear for them…which is what TRUE terror is right? But this review is not about the show… it is about the Haunted Museum…more notably Zak Bagans Haunted Museum.

At first glance, The Haunted Museum would not be eye catching if it were not for the sign, as it is located off a main 4 lane UBER busy street in a nondescript historical Las Vegas mansion that was originally owned by the Wengert family. Spirits, some hostile and some not, are rumored to inhabit the mansion…and I mean, why wouldn’t they? This IS the place Zak Bagans chose to display his haunted treasures we are talking about! Standing in line, you are greeted by Angry Joe (I call him the Ghost Host with the MOST) whom you might recognize from the Ghost Adventures show, as he is a paranormal investigator himself. Oh! I feel like it is worth noting that is my SECOND visit to the museum but my first time meeting Angry Joe. We were graced with his paranormal knowledge for the 30 minutes while we were in line and he was super interested when I brought up Creepy Kingdom (proud member of the Creepy Kingdom Army over here!) and was stoked to take a picture with me! You cannot tell by the pic (ghost hosts do not smile) but I am pretty sure he was smiling inside.

Once you are in the front door and in the waiting room, you can use the restroom (recommended since the tour is about 1.5 CREEPY hours) and take any pictures that you need to document that you were there because once your TERROR guide arrives all phones are to be silenced and put away. NO VIDEOS OR PICTURES ARE ALLOWED once the tour starts.

The above picture was taken in the waiting room…. some creepy little babies hanging out in the waiting room…just a taste of what IS waiting once the tour begins in the actual doll room…trust me when I say that Zak has QUITE the doll collection…YIKES is all I will tell you and the hair on my arms stood on end AND I noticed a few very DARK newbies that were not there on my last visit…HEEBIE. JEEBIES. The tour then takes you into room after room ( I promise you…that rooms are secretly added once you leave one and move on to the other because from the outside the mansion does not look very mansion-esque and more like a single family home)it is really beyond comprehension how much there is on display in his haunted collection…I mean the gangs all here…Jack Kevorkian’s Death Van, the Occult, dead celebrity room (there is one picture of a certain dead comedian that I cannot UN-see), serial killer room, that Bela Lugosi MIRROR, did I mention DOLLS?? a mini freak show, THE CIRCUS(I shudder at the thought)and CLOWNS CLOWNS and MORE CLOWNS ( oh! you get an EXTRA special surprise when you enter THAT room….ughhhh). There are three rooms that I did not choose to enter because of my fear of demonic possession, the room with the Dybbuk Box (did you see the movie The Possession??) the room with Peggy the Doll (ummmm….NO MA’AM you are NOT coming home with me) and The Demon House room (I mean…did you even watch the documentary??? NO. WAY. JOSE.) All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed MY ghost adventure and will be going a third, fourth and fifth time…if I get the chance. I was really really REALLY hoping to run into Zak because… he’s kind of a hunk and I don’t care if he is bedazzled from head to toe.

Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum Trip Report

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