{"id":12414,"date":"2018-08-14T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T18:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Becomeimmersed.com\/?p=12414"},"modified":"2019-11-26T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T23:11:36","slug":"midsummer-scream-2018-stash-house-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/midsummer-scream-2018-stash-house-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer Scream 2018: Stash House Sends Us Undercover to Give Up the Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a hot, sticky day down at Midsummer Scream 2018 in Long Beach, and Ray Jones needs our help. We\u2019d met briefly before, when I helped him with some\u2026well\u2026contraband disposal over in Koreatown, but now he\u2019s in a bind.\u00a0 <\/span>Through a mutual contact, he tells us he\u2019s trying to make a deal with someone known only as The Ghost\u2014an occult fanatic but as-yet unknown major player of the LA crime scene, and he\u2019s been unable to land his or her trust, and that\u2019s where we come in.\u00a0 <\/span>He needs us to do whatever we can to convince The Ghost to form an alliance with him, or his business, and maybe his life, will be in danger.\u00a0 <\/span>Ray may not be the paradigm of morality, but he\u2019s a tried and true entrepreneur; so what\u2019s a friend to do?\u00a0 <\/span>This is Stash House: Give Up The Ghost<\/i>, and we\u2019re about to go deep undercover to keep Ray Jones\u2019 dream, and Ray himself, alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stash House <\/i><\/a>proper is arguably one of the most complex, innovative escape rooms\/stories<\/a> in modern memory.\u00a0 <\/span>The 90-minute escape experience opened in 2017 to wide acclaim, and was preceded by an immersive prequel, Street Baptism<\/i>, in which audiences were witness to the rise of our intrepid Mr. Jones through the criminal underworld.\u00a0 <\/span>Give Up The Ghost, <\/i>like Street Baptism<\/i> before it, is a participatory immersive experience that aims to introduce us to a new character that will hopefully play a continuing part in the Stash House <\/i>world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ray Jones’ message with Crow Blackwood’s business card.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once my partner and I get our instructions from Ray, we venture down to the convention floor to find Crow Blackwood, nestled in a nondescript booth advertising his services as a Medium and Spiritual Advisor.\u00a0 <\/span>I take his card, apparently he specializes in \u201cFortune telling, Advice giving, Karmic adjustments, Enchantments, and Readings.\u201d Ah\u2026\u201dFAKER.\u201d<\/i> Clever.\u00a0 <\/span>Crow is true to the his character, the charming charlatan through and through; we feel an instant affection for him. \u00a0 <\/span>After a few minutes of chat and a deliberately vague tarot reading, Crow leaves to take care of some \u201cherbal\u201d refreshments and leaves us in charge of his booth.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We fidget nervously and play dress up until a woman sits down across from us.\u00a0 <\/span>She eyes us suspiciously\u2026is this The Ghost?\u00a0 <\/span>Understanding how completely <\/i>ridiculous we look, we nervously give her a reading that encourages her to enter into a \u201cnew business arrangement.\u201d She hesitates for a tense few seconds, as if weighing our worthiness, but her faith in the occult eventually must win out, because she warily thanks us for our advice and slinks off as Crow returns to the table, asking if anything interesting happened while he was relaxing. You could say that<\/i>, we mutter, rushing off to find our contact again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The author and her lovely assistant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back outside the convention, Ray\u2019s mouthpiece plays us a message from the man himself\u2014we did it! He doesn\u2019t know how we pulled it off but The Ghost is convinced she should trust him.\u00a0 <\/span>We pat ourselves on the back for a job well done, and look excitedly towards our next encounter with the Stash House<\/i> team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tommy Honton<\/a>, one half of the creative duo behind Stash House<\/i> (along with fellow filmmaker Don DeLeon<\/a>,) created Give Up the Ghost <\/i>to give immersive and escape enthusiasts alike a glimpse into the future of his brand.\u00a0 <\/span>Coming up later this year, he promises a bonus room for those who completed the Stash House<\/i> escape room in enough time in early Fall 2018, as well as a potential \u201ccrazy surprise coming later in the year.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>As for the infamous Crow Blackwood? We\u2019re encouraged to visit him on his website<\/a> and maybe drop him a line.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c[People] will definitely be seeing a lot more Crow Blackwood, especially around Halloween and beyond,\u201d Honton says.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Give up the Ghost<\/i> was a wonderful taste at the intricate, tongue-in-cheek style synonymous with Stash House<\/i> as a whole, and a wonderful indicator of things to come.\u00a0 <\/span>We certainly hope to meet Crow again, that relatable fraudster, and it looks like we\u2019ll get our wish.\u00a0 <\/span>As for local kingpin Ray Jones, he\u2019s not done with any of us yet, not by a long shot, except now he owes us a favor.\u00a0 <\/span>And being owed one by a powerful, dangerous man? Well, that just sounds like a recipe for a thrilling new chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy tickets to the 90-minute room on the Stash House\u00a0website<\/a>. You can also visit them on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0 For our review of the Stash House escape experience, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a hot, sticky day down at Midsummer Scream 2018 in Long Beach, and Ray Jones needs our help. We\u2019d met briefly before, when I helped him with some\u2026well\u2026contraband disposal over in Koreatown, but now he\u2019s in a bind.\u00a0 Through a mutual contact, he tells us he\u2019s trying to make a deal with someone known…<\/p>\n

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