The Curator of Schlock #506: Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel

I wanted the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, to cut this sniveling accountant named Albert Simmons down to size. Not figuratively cut down to size. Literally. I don’t do the whole murder thing, but I wanted justice after this man’s involvement in the sale of my Beanie Baby collection. But the Revenging Manta didn’t cut him up. He sheathed his sword and outstretched his hand. 

“It’s been a long time, brother,” the Revenging Manta said as he helped Albert to his feet. — To be continued. 


Looks like there was a followup documentary to Hell House LLC., the one about the group of young people that made a haunted house attraction at an actual haunted hotel and all hell broke loose. The events of this documentary cover the events following the aftermath of that incident. So despite the fact that there are numerous deaths and disappearances associated with this curse property, people keep wanting in there with their camcorders so they can get their fifteen minutes of fame on the TikTok.

One of these goofballs is named Jackson Mallet and he snuck into the hotel despite it being blocked off by the local authorities. He cries into the camera that the people are still inside before he panics and the footage gets all glitchy before it cuts to black. His mother, Wendy Mallet, laments his disappearance. I’m sorry. You raised a stupid son. You have to teach your kids to look both ways before crossing the street and to keep out of hotels that serve as portals to hell. 

On October 6, 2017, New York Channel 8 aired a news show segment titled Morning Mysteries with host Suzy McCombs. This special is all about the Abaddon Hotel. Featured guests include Arnold Tasselman, a Rockland County bureaucrat that never had a day in his life, Brock Davies, a well-known medium, and Mitchell Cavanaugh, the last surviving member of the original Hell House documentary. Cavenaugh is furious at Tasselman from suing over the Hell House documentary, claiming that their hoax did damage to the reputation of the town. Brock Davies wants to enter the hotel since he’s a professional paranormal investigator. 

We learn that other people have tried getting into the hotel with terrible results. One dumb teenager videotaped himself going into the hotel for Facebook clout only to fixate his camera on two legs at the top of the stairs. He streamed those two legs for hours until his battery ran out and the boy was never seen again. 

Another video sequence involves a couple of guys picking up a young lady hitchhiking. She tells them to take her to the Abaddon hotel. When they arrive, they warn her not to go in, but she dashes inside. They go after her and when they find the hitchhiker, her eyes are all white and then the camera malfunctions. I assume those two good Samaritans are now dead, absorbed into that cursed hotel. We learn that the hitchhiker’s name was Savannah Collins, one of the fifteen people that died in the original Hell House incident. 

Naturally, some young journalists from the news station want to sneak into the hotel with Mitchell Cavanaugh and Brock Davis. You’d think one of them would think to bring a hatchet along just in case, but why do that when you can just be trapped inside a haunted hotel forever. Did I mention the creepy clown shows up again? 


Photo by Leslie Salas

Jeff Shuster (episode 47episode 102episode 124episode 131episode 284episode 441episode 442episode 443, episode 444episode 450, episode 477episode 491episode 492, episode 493episode 495episode 496episode 545episode 546episode 547episode 548episode 549episode 575episode 596episode 597episode 598episode 599episode 642episode 643, episode 644, and episode 645) is an MFA graduate from the University of Central Florida.



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