For ten years after his death, Victor Ham's home on the edge of town stood only as a reminder of the past. But no one went near it. An evil aura seemed to surround the place. Children told stories that is was haunted and constantly dared each other just to run up on the porch and ring the doorbell. No one was ever brave enough to attempt the feat.
No one, that is, until 1973. On November 11 of that year, ten years to the day after Victor Ham died, two anonymous sixteen year olds were dared to spend the night inside. They lasted about an hour before tearing out, screaming. One was babbling about walls that moved, rooms full of bones, mirrors that reflected thousands of images they could not see, and the greatest ice cream they had ever tasted. The other never spoke again.
In 1974, a contingent of six restaurateurs ventured into the house. Three weeks later, five of them emerged, looking like they had aged ten years in the process. Their spokesman (Matthew John James, son of the legendary Peter Bartholomew James) gave a very shaky press conference, announcing that the current residents of Victor Ham's home had agreed to open the You Scream Ice Cream Parlor in that spot. After making this pronouncement, he fainted on the spot.
Details of the meeting between James' group and the "residents" have never been discussed, nor has the disappearance of the sixth member of the group, who happened to be Howard Ham, Victor's son-in-law. Nonetheless, the You Scream Ice Cream Parlor opened on November 11, 1974, the eleventh anniversary of Victor Ham's death.
It's impossible to describe an experience inside the most haunted ice cream parlor in the world. When you enter, you have to search for the actual parlor, and it's always located in the last room you enter. Real horrors await you behind each door, but in order to find the ice cream, you have to face them all. Be comforted, however, that as part of their contract, the "residents" have agreed not to hurt anyone.
The experience is well worth it, as I'm sure you will agree once you have found the parlor and have sampled their ice cream. It's as if the powers that made Ham's Creamery so good inhabit this house, and are finally being given a chance to show their true talent.
Be warned, however - every November 11, the place shuts down for an "employee party." If you attempt to enter on this night, you will not get out alive. A total of five people have tried it so far. None have ever been seen again.
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