What is the difference between Studio 303 and The Haunted Studios?
This is really a chicken or the egg question. Ken Patterson, the Curator of The Haunted Studios Collection™ grew up in Hollywood California in the 1960s. This was a time of great change in the entertainment industry as well as society in general. Throughout the 1960s studios were “cleaning house”. Not only were they letting go of long time contract employees, but they were cleaning out old storerooms and lofts. Decades worth of old effects prop molds, Life Masks, and sets were on their way to the land fills of Los Angeles. Starting in 1963 Ken “mined” a sizeable collection of celebrity Life Masks. Whenever Ken would show the collection the immediate reaction was amazement and “I want one!”. Life Masks were not well know as they are today. They were collected and traded, but only by entertainment insiders and were highly valued prizes. Ken had been kicking around the name The Haunted Studios™ ever since hearing the story of an old sound stage on Santa Monica Blvd that was supposed to be
