Herr Hechler's House of Horrors

A pop-up attraction that follows The Wicked Travelling Circus. The House of Horrors allows viewing of captured monsters and beasts for audience amusement.

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Attraction

by Butcher (via Midjourney)

The attraction consists of an arcade filled with caged creatures of varying shapes and sizes. These attractions include:

• A spirit-broken Sasquatch that dances on command (or threatened with whips)
• Corpse Eaters using a muzzle from a Corpse Eater Harness to prevent any attacks.
• Bandit Bears wear a fez and often jump through hoops of fire.
• A single Harapis presented as 'The Forever Bug: Will Never Age and Never Die'. It is never fed.
• Thousand Eyed Moose and carried on a carted cage.
• Organ Snapier carried around for children to pet.
• Doxils doing tricks reminiscent of dog tricks. Rewarded with chunks of meat.
• A depressed Devil Ram who barely interacts. Shamed it's been outsmarted.
• Sham Rats herded into a pen with a sign beside them: 'Sham Rats! Irish Beware!'
• Other varieties of creatures are displayed in an arcade for public viewing

The House of Horror also runs various shows trying to imitate the tailored creature's original environment to give the audience an authentic viewing of the creatures' behaviour in the wild.

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History

The Wicked Circus is a notorious travelling entertainment company run by hundreds of nomadic entertainers: Freakshows, Trapeze artists, Clowns, Magicians, Showmen, and Carnies. The circus began in 1860 by Confictus Squell, a philanthropist who decided to invest his wealth into the world of entertainment. Though a rocky start at first with the US Civil War affecting travelling, the decision to expand west proved fruitful. Many people need a good smile and laugh to distract them from the hardships of an untamed land. And what better way than bright and colourful performances provided.
As the years progressed, so too did the Wicked Circus, along with many new attractions. One of which is the now highly demanded House of Horrors.
The attraction often exhibits exotic species of beasts they have captured and trained for the viewing audience. 
Herr Hechler's House of Horrors is run by former German trapper Warren Hechler. After serving his prison sentence for Faun Poaching, Hechler found work with the Wicked Circus as a tender to circus performing animals. 
To increase the extravagant vision of the circus, Squell had the bizarre and slightly idiotic idea of replacing common animals with the unique monstrous fauna of the land. Using Hechler's prior connections to poaching, the circus was able to source and house various monstrous creatures.
Customers would flock to the temporary encampment of the circus just to view the true dangers they wish to never meet in the wild. And the circus would flock away before any law enforcement tries to shut them down for illegal possession of monstrous fauna.

by Butcher (via Midjourney)

Pictured Above: Portrait of Warren Hechler. Former Faun Poacher now the Head Beast handler at the circus, 1886

Owning Orginization
The Wicked Circus 
Owners/Founders
Confictus Squell (Ringleader)
Warren Hechler (Head Beast Handler)
Attractions Duration
1884 - 1892 (Closed by Authority)

"The clowns are still the scariest thing there."

- Unknown, customer of the Wicked Circus, 1885