If you've ever wanted to up your Halloween game, contributor Gianofer Fields has a mentor for you. Cooper Smith asked his parents if he could build his first haunted house when he was in the third grade. Now 13-years-old, Cooper continues to turn the family's 300 square foot garage into a haunt filled with frights around every corner.
Cooper's parents, Brendon and Melonie, are more than willing accomplices. But the haunted house garage is not only a family affair - it's a tool they use to teach their son valuable life lessons. In this edition of Radio Chipstone, Fields braves the terrors of a neighborhood haunted house:
Material culture contributor Gianofer Fields curates the Radio Chipstone series. The project is funded by the Chipstone Foundation, a decorative arts foundation whose mission is preserving and interpreting their collection, as well as stimulating research and education in the decorative arts.
