He writes about Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld, Cedar Fair and Legoland parks in Southern California, across the United States and around the world. Ghost Town was based on Calico ghost town and other real ghost towns in the Western United States. This is to reduce the chance of a rollback as well as preventing accidents. Season of Screams is a DVD produced by an independent company which traces the beginnings of Halloween Haunt and the story behind how it all got started back in 1973.