Mingle with monsters and Marilyn at the Munster Mansion, a perfect replica of the fictional family's house

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• The Spookiest Tall Tales in Texas
• Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
• Extra Considerations If Living In An Authentic Munster Style House
• Life Without Light: Creatures in the Dark With Sarah McAnulty
• What Is Alex Jones Doing in This Tiny Far West Texas Town?

The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. The Munsters originally aired between 1964 and 1966 and, along with The Addams Family, offered up the concept of a standard sitcom being given a supernatural twist. Amazingly, it’s never been off the air since it premiered, continually touching one generation after another. Marina, whose efforts are showcased on her YouTube channels Cinematically Inspired Design and Behind the Scenes,  focuses on The Munsters in this conversation.

The Spookiest Tall Tales in Texas

The kitchen is also on the lower level, but most access in original Victorian homes was from a back staircase. This staircase was typically utilized by the house servant or cook and led directly to their room upstairs. Today, you can find renovated Munster houses or new construction inspired by Victorian Gothic architecture. Either way, these homes have key characteristics that give them that Munster feel, even in more modern homes. If you’re a fan of the popular 1960s TV show, The Munsters, then you’re likely familiar with their spooky house.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

The alignment of the very last roof section proved nearly impossible to position correctly on all four sides. I compromised and got it to align reasonably close, then used white clue to fill the resulting seam. Other than that one difficulty, the rest of the kit was easy to assemble. When the Desperate Housewives moved in, the house was remodelled to make it look less spooky. On that show it’s been the home of the Mullin family (?-2005), Betty Applewhite (2005–2006), Alma Hodge (2007) and the Hunter/McDermott family (2007–present).

Extra Considerations If Living In An Authentic Munster Style House

A “Munsters” fan has built a full-scale version of the house – read more here. San Francisco is full of Victorian homes known as Painted Ladies due to their various exterior paint colors. The different colors were intended to showcase the homes’ architectural features and intricate details.

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The house facade still stands today, and can be seen on Universal’s Backlot Tram Tour. It is located across the street from the Leave It To Beaver movie house. Unless there is some filming that prevents the tour from visiting the Colonial Street, it is generally always included on the tour.

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While there is no actual structure to make a back on the prop house, the kit does contain a rear structure. Waxahachie, a city of more than 35,000 residents about thirty miles south of Dallas, might be the best spot in Texas for a Munster Mansion. A town with an Old West feel—some scenes of Bonnie and Clyde were shot there—it also has a spooky side.

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Lily's hair originally had a large white streak, which was reduced in later episodes. Her necklace featured a bat instead of a star, and her eyebrows were angled more. Grandpa's makeup was exaggerated, including heavier eyebrows, and Herman's face was widened for a dopier and less human appearance.

Putting all the completed sub-assemblies on the foundation went very quickly. As I mentioned earlier, I had a little difficulty in getting the final roof sections to line up correctly. I realized too late that the two end wing roofs should be assembled, and then add the center sections. I built from left to right, which may not have been the best way to get everything aligned correctly. I installed the front sections and filled the gaps in the rear section.

The Kitchen, Side-by-Side

But most of all, there was a theme of love and acceptance that rang throughout the episodes. They were beloved sitcom characters on the TV show “The Munsters” from 1964 to 1966. Gold Key Comics produced a Munsters comic book that ran for 16 issues from 1965 to 1968 and featured photo covers from the TV series. When the series first appeared, the Comics Code Authority still forbade the appearance of vampires in comic books. However, because Gold Key was not a member of the Comics Magazine Association of America, it was not obligated to conform to the Comics Code, and Lily and Grandpa appeared in the comics without controversy. The series entered syndication on local stations after its original run.

You can make reservations for a private tour for up to four people for $120. Between 2004 and 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Regions 1 & 2. In 1964, the house was redressed as the Munster home and a stone wall was added around the property. Here is some brand new concept art for The Munsters remake, Mockingbird Lane. Before we take a look at the individual sets, this and the next three images are side-by-side comparisons of different rooms, the top representing the show itself and the bottom Marina’s CG recreation.

The exterior of the mansion is in slow decay, and the local neighbors have had to pitch in to help maintain the property. 1313 Mockingbird Lane according to The Munsters series, the mansion was built on the remains of an old fort, with Grandpa providing the down payment when Herman and Lily bought the home. After everything was painted and dry, I applied a wet wash of a mix of Paines Gray, Lamp Black, and Burnt Umber oil paints in a mineral spirits base. I turned everything upside down to get a nice ark edge under the clapboard siding, windows, and doors.

Many pieces in the house are items or exact matches of items from the show. This is a living work as each year more detail is added, and more items collected to make this as exact as it can be. It was a challenging project, as there were no plans or blueprints to go by. Though no one has been formally invited into the home, it is rumored that the mansion attracted trespassers for some time. Former neighbors have even witnessed people having picnics in the backyard. One trespasser alleges that the house is haunted and that she was bitten by a black widow spider upon trying to break in.

As such, she is able to share her feelings for that particular home as both a fan and a designer. “Speaking as a fan, as a child I was fascinated by this spooky home mostly because it had all of the typical haunted house features a kid loves,” she tells Closer. “But, unlike the haunted houses I saw in scary movies back then, this one felt safe. So, it was like getting to explore all of the nooks and crannies of a haunted home, but without the fear. In the spring of 2001, Sandra and Charles McKee of Waxahachie, Texas, began construction of a fully livable "re-creation" of the Munster home,[3] inside and out.

Marilyn was played by Debbie Watson, replacing Pat Priest from the series. The pilot title sequence had light, happy music borrowed from the Doris Day movie The Thrill of It All[21] instead of the instrumental rock theme. A second black-and-white presentation was filmed with DeCarlo and Patrick. In this version, Eddie appeared with a more normal look, although his hairstyle was later altered to include a pronounced widow's peak. The first presentation was filmed in color and ran 16 minutes (later cut to just over 13 minutes).