1962 – Spring Horror Show at the Retlaw

Spring Horror Show - 1962
Retlaw Theater, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Photo shows lineup waiting for horror show tickets

The "Asylum of Horrors," a live stage act, combines with a double-feature on screen to create a line-up for tickets in March of 1962.

Photo shows teens waiting in ticket line at Retlaw Theater

Teens wait in the chilly spring air to buy tickets to see the "Asylum of Horrors" on stage. Bracelets were promised to the first 500 girls to enter the theater and two-for-one passes were waiting for all who were "brave enough" to stay through the double-feature and the horror show on stage.

Photos by Norman Lenburg

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