Many phantoms ago (as legend has it), Jack Slaughter was the director of a local asylum for the mentally disturbed. One fateful and especially dark evening, he had somewhat of a falling-out with one of his patients. Jack proceeded to electrocute this patient with whom he had a disagreement.

The Pirates yesterday unveiled a lineup that made history, and not the sad-sack version of events scrawled by the current team.  The organization drew back the curtain on its new Highmark Legacy Square project inside the left-field entrance at PNC Park, where life-size bronze statues

Cliff Rohal spends the entire month of October locked inside an institution for the undead.  The Scott resident is the madman behind Scream Asylum, a state-of-the-art scare fest in Collier Township that delivers more thrills and chills than a "Friday the 13th" movie marathon.

The peregrine falcons that live in Pittsburgh, city noises that drown out crickets and little conservation choices that people can make in their own kitchens are some of the topics covered in the new Windows to Conservation classroom at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.  L5

Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and six other historical gunfighters from the famous OK Corral Museum were replaced by modern animatronic characters this past week.  L5 Productions from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania added some excitement to the exhibit by breathing some

An animatronics company and the Presto fire department team up for good causes.  A Collier-based animatronics company that provides the annual thrills and chills of the Scream Asylum during Halloween is teaming up with the Presto Volunteer Fire Department to raise money for flood

Jack Slaughter from L5 Productions' Scream Asylum made an appearance on the Jerome Bettis show.  Jerome Bettis the Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back hosts his own sports talk show.  The show invited Jack Slaughter and other characters from Scream Asylum to help theme

Located just tem miles from the center of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kennywood Park has long been famous for its combination of the classic and the new.  Designated as a national and State Historic Landmark, the 103-year-old amusement park contains an amazing

Clifford Rohal and Michael Huffman of L5 Productions  working in the Special Effects department contributed technical and art abilities to Mothman Prophecies Movie.  Rohal building computer controlled equipment to provide the synchronized movements for the shockwave effect