SEATTLE — It's a scary staple people look forward to every year. The Georgetown Morgue has been freighting folks with its maze of all things terrifying for more than 15 years.
"We change the show about 40% every year, and we put some really new stuff in this year that I think the public will really enjoy," said Scott Kooling, Owner of Georgetown Morgue.
But all those scares inside can make the line outside at times, a bit long.
"We don't want to put you through like cattle, we want to make sure you get a good show," added Kooling.
But for the past few years, Bloodworks Northwest and the morgue have teamed up so you can skip the line and help save a life at the same time.
"It's the old joke, the vampires got me. So, we were always very cautious on trying not to play on that till one day the floodgates opened and why aren't we in on our own joke,” said Giselle Lehmann with Bloodworks Northwest. "The whole premise is if you have tickets to the Georgetown Morgue you can either stand and wait in that line, or instead, all we need is one donor, one donor gets 4 VIP passes to skip the line, and we'll walk you to right in front of the line.”
"Inside the bus right now we are full of donors," Lehmann said. "They are very generously rolling up their sleeves and proving that giving blood is not scary."
One of those donating tonight is 22-year-old Barrett Ihde.
"My friends brought me along to go to the haunted house, but we decided to give blood beforehand," said Ihde. "When you get onboard you go in, you check in, and then you go to the back and get your blood tested and then sit in a really fun recliner chair. And they just take your blood and go out. It's pretty easy. Giving blood is something I feel most people don't do enough."
The only thing more frightening than the ghouls at the morgue is the state of the blood supply around the country.
"There is a nationwide blood shortage and that's scary, that's really scary because when you need blood we take it for granted that it's going to be there and we're at the point of, maybe it won’t be," Lehmann said.
"People need blood this time of the year. People need blood, period," Kolling said.
Bloodworks Northwest and the Georgetown Morgue - helping save lives, one scream at a time.
The Bloodworks Northwest bloodmobile will be back at the Georgetown Morgue on Friday, Oct 8 from 6 to 11:30 p.m.
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