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Step into the shoes of Michael Jubie, co-owner of Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses, as he gives an inside look at what it's like to run one of the largest haunted houses in the nation._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 26, 2015 4:50 PM UTC  Starbucks by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 26, 2015 4:50 PM UTC If you’re looking for a fun seasonal beverage at Starbucks this week, you’ll probably go for a [pumpkin spice latte](http://time.com/money/4001615/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-new/) or some kind of cinnamon cider apple thing. But if you want to go a _spookier_ route, Starbucks just released a limited-edition Halloween-themed drink called the Frappula Frappuccino. Props to Starbucks for creating a Halloween beverage that really does look spooky. Or at least, a beverage that looks like blood is one of the key ingredients. The [vampire-inspired drink](https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-halloween-frappuccino) “is made with white chocolate sauce, milk and ice blended together then layered between mocha sauce and a dollop of whipped cream. A drizzle of raspberry syrup oozes from the rim, which is finished with whipped cream on top.” The Frappula will be available in U.S. stores from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31\. It’s available in Canada for one extra day. _Read next:_ [_This Graphic Shows What’s in Starbucks’ ‘Beast Mode’ Frappuccino_](http://time.com/4084513/starbucks-marshawn-lynch-beast-mode-frappuccino/) ## Transcript [00:00] I'm gonna be in your trunk or your car when you get to [00:02] it. I'll be in your bedroom tonight when you get home. [00:06] You take it with you when you leave. My actors will [00:09] never say get out of here unless you got to get out of [00:12] here. [ MUSIC ] Flag it with a [00:21] flat tire, correction a tractor. [ MUSIC ] We have a flat [00:24] tire down at Set one. Is it completely flat, Mike? We [00:30] bought the property with the exclusive idea of doing a [00:34] hayride and we started out with 35 actors, [00:38] and today, we have over 350. [ MUSIC ] We [00:47] are located on 45 acres, and we use every [00:51] inch of it. We have six haunted houses. We have a [00:55] tractor and a wagon that goes out every two minutes. [00:58] When they get on the wagon here [ INAUDIBLE ] [01:01] [ MUSIC ] And then the wagon'll stop, stop [01:05] right here. [ INAUDIBLE ] And this is where they get the [01:08] rules of the road. [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] We got [01:16] a phone call about this hospital that was abandoned [01:17] and the kids were going in there and they [01:21] wanted to get it empty as soon as they could Took two [01:24] days and about four or five trailer fulls of stuff out of [01:28] there. We've got operating room lights, X- ray [01:32] machines, crash carts, birthing tables. We're pretty [01:35] fortunate with that. [ NOISE ] This is [01:40] an old sixties era motel. We went as far as to [01:44] find the man walks on the moon newspaper. 1969 [01:47] Calendar. The McCalls. Magazine, 1933. In the [01:52] old machines, in the old radio. [ NOISE ] And [01:56] just past the main road, turn left, and [ INAUDIBLE ] [01:59] Follow the horse corral up. You're welcome. She just [02:02] got hired yesterday. There wasn't as many haunted [02:06] houses around when I was young, growing up like [02:10] there are today. We've been in this business 21 years, [02:13] and we were really at the starting point of it. Now [02:17] we're going into the Jack the Ripper part of the the [02:20] story. He dismembered women and these [02:25] are actually from The Jack the Ripper story [02:29] this is how he would dismember some of them and [02:31] leave their body parts on. Their stomachs. I [02:40] firmly believe that the quick pop out scare [02:45] the quick startle [ MUSIC ] Still is the best scare. But [02:51] I guess they're looking for Hollywood quality, sets, and [02:55] scares. Here they're part of the movie, and they [02:59] really wanna have some eye candy to see you know [03:00] some, the wow factor. I'm [03:05] out on the property but I'm also up in the office. [03:10] I hear the crowd and, and that's what it's all about. If [03:12] we can't make you scream, we can make you laugh a [03:16] little bit or laugh at the person you're with. 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