Campbellsport Teens Craft Terrifying Haunted House for Delightfully Good Cause

While recent Campbellsport High School graduates Hunter Sabish and Kaleb Eggers are preparing for their next chapters in life, their future plans include continuing to run the Terror Shed Haunted House, now preparing for its fifth season this fall.
Sabish first discovered his love for haunted house design at just 10 years old creating spooky experiences for his family in his bedroom. As his passion grew, so did the scale—moving to the basement, then to a large shed on his grandparents’ property.
Hunter’s Haunted House, later Terror Shed Haunted House, began in 2018 when Sabish was just 12 years old, along with his friend since second grade, Eggers.
Since the beginning, the mission has been to support local food pantries and give back to their community. In the first year, with admission being a donation of five nonperishable food items, they collected 612 pounds of food to give to the Kewaskum Food Pantry.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced the haunted house to pause in 2020, the downtime allowed Sabish and Eggers to rebrand the haunt as Terror Shed Haunted House.

Eggers said, “That break was very much needed because then we could just sit down and think of all the different ideas and get [it] more solidified.”
Despite the break, the community returned for an unexpectedly large turnout, showing support for the boys and their mission.
Terror Shed welcomed over 2,100 guests in 2022, raising over 3,290 pounds of food for those in need.
“Every year, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger,” Sabish said.
With the overwhelming amount of donations, Terror Shed now donates to the Campbellsport Food Pantry, in addition to Kewaskum.
Expanding on the success of the Halloween season, Sabish and Eggers began offering Holiday of Terror during the Christmas season in 2023, which continues to draw bigger and bigger crowds as well.
“We never thought we would be where we are at. [It’s] Kind of surprising that we’re still even able to get the crowd that we initially had,” Eggers said.
What has become a successful annual event within the community would not be possible without volunteers. Family, friends, and children ages 12 and up from Campbellsport, Kewaskum, West Bend, Lomira, and the surrounding areas work together to help execute Sabish and Eggers’ vision.
“In 2022, the team began reaching out to local businesses for sponsorships. Businesses could sponsor a night or weekend, with their logos displayed on The Terror Shed website. Some sponsors provided custom apparel for volunteers, raffle baskets, or helped cover costs such as props, batteries, signs, banners, and printed flyers. These donations are deeply appreciated and have been a big part of the Terror Shed’s continued growth and success,” wrote the team.
The goals for this year and beyond include expanding the haunted house to a bigger location, continuing to attract more quests, and making Terror Shed Haunted House an even greater, beloved Halloween tradition “that brings the community together while supporting a great cause.”
Despite its size, length of walkthrough, or rural location, Terror Shed has over 200 five-star reviews and “is now considered one of the best home haunts in Wisconsin.”
Sabish and Eggers mentioned one of the places they gather inspiration from is the TransWorld Halloween & Attractions Show they have attended in Missouri.
From there and the experience they have gained over the years of operation, Sabish and Eggers have learned quite a bit.
“Every year we learn more of how much time goes into it, and we try to give ourselves more time,” Eggers said. “You kind of have a better idea of the level of dedication that is needed to have a good turnout every year and to have a good haunt that is up to par with our past seasons.”
“I’ve always embraced creativity, hard work, and community,” Sabish shared. “I discovered my passion for design and leadership through founding [this] haunted house with Kaleb.” Sabish has learned many valuable techniques for building elements of the haunted house from walls to set pieces.
“Towards the end of our building cycle, we always have these little spaces that don’t seem to really fit. And then we have to try to turn that around somehow to make it make sense with a little bit of area that we have left to fill,” Eggers commented, in regards to making the most of their smaller space. “I think that’s always a fun challenge, and we usually get some pretty unique ideas that just are straight up in the moment that we came up with.”
“Something else that’s pretty exciting is just seeing the way different scares work and how well they work out,” Eggers added. “Let’s see if we can try it again the next year and improve it and work off what we already have.”
With every scream they elicit, Sabish and Eggers continue building not just a business, but a legacy of passion, creativity, and community service.
Sabish has even expressed his hopes to make running the haunted house his full-time career.
“As I look ahead, I’m excited to take on new challenges, continue growing, and leave a positive impact wherever life takes me,” he shared.
The dates for this year’s Terror Shed Haunted House are yet to be announced, but the haunted house has typically been open for scares every Friday and Saturday night in October from 6:30-10:30 p.m., culminating with the fan-favorite Blackout Night on the final evening. For more information, please visit their Facebook page.