Article: Grafton, Wis.-based Exacto Spring strikes deal with Disney.

Byline: Rick Barrett

Aug. 16--"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host. Your ghost host . . . There's no turning back now."

With that ghoulish greeting, guests at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., are led into a plantation-style mansion where the black draperies and wreath from some long-ago funeral flap gently in the breeze.

Soon, the entire room plunges into total darkness.

But wait! Before you suffer a panic attack, remember that Exacto Spring Corp. of Grafton has installed little springs in the Haunted Mansion doors that will let you flee should there truly be an emergency, such as a medical incident or power ...

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