Team Wicked Wraiths
Team Leader: Carissa Manzo
Experience Level: Novice (Start Date: April 13, 2025)
Normal Coverage Area: Central, South, and North Florida
Status: Active
Background:
Ever since I was a kid, I have loved all things Halloween & horror. I find peace in sitting
at home in the dark with some candles lit, watching a horror movie alone. One of my
first horror movies was the original Stephen King Pet Semetery and I was probably way
too young to be watching! I went on to read quite a few of his books when I was a
teenager and then got enveloped into the horror movie world. My favorite genre is found
footage and mockumentaries.
My passion was always during the Halloween season though. Being able to go to the
haunts and getting to “experience” those horror movies in real life- like we were living a
real-life horror movie in a way. Over the last decade, I have gone to numerous haunts a
year, filling my weekends up wherever I can with all the spooky goodness. I drag my
other half around to each of the haunts near us every season, and I must say he was
not very fond of haunts before he met me.
I make oddities art for a living- a little ADHD mix of all kinds of things from gothic
Memento Mori wall décor, to bone & insect art- and travel around the state doing
markets and cons. It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to make creative
weird things and be surrounded by other weirdos that too appreciate the dark &
macabre aspect of life. I also enjoy all things paranormal, and even do my own
investigations in my free time.