The Demon with Dan Ruwan
As a young kid, Daniel was obsessed with Larger than Life from Batman, Superman, X-men, KISS, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne and WWE's The Undertaker. It was all his “escape” from school. He was raised by his Blind Mom and Grandparents, When he was born, he came out blue his lungs were undeveloped and had to be put in the incubator, His Mother almost passed away by the loss of blood and a hemorrhage, effected her macular degeneration, They survived. His Father left them, In 3rd grade, a bully got him to step on a sewer lid causing him to fall into the sewer drain and almost die! In 4th grade, he was called a “Satanic Worshiper” by some of the faculty just for drawing a picture of Gene Simmons. Years in foot ball called himself The Demon, After those incidents, he became anti-social, wore all black and grew out his hair just to scare the students and teachers. After a while, they became interested in who he was instead of shunning him away, which sowed the “seed” for Daniel to create “Damien Reaper.” Playing in failed bands lead him to the Haunted Houses and Acting. The Passion to entertained possesses him.. still does.
DAMIEN REAPER
IN 1998, Daniel’s childhood friend Andy Becker, best known now as “The Creep” at The Dent Schoolhouse, brought him to Dungeons of Delhi Haunted House where he met David Espich and Joe Middendorf, the co-owners of the haunt. The “Funeral Parlor” needed actors and Daniel, Andy and other friends jumped on the chance. With Dan's obsession with The Undertaker, Gene Simmons and Alice Cooper, he created a character that shared traits of all 3. The Eyes of the Dead, Tongue of the Demon and Presence of The Shock Rocker. He called himself Damien Reaper... Just a year later, Haunt Reviewer and Historian Randy Schadel from House of Doom spot-lighted him along with Legend “Bludzo T Klown.” Then Damien met his longtime friend Dan Leopold who started in 2003, but became Fatso the Clown in 2005. He was also on the local news and featured in newspapers.
Management-Owners
David Espich
Joe Middendorff
Cecil Rouse
Jake Rouse
John Colleta
Matt Mateikat
Mark Mateikat
Notable ACTORS
Andy Becker
Dan Leopold
Robin Dickman
Tony Wessley
Tyler Irvine
Chad Hacker
Chris Raimey
Jerry Wessler
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In 2007, Damien left The Dungeons of Delhi and it was time to move on to The Dent Schoolhouse. After guest acting for Dent Schoolhouse and USS Nightmare in 2006, Bud Stross, Josh Wells and Chuck Stross led a group of actors (A mix of veteran icons and new characters to becoming #1 in Ohio, the Midwest and, eventually, the Nation. Damien continued to be featured in newspapers, local news, podcasts and, in 2011, Travel Channel's “Halloween Crazy.” After the personal tragedy of losing all 4 of his Grandparents, a family friend from 07-12 and other family and friends issues, Damien left the Dent Schoolhouse in November 2013 to try to take a break.
In 2019 Returned to a new cast, To end the career at one of the two homes, of Damien Reaper.
In March of 2014, Damien made the video “The Damned One,” written by Dan Ruwan. And thanks to Mark and Matt from Dungeons of Delhi and Dan Leopold who would recruit Damien to MAUL lead by Jim Millspaugh and Jason Henry, the group of actors and actresses who also moved on from The Dent Schoolhouse with their own views to help and travel to many haunted houses, this drew spark to the passion of “Damien Reaper.”
Then, in early 2015, Jason Henry passed away. The Family kept strong and still keeps going today in his honor.
Years of traveling, Damien left MAUL in 2018. He hurt his spine in 2017, A compressed disk that would led into his retirement.
