
The Witches were three unused characters who appeared in Marc Davis concept art and models for the Haunted Mansion.
Description[]
History[]
In the attraction the three witches would have appeared in the Graveyard sequence tending to a cauldron with spirits emerging Night on Bald Mountain style. Another concept rendering shows only two witches with only one of them tending to the cauldron with the other one sharing a drink with a group of ghosts as the Caretaker and his Dog look watch from a distance in fear.
Appearance[]
The Witches all share the traditional Wizard of Oz popularized witch garbs with pointed hats cloaks, stockings, brooms, long chins and pointed noses.
Other Appearances[]
Tales from the Haunted Mansion[]
In Tales from the Haunted Mansion Volume III: Grim Grinning Ghosts, three witches are residents of Salem affiliated with an Old Oak Tree which is later turned to the breathing door from the Corridor of Doors.
Trivia[]
- Ultimately the only witch explicitly used in the final attraction was the Witch of Walpurgis.
- Two similar stereotypical witches from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) make appearances in the seasonal Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay.