mother turns home where sons died into haunted house

[Liberal_in_LA]

Rialto mother turns home where sons died into haunted house
Josh Dulaney,
Posted: 10/23/2009

RIALTO - The grieving mother of two young brothers who died from injuries suffered in a house fire has transformed the charred and vacant home into a haunted house for Halloween.

"This is the way I'm coping with the loss of my two kids," said Viviana Delgado, 27. "It's my way of saying happy Halloween to my kids."

On May 29, Mario Cisneros, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, David Cisneros, were overcome by smoke and heat in a bathroom inside the burning home in the 1400 block of North Lilac Avenue, where 11 family members lived.

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Delgado has transformed the scene of every mother's fear into what some neighbors consider a macabre memorial.

Two tombstones loom in the grass.

"It's not cool," said Harry Cass, 49. "I disagree with it."

But Delgado said it's her way of honoring the good times she had with her boys, including past Halloweens.

She will invite visitors to walk the hall where her sons once crawled under the choking smoke. A doll with a clown's face is affixed to one door. It might spook visitors, she said. For effect, there will be Halloween music and flashing lights.

"Since it's a haunted house, it has to be some kind of scary," she said.

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One person confronted her when she handed out fliers for the house.

"People don't know what I'm going through, they don't know how I feel," she said. "This is how we're going to spend Halloween together."


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[NJCher]

1. ummmm

I'm pretty broadminded about stuff like this but this is strange. Very strange.

Cher

[firedupdem]

2. Uh, yeah, the two tombstones in the yard seem a tad bit weird. n/t

[catnhatnh]

3. Well the last name is hispanic...

and our Halloween is the Mexican Dia de los muertes when they welcome deceased relatives home. So if this is how she welcomes her kids home (with laughter and visiting children) I could kind of go with it...This may be a cultural thing.

[firedupdem]

5. didn't consider that....thanks for that info! n/t

[catnhatnh]

6. I may be reading this wrong...

and she may be strange, but it is a possibility...

[JI7]

7. that's exactly what i thought of while reading this

i don't know for sure but that's what came to mind.

[Swede]

4. Whatever the poor woman wants to do,is fine with me.

I'd crack up completely.

[petronius]

8. I have no concept of what she's going through, so even though it sounds odd

I can't criticize her.

I'm a lot more torn on the people who would choose to visit the haunted house - on the one hand I don't want her to be ignored, but on the other hand it seems like a lot of people might get too much of a thrill from the fact of the deaths...

[pepperbear]

9. People who think this is "strange" to the point of objection should ask themselves.....

"Who exactly is she hurting by doing this?" and "Is it any of my business?"

[Chemisse]

10. People should cut her some slack

I cannot even fathom how to cope with such a loss. Even though it seems really odd to her neighbors, if this is how she does it, then they should let her be.

I sure would not want to visit the house though. It would be so horrific to think of how they died.