Edward Eisenhard

Introduction

Edward A. Eisenhard is a 38-year-old Pennsylvania man who worked as a supervisor at the Valley of Fear haunted attraction in Lower Southampton Township and as the manager of a Five Below store in Bucks County, and who now stands charged in three separate cases with strangling and sexually assaulting female employees and repeatedly abusing a 12-year-old girl . Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan announced the new charges on October 27, 2026, describing Eisenhard as a “highly dangerous recidivistic sex offender” who targeted female victims in both workplace and domestic settings, and two magisterial district judges ordered him detained without bail the following day . Prosecutors say they strongly believe there are additional victims and have publicly asked them to come forward .

Background Information

Eisenhard had worked at the Valley of Fear Halloween attraction for ten seasons, where prosecutors say he supervised the employee he is accused of assaulting on the attraction’s opening night, and was working as the manager of the Five Below store at the time of his October arrest . Khan said Eisenhard previously volunteered as a firefighter and may have used such positions to gain access to more victims . Investigators said he had never been charged with a sexual offense before this month and that his name does not appear on a sex offender registry .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Charged, not convicted. Eisenhard faces strangulation, simple assault, indecent assault, harassment and disorderly conduct charges in the Valley of Fear case; aggravated indecent assault and related counts in the Five Below case; and four counts each of aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault plus corruption of minors and harassment in the Springfield Township case involving a 12-year-old girl. He has been ordered detained without bail, no trial date has been set, and no plea or public statement from him or an attorney appears in the coverage.

According to the criminal complaint, Eisenhard approached a female employee who was working alone while he was on break on September 25, 2026 — the opening night of the Valley of Fear attraction — and, unprovoked, grabbed her tightly by the throat to the point she had difficulty breathing, pinned both of her wrists above her head against a wall, made sexual comments, and indecently assaulted her over her clothing . The 38-year-old woman, whom he supervised, reported the assault to other managers and to police . Valley of Fear terminated him the next day, and on September 27 he then allegedly had a 19-year-old employee clean the stockroom of the Five Below store where he was her manager, made lewd comments, restrained her and sexually assaulted her, per the DA’s office . Authorities said the evidence in the store case included a recorded phone call in which Eisenhard admitted to the crime .

Eisenhard was arrested October 1 following an investigation by the Hilltown Township Police Department into the reported aggravated indecent assault, and was unable to post bail on the initial charges . After his arrest, two additional victims came forward — the Valley of Fear employee and a 12-year-old girl — prompting the charges announced October 27 . In the Springfield Township case, prosecutors allege he twice indecently assaulted the girl while she slept — once in December 2025 and again earlier this month — at sleepovers at his home, with access obtained through a relationship with her family . On Wednesday morning, Magisterial District Judges Daniel Baranoski and Gary Gambardella granted the DA’s request in both new cases and ordered him detained without bail, saying “the safety of the community cannot be protected with conditions on the defendant due to several cases” .

Public Reaction and Consequences

At a Doylestown news conference, Khan said: “Halloween is the time when we send our little ones out dressed as Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster to Trick-or-Treat, but unfortunately some monsters are real and want to do violence to our children and other loved ones” . “What we are very concerned about is that this is a 38-year-old man who has been charged with — just in the last few weeks — assaulting three different female victims of different ages from 12 up to 38,” he said, adding that Eisenhard “chose to work in some places where he would be, you know, in contact with younger people” . Valley of Fear fired him within a day of the first report, and detectives said they know of allegations of other conduct at both employers that remains under investigation . “Serial sexual predators should not be able to buy themselves out of jail,” Khan said, urging anyone victimized to contact Bucks County Detectives at 215-348-6354 and telling potential victims, “If you were victimized by this individual, please know that you are not alone” .

Current Status

Eisenhard has remained in custody since his October 1 arrest and, after the new charges were filed, was ordered detained without bail by two magisterial district judges on October 28 . The cases are assigned for prosecution to Assistant District Attorney Victoria Pollock, with the investigation worked by Bucks County Detectives and the Hilltown, Springfield and Lower Southampton township police departments . The charges are allegations subject to proof in court — he has been charged, not convicted — no trial date has been announced, and the DA’s office says its search for additional victims continues .

Impact on Their Career/Life

A man who spent ten fall seasons supervising staff at a family Halloween attraction and managing a discount store staffed around young workers now faces detention without bail on charges alleging he assaulted employees at both jobs and a child he met through her family . His Valley of Fear employment ended with a next-day firing after the first report, and investigators say further alleged conduct at both employers remains under investigation — conduct Khan has warned could mean the three current complainants are not the last . With a recorded admission cited in the store case and prosecutors publicly soliciting additional victims, the season of charges now ahead of him will be answered from a Bucks County jail rather than behind either employer’s counter .

Sources

“Halloween haunted house manager accused of being ‘dangerous serial sexual predator’: ‘Monsters are real’” — New York Post: source
“DA Joe Khan announces new charges against serial predator, seeks the public’s assistance in identifying additional victims” — Bucks County District Attorney’s Office (CrimeWatch): source
“Bucks County man charged with three sexual assaults, including one at haunted hayride” — PhillyVoice: source
“Bail denied for alleged ‘serial sexual predator’ charged with assault at Bucks County Halloween attraction” — North Penn Now: source
“Former Bucks County Halloween attraction worker charged with assaults at family event” — FOX 29: source
NY Post on X, October 29, 2026: source