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Originally Posted by Gym Whourlfeld
I have had my haunted , haunted house open for tours for almost every night now for the last 20 years.(Long "season"!) I have successfully talked many scared children and adults into trying my house with the real promise that I will not do those certain things to them when they are in my house.
No chainsaws, no Hollywood movie monsters, nobody screaming in their face or grabbing them and no totally dark rooms.
Almost every scared adult became this way when they were children and somebody scared them too much. Sad for our society is that usually the young victim of this psychological abuse is female and sometimes doubly sad is the perpetraitor was a relative of theirs, Father, Step-Father, brother...or the chainsaw man.
Many of these timid customers go on to graduate to become regular customers here.
Of course these are customers those "other" haunts will never see again, ever.
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GOOD FOR YOU!! And look how long you've been at it. I alwyas thought a fairy tale themed Haunted House would be cute and fun. The wolf from Red Riding Hood, the witch from the Wizard of Oz (duh, of course!), all sorts of fairy tale/Disney Villians could be put to good use.
And I tell you, I'm a jumpy mess now because of my older brother. I watched the Exorcist with him when I was 7 -9 after I'd begged all day and when I got really scared and tried to run out he wouldn't let me because I'd hounded him all day to watch it. I still remember my feet flailing in the air. So after that he'd hide in the shadows and do the exorcist voice and I'd freak. One night he stood outside my bedroom window. He did nothing, made no noise, just stood there and waited for me to notice him. When I finally did, I screamed so loud. He wasn't trying to be mean. He was just a bit of dunderhead but now I jump at every little thing.