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Are you a fan of haunted houses? (Original Post) mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP
The last one that I visited was in Gatlinburg TN... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #1
Not a dime was wasted! You had an experience right? mysteryowl Oct 2020 #3
Yeah, I guess. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #6
LOL. My then fianc and a friend went to one in 1979. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #5
Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #7
Sure. It's funny NOW! rsdsharp Oct 2020 #8
The Cedar Falls, IA JayCees used to have one. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #2
That sounded fantastic! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #4
Love them! When we lived in Germany we went to one that was a maze as well as a haunted house. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #9
When I was a kid in CT--this was the 60s--supposedly... First Speaker Oct 2020 #10
when i go to ireland, i'm staying at kinnity castle. haunted. mopinko Oct 2020 #11
I can't remember the last time. Niagara Oct 2020 #12

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
1. The last one that I visited was in Gatlinburg TN...
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:55 PM
Oct 2020

... YEARS ago during my honeymoon. It was decent, but I missed most of it because my wife starting running toward the exit and I chased after her, pleading for her to calm down.

It was HER idea to go in there. More money wasted during our visit. Lol.

mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)
3. Not a dime was wasted! You had an experience right?
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:58 PM
Oct 2020

It just turned out different than planned, but you are talking about it to this day!

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
6. Yeah, I guess.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:03 PM
Oct 2020

She was terrified by it, and I guess that's what she wanted. I wanted to look at more details of their handiwork in there. Lol.

I looked it up. It was called "Mysterious Mansion".

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)
5. LOL. My then fianc and a friend went to one in 1979.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:02 PM
Oct 2020

When we got to the chainsaw massacre scene they both decided to leave — going backwards through me. Fortunately, they were both small women, and as Leatherface kept hitting me in the ass with the chainsaw (that hurts even without the chain), I picked them up under each arm and hopped until I could turn the corner.

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)
2. The Cedar Falls, IA JayCees used to have one.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:55 PM
Oct 2020

It was three stories, ending in the attic. You exited by way of an enclosed slide that deposited you in the basement up against hay bales. They demolished the house about 20 years ago.

Solly Mack

(90,776 posts)
9. Love them! When we lived in Germany we went to one that was a maze as well as a haunted house.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:09 PM
Oct 2020

From the moment you entered the house, there was only one path out and you had to figure it out. The entire time it felt like someone was right behind you.

Uneven floors, mirrored walls, with bars from floor to ceiling that had to be moved in a certain order to get through.

Scary sounds, scary people walking about, dark with flickering lights, to strobe lights, to pitch black.

Walls that opened up and monsters coming out. Doors that locked behind you. A arm coming out of nowhere and brushing your hair, your shoulders, grabbing your arm.

It was truly scary and oh, so much fun.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
10. When I was a kid in CT--this was the 60s--supposedly...
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:49 PM
Oct 2020

...an old house foundation in the woods north of town was haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived there when the house was still standing. The lady in question was the sister of my great-great grandmother, so we had kind of a family interest in the place, you might say. And again, supposedly, on clear, windy fall nights you could hear the poor lady weeping for a lover who never returned to her. (I seem to recall that he was a Civil War soldier who died...) I went there on fall nights once or twice, but never heard any weeping, alas. In the event, the whole area was bulldozed in the 80s to make a housing development, so it's someone else's problem now...

mopinko

(70,150 posts)
11. when i go to ireland, i'm staying at kinnity castle. haunted.
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

since my family has a banshee, i am hoping the haint will speak w me.

Niagara

(7,637 posts)
12. I can't remember the last time.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:15 AM
Oct 2020

That I visited a haunt event for Halloween, I can't really deal with the noise anymore. I guess it's true that if it's too loud, you're too old.


I was a regular every year at The Haunted Castle & Black Forest in Ft. Wayne, IN. They change it up every year.


I got a chance once to visit a haunt event at The Homer Mills Grist Mill in Homer, MI. This event was endorsed by Alice Cooper . Sadly, the entire building was lost in a devastating fire some years ago.

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