Short Stuff: Most Haunted House in England

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Haunted as much by legends as it is by ghosts, it's hard to separate fact from fiction at the Myrtles Plantation in St Francisville, Louisiana. Regardless, it lives up to its reputation as one of America's most haunted houses. Special Guest: Hester Eby Learn more about your ad-ch ...  Show more

Haunted houses are a big deal in the United States -- like Spirit stores, they seem to spring up every October -- but whence did they originate? When did people start paying to be scared?

On today's tape... >> Haunted Living << Our storyteller is actively living in a haunted house. What has she experienced and when will she leave? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad ch ...  Show more

Interest in being scared on purpose -- for fun -- led to the development of haunts as entertainment over the last several hundred years. But the 20th century saw explosive growth in haunted house culture, and a tragedy in the 1980s led to new safety regulations for haunted attrac ...  Show more