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Why Is It's Just Not Halloween Without A Haunted House?

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Why Is It's Just Not Halloween Without A Haunted House?
The history of haunted houses goes back extremely far, in fact it goes back to the 1800s. This essay will be about haunted houses and their history. The history of haunted houses is displayed in the form of newspaper articles, essays and polls to show that people still love haunted houses due to many reasons. In the article, “It’s Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House,” it stated that there were many professional haunted houses in just america alone. Meaning people make money off of scaring people. This could be yet another reason that haunted houses remain a tradition in america. The article also says that the top two haunted houses in the world make extremely high money for just a few pop ups with some fake blood drip and scary noises.

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