Haunted Houses How people feel about it
Haunted Houses How people feel about it
SAI SUMEDH PANGAFeb 17 2022
You all have heard of haunted houses, maybe even been to some, but there are some which are borderline extreme, which probably is used for the adrenaline junkies, McKamey Manor is one of the most extreme haunted house experiences in the US. Located in Russ McKamey’s San Diego backyard, the full ‘haunt’ lasts eight hours, yet no one has managed to complete it. McKamey has amassed a cult following online and says there is a 27,000-person waiting list, but does his event cross the line from fright to torture?
Now for the people who don't know what torture is, it is the use of physical pain to make a person break down. An example can be waterboarding, which is making a person feel like drowning.
Now back to haunted houses, Enter the haunted house that seems like it could make a ghost out of its visitors. McKamey Manor is the “extreme haunt” that is so extreme that potential visitors must apply to enter, sign a 40-page waiver, create a safe word, do a Facebook screening, and furnish proof of a recent physical before maybe getting inside. (As of 2015, the owner claimed there was a waiting list of 27,000 people hoping for the opportunity.) All it costs to get in is some dog food, and anyone who makes it through the entire eight-hour atrocity exhibition gets $20,000. But to date, nobody has made it all the way through.
A typical haunted house delivers its thrills and chills with be costumed beasties jumping out from dark corners and possibly a fog machine. McKamey Manor, by contrast, will shatter your psyche, force-feed you something besides fear (vomit has been rumoured), confine you with spiders and cockroaches, and do a rather convincing impression of trying to drown you. According to The Guardian, some past guests have called the authorities to complain about their treatment, but owner Russ McKamey tapes every scare and the footage has never quite matched up with anyone’s accusations of crossing certain lines.
Now for the people who don't know what torture is, it is the use of physical pain to make a person break down. An example can be waterboarding, which is making a person feel like drowning.
Now back to haunted houses, Enter the haunted house that seems like it could make a ghost out of its visitors. McKamey Manor is the “extreme haunt” that is so extreme that potential visitors must apply to enter, sign a 40-page waiver, create a safe word, do a Facebook screening, and furnish proof of a recent physical before maybe getting inside. (As of 2015, the owner claimed there was a waiting list of 27,000 people hoping for the opportunity.) All it costs to get in is some dog food, and anyone who makes it through the entire eight-hour atrocity exhibition gets $20,000. But to date, nobody has made it all the way through.
A typical haunted house delivers its thrills and chills with be costumed beasties jumping out from dark corners and possibly a fog machine. McKamey Manor, by contrast, will shatter your psyche, force-feed you something besides fear (vomit has been rumoured), confine you with spiders and cockroaches, and do a rather convincing impression of trying to drown you. According to The Guardian, some past guests have called the authorities to complain about their treatment, but owner Russ McKamey tapes every scare and the footage has never quite matched up with anyone’s accusations of crossing certain lines.
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