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When Halloween rolls around, our fancy lightly turns to thoughts of murder, mayhem, and haunted houses.
One of the fun things about this season is distinguishing between the "real" haunted locations, and the "fake" ones. The fake ones are actually easier to spot; they're the ones with a lot of noise, monsters, and ghosts trying to scare the bejeezus out of you (or into you, in some cases). They're found all over the country and are generally more playful than scary -- after all, there are only so many variations on fake blood, plastic fangs and eyeballs, or ways for someone to jump out at you and yell "Boo!" (It makes us wonder why, given people's fears, we don't see more clowns in these places...)
The real haunted locations are much more sedate and quiet than their not-so-evil twins. When "ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night" make themselves known, they don't announce themselves; they're likelier to sneak up and lay a cold dead hand on your shoulder than to erect a neon sign announcing "Scare Alarms."
Given the extensive list of places that are haunted, it's a wonder that we're not running over spectres every time we get in the car. On the other hand, given the proclivity of ghosts to attend the theatre, maybe they're all seeing plays (every house has its own "ghost light," after all).
For every true believer -- and there are plenty -- there's nearly an equal number of skeptics. One of the most notable of the latter was magician Harry Houdini, who dedicated his life to exposing mediums who claimed to be able to speak to the dead -- and who may have ordered a hit on Houdini. He was never able to pull off the ultimate escape, though, which leads to our belief that if Houdini couldn't become one, there's no such thing as spooks.
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