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For the video game, see Haunted House (video game).''A haunted house is a building that supposedly is a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena. Ostensibly it may be populated by ghosts, ghouls, witch witches, poltergeists, or even demons. It commonly serves as a plot device in horror fiction or, more lately, paranormal-based fiction.The actual structure can be anything from a decaying European feudal castle to a newly occupied suburban ranch house of fairly recent construction, though many authors and filmmovie film directordirectors prefer that the architecture be from the 1900s or earlier. The key feature of a haunted house, however, is the presence of one or more ghosts, often due to a murder or other tragic death having occurred on the property, or to an owner of the house elsewhere, at some time in the past.Many stories and legends about haunted houses have a basis in reported experience, and authors from William Shakespeare to Stephen King have featured them in their writings.A popular dark ride at The Walt Disney CompanyDisney theme parks, The Haunted Mansion, references many of the stereotypes associated with haunted houses.In North America, an event open to the public which simulates the experience of visiting a haunted house is itself called a haunted house. These events are commonly held in the autumn, most frequently late in the month of October, as a Halloween activity. Notwithstanding the name, such events are not necessarily held in houses, nor are the edifices themselves necessarily regarded to possess actual ghosts. A Hell house is a similar frightening attraction put on by members of evangelicalismevangelical churches during the Halloween season, meant to depict the sufferings of the damned in Hell, though these are not common.
See also - Borley Rectory Amityville Horror Blair Witch Project Legend tripping Winchester Mystery House Stigmatized property
External links - klru.org - 2005 KRLU Interview with Richard Garriott about his Haunted House (includes Video of the House) allenvarney.com - Complete description of Britannia Manor Haunted House in 1988 io.com - Complete description of Britannia Manor Haunted House in 1994 wildrice.com - Halloween-L : A internet mailing list of people dedicated to running Haunted Houses and Home Haunts stevethebum.com - A Leading Haunted House Production Company haunteddenver.com - A directory of Denver, Colorado haunted house attractions DJTricities.com - How to find The Amityville Horror HouseCategory:Ghostses:Casa !embrujadaja:お化け屋敷sv: Spökhus
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