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yardwork

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1. Avoided them like a plague.

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 12:16 PM

Oct 30

I grew up in deep red fundy country and they were all over in the 1970s. Apparently they were designed to terrify teens into not having sex, not having abortions, not drinking, etc.

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ever been to one of those fundie haunted houses? [View all] pstokely Oct 30 OP

Avoided them like a plague. yardwork Oct 30 #1

A cheap date, followed by booze and sex. hunter Oct 30 #8

Their church services are scary enough! Blue Owl Oct 30 #2

I went to one. It was a damnedable experience. John1956PA Oct 30 #3

people who worship a corpse on a stick ought not bad mouth halloween IMO nt msongs Oct 30 #4

Thanks for the chuckle! Coventina Oct 30 #6

No, but I did get some of those Chick tracts in my Halloween hauls. Coventina Oct 30 #5

Worse than the pennies or apples you might get. Xavier Breath Oct 30 #11

When I lived in Florida... there was one called HELL HOUSE that was sponsored by some... QueerDuck Oct 30 #7

Nope. sakabatou Oct 30 #9

Yep. xmas74 Oct 30 #10