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Why do we pay good money to be terrified? The answer lies somewhere within our psychology, our appetite for entertainment, and the primal thrill of surviving our inner boogeyman.

Across America, Halloween spending is expected to reach record levels this year, including large crowds waiting for their chance to be chased, startled and screamed at. At its core, a great haunted house thrives from the strange paradox of enjoying a good scare.

Touting its nearly 30-year history of freaking people out, Netherworld Haunted House in Stone Mountain, Georgia, isn't your typical neighborhood haunted house. A crowded cast of more than 450 animatronics and special effects, and over 100 flesh-and-bones actors makes for a full-body sensory overload designed to make your heart race and brain fire

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