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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video is not about a haunted house as
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a house that has a ghost in it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video is about the history of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haunted house attractions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically, American haunted house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attractions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A form of live entertainment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that simulates the experience of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting haunted locations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or storylines typical of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,horror fiction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this video, I'm gonna touch on three
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,key moments in the evolution of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American haunted house attraction:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Depression
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mansion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and The Fire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's amazing!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's so scary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of time looking for books,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documentaries, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I could not find any long-form
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprehensive history of haunted houses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a ton of documentaries about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individual houses--whether home haunts or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professional ones--along with tons of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promotional videos or fan-made videos
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about bigger and more famous attractions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as far as I could find, they all focus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a limited number of houses, with little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention paid to overall history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For general short-form haunted house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history sources, the two I saw cited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most were were a short but dense
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,section of Lisa Morton's book
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"trick or treat: a history of halloween"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a Rebekah McKendry's article for a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(questioningly) 2013
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(normal voice) special edition of Fangoria
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After hunting down an archived version
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online, I found out later
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my surprise, while at Netherworld
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can buy it for like eight dollars
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Netherworld gift shop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most short haunted house histories
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've found start by talking about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marie Tussaud and The Grand Guignol.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry for French pronunciation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm doing my best.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both McKendry's Fangoria piece and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam Warner's "The History of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haunted Houses: A Fight for Frights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Tastes Change"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which interviews both McKendry
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Margee Kerr, a haunted house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consultant and sociologist who studies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trends in fear, start earlier.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,McKendry starts with the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ancient Egyptians.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mazes, moving walls, self-opening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doors, traps and the use of snakes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were commonplace in preserving treasures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dead royalty."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of maybe some traps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like pits or like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false endings to tombs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had trouble finding any evidence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting what she's talking about here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can say the myths of these traps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly endured
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe inspired the moving walls and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mummy scares of modern haunted houses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kerr says, "From the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greeks, Romans, and other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ancient civilizations created Gods to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speak to their fears of an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unforgiving world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To bring these fears to life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they put on plays, spawning theatrical
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,techniques still used in today's haunts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like fog, fake blood, and trapdoors."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, though
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't find any evidence of use of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smoke or fog effects before the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Globe Theatre, which had occasional use
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cannons or fireworks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in reference to the cannons, according
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bardstage.org, "This particular Globe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Theatre special effect, eventually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to the fire of 1613
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which lead to the total destruction of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Globe Theatre, within just two hours."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As civilizations grew and people migrated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fear of the elements transitioned into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fear of other people in the form of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ghosts, demons, and witches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christians in the Middle Ages traveled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from town to town,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting on plays and pageants to scare
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locals away from sin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the 1800s, industry was booming,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with it the fear of a rapidly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unrecognizable world, one fueled by
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity and other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mystifying inventions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sparked a renewed interest in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People paid to watch magic shows, get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their fortunes told, and enter houses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supposedly haunted by spirits."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horror was incorporated into all sorts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of theatre and attractions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to a whole bunch of different
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sources, Marie Tussauds