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Thefirst haunted housesopen to the public opened in 1915, but their Halloween heyday arrived during the Great Depression. People built primitive haunted houses that wound through basements and spooked local children. They were a great attraction for local children—and a great alternative to destruc...
For she's wining and she*s dining, and shefs on her back recliningAnd the West Virginia hills can go to hell* Along came the Depression, and the slicker lost his pants,First he lost his Packard, and then he lost his Nance. 9Cause she went back to those mountains,Oh, she went ...