Petition to Shut Down "Extreme Haunted Attraction" Gets 70K Signatures

[JamesG]

Petition to Shut Sown Sadistic Haunted House Gains 70K Signatures
by Ben Feuerherd
October 31, 2019


An online petition with the goal of shutting down a haunted house challenge in Tennessee has gained more than 70,000 signatures after critics called the so-called “haunt” an excuse for a sadistic torture chamber.

The change.org appeal appeared online just ahead of Halloween, urging the Tennessee state senate to take action against Mckamey Manor in Summertown.

“Advertised as ‘an extreme haunt’ when in fact it is NOT a haunted house. It’s a torture chamber under disguise,” wrote Frankie Towery, the organizer of the appeal.




Russ McKamey, operator of the haunted tour, claims a full experience is a 10-hour endurance challenge. Participants must sign off on tooth pulling, finger breaking or head shaving, present proof of a passed physical and take a background check, according to their website.

“It’s literally just a kidnapping [and] torture house,” Towery adds in the appeal to shut the operation down. “I propose that all locations where this is happening be shut down immediately.”

https://nypost.com/2019/10/31/petiti...0k-signatures/

[AB]

Holy cow! Who in their right mind would sign up for that?

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by AB

Holy cow! Who in their right mind would sign up for that?

Probably the same type of people who sign up for the self torture reality show Survivor. Of course with Survivor there's prize money at stake, but it's still self torture. Big Brother is also self torture but to a somewhat lesser degree as Big Brother takes place indoors while Survivor forces the people to rough it outdoors in the elements.

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Probably the same type of people who sign up for the self torture reality show Survivor. Of course with Survivor there's prize money at stake, but it's still self torture. Big Brother is also self torture but to a somewhat lesser degree as Big Brother takes place indoors while Survivor forces the people to rough it outdoors in the elements.

I don't know how you can equate Survivor/Big Brother with McKamey Manor. You could then also say that any endurace sport is "self-torture" - like weightlifting, wrestling, swimming...

Also, McKamey Manor does have prize money - McKamey has a $20,000 reward for the people who can endure the full 8 hour experience. So far, nobody has won.

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by JamesG

I don't know how you can equate Survivor/Big Brother with McKamey Manor. You could then also say that any endurace sport is "self-torture" - like weightlifting, wrestling...

People who are in for this type of stuff see the self torture aspect as a challenge because they have a how tough can I take it mentality. To each their own I suppose.