Haunted Houses Require 40-Page Waiver, Insurance, Drug Test

[demmiblue]

SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — A haunted house that promises an extreme experience that can last up to 10 hours requires participants be medically cleared by a doctor and sign a 40-page waiver.

The McKamey Manor experiences in Summertown, Tennessee, and Huntsville, Alabama, also require visitors be at least 18, insured, and pass a background check and drug test.

WFLA-TV reports that owner Russ McKamey offers thousands of dollars to anyone who completes the tour, but says no one ever has. He records each tour on video — for his own protection he says — and then posts them online , showing them quitting in humiliation.

It's costs nearly nothing to enter: Just a bag of dog food. The website warns of physically demanding environments, but McKamey says the manor is a mental game.

https://wwjnewsradio.radio.com/articles/ap-news/haunted-houses-require-40-page-waiver-insurance-drug-test

[mr_lebowski]

1. That sounds kinda cool ... I'd try it!

Might not pass the drug test part though lol ...

[woodsprite]

2. There have been lawsuits brought against this guy.

It’s turned from a fun thing to an obsession with him, always trying to push people to the edge.

[demmiblue]

3. Wow, I just read more about him.

The whole thing is extremely disturbing.

[woodsprite]

6. I told my hubby that I think the guy gets his jollies that way.

Like it's some kind of fetish.

[redqueen]

4. He doesn't know if any law that's being broken?

What about disturbance of the peace?

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Well, looks like he may be moving anyway...

If he starts charging admission, all this becomes under regulatory control and it's shut down.

This ain't just killer klowns jumping out of closets-- there's some real torture going on:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/30/extreme-haunted-house-masochists-mckamey-manor

[Demovictory9]

7. "there's no safe word to make it stop"

[Demovictory9]

8. His tools today include plastic restraints, a rope and a robust-looking airtight plastic bag which f

The kidnappers are up the road in the manor, a grand name for a San Diego suburban house smelling of dog pee. They’re busy applying finishing touches to their outfits. Andrew Sweeney, 6ft5in and with a beard thick as a shoebrush, puts on a tattered shirt splattered with red and a fabric bag with eye-holes over his head. He looks like a demonic lumberjack.

“I’m not going to lie,” he says from inside the hood. “I go hard on the big guys. I’ve got three kids, a lady and six dogs – a lot going on in my life. This is a great de-stresser.” His tools today include plastic restraints, a rope and a robust-looking airtight plastic bag which fits snugly over an adult human head.