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How haunted houses came to be

Haunted houses weren’t always the spooky attractions they are known as today. In fact, they were once only an idea of fiction. Two thousand years ago, the concept of a haunted house was very different compared to today. The earliest idea of a haunted house that historians have found dates all the way back to ancient Greece during the early 2nd century in the form of a letter from Pliny the Younger, a Greek author. This letter includes a retelling… Keep Reading

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