Inside Story: Fright night
Shaking up grown adults mightn't seem like a great way to shake them down for cash, but a few have made it their gory business writes Oliver Callan.
A gaggle of teenagers begin to huddle as a sense of foreboding overtakes the mood. Distant screams and deep thunderous groans reverberate from inside the gloom of the centuries-old warehouse. A wan-faced girl at the head of the queue asks a security guard: “How do
you get out?” He shrugs nonchalantly. “There is no way out,” he says, before ushering the petrified mob into the darkness.
This Halloween, around 80,000 paying customers will ...
