Hauntings

In the 1990s and 2000s, churches across the country put on Hell Houses: haunted houses with a moral twist. A friend of ours was once tricked into attending one and left with a lot of questions. Decades later, we’re getting her some answers.

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Episode notes:

Pastor Keenan's church:

https://www.godestiny.org/meet-the-team

The Harpers article & script:

https://harpers.org:2087/archive/1997/10/the-christian-fright/

Information on abortion care:

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/abortion

Hell House film documentary:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301235/

An article that Ryan's friend wrote after their 2017 trip to Trinity's hell house:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/evangelical-hell-houses-are-waking-nightmares/

This American Life episode on Trinity's hell house:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/213/devil-on-my-shoulder/act-one-0