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GREENSBORO haunted the sion.

died from

faced the

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history. The

city

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as

legend

of Greensboro

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supplies

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even

during

despair

worst

afford

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valuables and

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into

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spirits

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and lack of food and

economy in the

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terns.

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burials for the dead.

to a

legend

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all hours of the their

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great-great-grandson

country’s

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spirits

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Halloween attractions stations of

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Seniors Kristen Markham

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to

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United States—features

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Greensboro,

MSNBC.com’s list of the 20 best

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recreates

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school bus where

scared. All I knew

scene

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stalks,”

senior Kris-

remember because I

was

a

guy

with

a

was

chainsaw

behind me.”

Participants

then walk

through

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3-D Vortex, feel like “I

walk around the

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right

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people walking

attraction that is

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periodically

through

and

tions, the Woods of Terror.

the haunt—which is

maze.

hour

nearly

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appear and chase everyone

along.

the land. McLaurin has turned this of the

sleep pat-

of land 12 miles outside the

McMillian’s

day,

the

despite

students—start in

pitch-black and

nation’s

bitter about their deaths and lack of graves,

spirits,

stealing

Duke

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said. “Even

tunnel that

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the 3-D

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