haunted houses

Spooky spectral residences

Haunted houses are buildings believed to be inhabited by ghosts or other supernatural presences.

The term also refers to seasonal attractions—especially around Halloween—designed to frighten visitors with dark corridors, costumed actors, and staged scares: We took the kids to the haunted house at the fairgrounds.

In real estate, a haunted house may be harder to sell.

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Protected places from harm

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Protected places of refuge

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Idealized imagined residences

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