Mount Hope Church showing "House of Horrors" exhibit
Dave Stone
This Halloween in Lansing there's horror, and then there's HORROR. Jennifer
Dent took a birthday-party group of 11-year-olds to the "House of Horrors"
in Delta Township on Saturday night.
Dent, who lives in Lansing, expected to treat the kids to the standard,
good-natured haunted house-type thrills. Instead, she got graphic depictions
of:
-Teen suicide
-Date rape
-Child molestation
-Abortion
-Drug abuse
-A terrorist beheading
And, oh yes, a marriage between two men ... performed by Satan himself.
Early in the tour - about the time an older man started unbuckling his pants
while a teenaged boy got down on his hands and knees - Dent pulled the plug,
and demanded a refund, which she received. Admission to the House of Horrors
is $6; $10 for an "express lane."
Dent's purpose in calling me was to warn others who might blunder into the
House of Horrors - at 644 Migaldi Lane, off West Saginaw Highway - thinking
it's good, clean fun.
(the rest of the story is here):
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041027/COLUMNISTS09/410270338/1016/news
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known as "the church with all the
flags" representing the countries
where they have missionaries.
It is what is known as a "mega church" with thousands of members. From the
outside it
looks like a shopping mall.
It is a huge operation with smaller branch churches in various
towns around Lansing.
In late 1999 they bought local TV
time to warn about the possible
impending doom with the Y2K
(anyone remember that hysteria).
They did this "house of horrors" thing last year as well.