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Article: Hell House scares them straighter.(News)

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October 30, 2006
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Byline: Jean Torkelson, Rocky Mountain News

A demon guide, flexing 6-inch claws, glided over to join a group of chalk-faced zombies and satin-winged angels. Their leader had just called them to gather round in a cavernous former electronics store in Thornton.

It was Friday night, and the curtain was about to rise once again on Hell House - clearly, after 10 years, "The Thing That Will Not Die."

Ten Halloweens ago, a square-jawed, 6-foot-5 Arvada youth pastor, Keenan Roberts, hit upon a seasonal shocker to teach Christian morality: Present dramatic scenes of demon guides showing their game plan for enticing humans into hell by leading them into abortion, illicit ...

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