Minisode 7: Field of Screams

10/21/24 • 33 min

Field of Screams is one of America's best haunted attractions, and it's been striking fear into and scaring the souls out of the souls of the thousands of guests that show up year after year. Started by brothers Gene and Jim Schopf back in 1993, it's transformed from just a haunted hayride into so much more with three haunted houses and escape rooms. We spent some time at Field of Screams getting to know the Schopfs, making our own way through the many haunted attractions and learning just what draws in the souls of it's many guests, or should I say victims, year after year.

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