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<h1>House of Horror</h1>
<p class="heading4">Sanitarium-turned-haunted house offers unique setting to scare people
this Halloween</p>
<p class="byline">By Daniel Kenney</p>
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<p align="justify">Before its current turn as a scare-producing
piece of real estate, the "Scream if You Can" haunted house was
once a sanitarium, and later a convalescent home that was in
operation until 1992.</p>
<p class="byline">-Photo by Jeff Criesi</p>
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<p>The haunted house attraction in Clovis, “Scream if You Can,” is
no run-of-the-mill spook house. </p>
<p> One hundred thirty workers have been preparing to scare prospective
customers since August, learning their positions, setting up a sound
system throughout
the house and former sanitarium, working on the ghoulish animatronics
laid around the property like pitfalls and recreating horrific scenes
from fright films such as “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Rose
Red” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” to provide
a quality scare for its patrons.</p>
<p> This year, “Scream if You Can” has partnered with local radio
station KISS Country to hold a contest in which the “winner” will
be picked up by a hearse at his or her home, put inside a coffin and
driven to the house, where he or she will be unloaded from the hearse
by six friends acting as pallbearers. The unofficial name for this prize
is the “Nearly Departed Funeral Service.”</p>
<p> The effort the staff has put into providing scares for the Central
Valley is morbidly admirable. </p>
<p> But the most chilling aspect of the Andleberry Estate, the name of
the property on which “‘Scream if You Can”’ is run,
is its reputation for being truly haunted. </p>
<p> Formerly an actual sanitarium, then a convalescent home until 1992,
the property has a history that seems ripe for stories of ghostly occurrences.
It is viewed with uneasy eyes by its neighbors. </p>
<p> “
Well, I’ll tell you something about that house,” said Trevor
Hammett, manager of the Twin Palms Deli, which is adjacent to the Andleberry
Estate. “I knew a guy that worked there for two years, a brave
man. He would not stay there by himself. If there weren’t others
with him, he’d run outta there.”</p>
<p> The ghostly reputation of the property goes beyond its local infamy.
Entering the word “Andleberry” into a Google search engine
yields documented evidence by paranormal researchers who have captured “glowing
orbs and vapors” on film, picked up voices and an infant’s
cry on audio recordings, and actually made contact with some of the spectral
inhabitants of the house through the use of psychics.</p>
<p> The most famous of these phantoms is Mary. This ghost has been known
to open and shut doors and cause havoc when her room in the former convalescent
home is disturbed.</p>
<p> “
Once, we tried moving a rocking chair that came with the house out of
(Mary’s) room, into the hall, and it started rocking violently
back and forth by itself,” said caretaker Jeff Luna, who lives
on site.</p>
<p> “
We had some psychics come in after that, and they told us that Mary was
angry with her stuff being moved out of her room. So, we moved the chair
back to its original spot, and we didn’t have any problems for
a while with Mary.” </p>
<p> The more faint-hearted staff members of “Scream if You Can” react
with looks of fear when Mary is mentioned, or suggest changing the subject.
In such an eerie working environment, staff members who quit because
of problems with their incorporeal co-workers are not uncommon. </p>
<p> “
Yeah, quite a few people get freaked out by this place and quit before
we open to the public,” Luna said. </p>
<p> Staff and paying customer alike can both agree that for whatever reason,
the Andleberry Estate is quite an unsettling place. </p>
<p> Those who brave “Scream if You Can” in search of a scare
this Halloween season will not be disappointed. </p>
<p> Blood-stained sanitarium walls, animatronic creatures triggered by
footsteps, pitch black maze-like corridors and beings adorned with masks
holding
machetes, are all in store for those who buy their ticket to explore
the haunted house. </p>
<p> Those easily frightened need not apply.</p>
<p> “
Scream if You Can” offers two tours: the house and the hospital.
Each tour is $10 per person, but both tours may be purchased for $16.</p>
<p> Andleberry Estate is located on Clovis Avenue between Shaw and Gettysburg
avenues in Clovis.</p>
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