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CONNELL: I REALLY DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THIS SEGMENT.
YOUR WORST FEARS COMING TRUE!
THE SCARIEST HAUNTED HOUSE IN
THE UNITED STATES IS OFFERING
$20,000, TO ANYONE WHO CAN
FINISH.
ANYONE GET THROUGH THE HAUNTED
HOUSE, THEY GIVE YOU 20 GRAND TO
GO IN.
YOU NEED A DOCTOR'S NOTE.
A SAFE WORD, OF COURSE.
A 40-PAGE WAIVER.
THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST,
DR. ROBI LUDWIG IS HERE.
YOU HAVE ANALYSIS ON THIS.
>> BROUGHT ME IN FOR
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE.
CONNELL: SO HARD TO GET THROUGH,
THEY GIVE YOU 20 GRAND.
SOMEBODY TELLS YOU THERE IS
HYPNOSIS TO MAKE YOU MORE
SCARED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW LEGALLY THEY
GET AWAY WITH IT.
I CAN SEE SO MANY LAWSUITS THAT
RESULT IT DOESN'T SEEM WORTH IT.
IT ITS LOOKING AT VIDEO WHAT
THEY ARE INDUCE SOMETHING A FORM
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE BUT FOR
FUN.
SO I MAN WHOEVER IS GOING INTO
THIS HAUNTED HOUSE.
CONNELL: WHAT GOES ON IN THE
GUY'S HEAD?
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO
THE PEOPLE IN THE SITUATION?
WHY CAN'T THEY GET THROUGH IT?
>> I'M SURE IN PART, THEY
PROBABLY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY
CAN'T GET THROUGH IT.
PART OF THE DRIVE IS, MAYBE I
WOULD BE THE ONE THAT COULD GET
THROUGH IT, MAYBE THEY'RE THE
ONE THAT CAN GET THROUGH IT.
THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND DANGER.
THAT IS WHY WE LIKE HORROR
MOVIES.
TO GO THROUGH HAUNTED HOUSES.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXTREME.
THESE ARE TRUCE MASOCHISTS THAT
ARE IN FOR AN ADRENALINE RUSH TO
SEE IF THEY GET THROUGH.
WHAT IS SCARY IS, THAT I AS A
THERAPIST WOULD NEVER SIGN OFF
ANY OF MY PATIENTS OR ANYONE I
KNOW.
CONNELL: A JOKE IS A JOKE.
MADE PLENTY OF THEM, TRUST US.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL, I FOUND
OUT, WON'T SAY WHO, SOMEBODY'S
SAFE WORD IS PINEAPPLE.
WHICH IS FINE.
>> MINE WOULD BE LAWSUIT.
THERE YOU GO.
CONNELL: WE WERE JOKING, YOU'RE
SAYING, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T?
PEOPLE COULD GET HURT DOING
THIS?
>> PART OF WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE
GIVEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE,
THEY KNOW THEY ARE DOING IT
ENTERTAINMENT, DOING IT FOR FUN
AND KNOW THEY HAVE A SAFE WORD.
I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE INDUCING
THIS EVEN FOR FUN BECAUSE SOME
OF THE THINGS THEY WERE DOING, I
WROTE IT DOWN, SENSORY
DEPRIVATION CAN CAUSE BIZARRE
THOUGHTS.
CONNELL: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> PUT INN A DARK ROOM, YOU LOSE
A SENSE OF YOURSELF, OR SENSE OF
YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
IT CREATES A LEARNED
HELPLESSNESS, YOU CAN'T CONTROL
THE ENVIRONMENT AND GET OUT.
YOURSELF IMAGE IS ALTERED
BECAUSE YOU ARE NO LONGER IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY MAKE YOU
DO.
EAT VOMIT.
HOLD CERTAIN POSITIONS FOR A
LONG TIME EXPIRE APPLE.
>> LAWSUIT, EXACTLY.
CONNELL: RIGHT.
>> BUT OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE
ENJOYING IT.
THERE IS A LONG WAITING LIST.
THEY HAVE COVERED THEMSELVES AS
FAR AS I CAN SEE.
CONNELL: WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS?
YOU MENTIONED HORROR MOVIES.
PEOPLE DO LIKE TO BE SCARED.
WHY?
>> THERE IS AN ADRENALINE RUSH.
RISK-TAKING.
IT IS EXCITING.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR FUN.
IF SOMEONE IS REALLY ABDUCTED --
CONNELL: I DON'T LIKE SCARY
MOVIES.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
>> ARE YOU ROMANTIC COMEDY GUY.
CONNELL: IS THERE SOMETHING
WRONG WITH ME?
YOU CAN SAY IT.
>> EVERYBODY IS DESIGNED
DIFFERENTLY.
CONNELL: CLEARLY THINK THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
>> IN PART YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE
SAFE BUT CAN BE SCARED AT THE
SAME TIME.
I IMAGINE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING
ON IN THIS HAUNTED HOUSE AS
WELL, I LIKE THAT KIND OF.
MADE MYSELF, OR MADE ME FEEL
BETTER ABOUT MYSELF.
>> GOOD JOB.
CONNELL: THAT IS WHAT YOU DO ALL
DAY LONG.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A STRANGE WORLD THAT WE
LIVE IN.
I'M ACTUALLY KIND EVER STRANGELY
FASCINATED THAT, MAYBE SOMEONE
MADE THROUGH IT.
I WANT TO BE ACCURATE ON
REPORTING.
>> IN PART MAYBE BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE EXHAUSTED A EIGHT HOUR
PROCESS THEY'RE BEING TORTURED.
GOING THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PROCESSES NOBODY COULD
WITHSTAND.