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Haunted house enthusiast looks to build his own

Last October, Eric Striffler spent $20,000 and built

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Year after year on Halloween, neighborhood kids would run screaming from the Striffler house in Manorville when Eric Striffler would spring from a life-size coffin in his front yard as they approached.

His father built the coffin at his request and warned his son: “You’re going to scare those kids to death.”

But Eric Striffler has always known the joy of a good scare.

“They...

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