Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

Reviewing Laughing in the Dark Narrator: Betty-Ann      Summary: Josh, a 13-year-old punk, and his friend Weegie (Yes, that’s his name.), along with Weegie’s younger sister Kathy are at Playland amusement park, the Canadian equivalent to King’s Dominion or Six Flaggs, when they come across the haunted spook house, “Laughing in the Dark”. Josh thinks it’s silly to be scared of the spook house, because it’s supposed to be spooky, though even he is unnerved by the carnival barker, Dr. Vink’s evil twin brother. Weegie does some research and finds out that back in the twenties, one of the Playland’s clown’s Zeebo decided he “needed” the company payroll more than the others. The dumbass gets caught and chased into the spook house. Zeebo liked cigars and place caught on fire taking the clown with it. Weegie gets fed up with Josh talking about how he wouldn’t be scared, so he dares Josh to go into the spook house.  Josh says not only will he go ...

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