Getting psyched for Halloween.

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Why will people of all ages be lining up at community haunted houses and theme parks to be scared this Halloween? According to psychologist Frank Farley, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. "We have a longtime fascination with the dark side of things, and Halloween is an institutionalized national holiday for this," he maintains. "One of the most powerful forces of fear is uncertainty. If you took at the films of Alfred Hitchcock, which are very scary, he was the master of uncertainty. There's very little gore in his work. Likewise...