California woman claims she was waterboarded at world's most 'extreme' haunted house

Publish date: 2024-06-25

A California woman says she was waterboarded and feared she was going to die after a visit to a haunted house dubbed the world’s scariest.

Amy Milligan, of East County, said she was left traumatized after going through McKamey Manor in San Diego.

The exclusive attraction, which has a waiting list of thousands, only accommodates a few visitors at a time – who are background checked by founder Russ McKamey first.

Milligan gave a positive exit interview about the experience because she wanted them to make a video of her tour – so she would have evidence of what happened to her, she told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Amy Milligan (pictured) says she was waterboarded and feared she was going to die after a visit to a haunted house dubbed the world’s scariest

Amy Milligan (pictured) says she was waterboarded and feared she was going to die after a visit to a haunted house dubbed the world’s scariest

That video, which was posted on YouTube, shows her being pushed to the ground, slapped around and pulled around by her hair.

But the footage is edited – with subtitles telling viewers ‘I cannot show you what takes place.’

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When the film resumes, Milligan is seen lying in a freezer in a few inches of dirty water – and the haunted house’s actors pour water over her head.

Another section is edited out, and when the video again resumes, she appears terrified and is soaking wet.

Milligan says the video was edited to cut out the worst parts of the experience. It didn’t show the part where she was forced to lie down in a shallow pool of water with her hands tied and a cage over it, she said.

A video made by McKamey Manor shows Milligan's experience through the haunted house

A video made by McKamey Manor shows Milligan's experience through the haunted house

She said the actors pushed her head underwater again and again while she begged them to stop.

‘I’m going to die here, I’m going to drown,’ Milligan says she remembers thinking.

‘My hair is wrapping around my neck and I start freaking out. I’m telling them I can’t breathe and they’re just laughing and doing it more,’ she told the Union-Tribune.

She said the experience left her with physical and emotional scars.

‘I cry over every little thing. If I hear about McKamey Manor, I freak out.

The video showed Milligan lying in a coffin while cockroaches crawled over her face

The video showed Milligan lying in a coffin while cockroaches crawled over her face

But she said that the video, which was posted on YouTube, edited the worst parts out

But she said that the video, which was posted on YouTube, edited the worst parts out

‘You give them so much trust and they just break it by waterboarding you and slapping you,’ she added.

She went to police with her concerns about the manor, she said, but didn’t file a report.

But McKamey insisted that participants are aware what they are getting into – but denied that anyone is waterboarded.

He wouldn’t confirm if the cage Milligan mentioned existed but said people will feel like they are drowning during the haunt.

‘We do not waterboard, we do not even kind of waterboard,’ he told the Union-Tribune.

‘You give them so much trust and they just break it by waterboarding you and slapping you,’ she added

‘You give them so much trust and they just break it by waterboarding you and slapping you,’ she added

Milligan said she was left with physical (above) and emotional scars after her experience Milligan said she was left with physical (above) and emotional scars after her experience

Milligan said she was left with physical (above) and emotional scars after her experience

He added: ‘It’s psychological what we’re doing. They’re safe all the time.’

McKamey described Milligan as one of the ‘haters.’

He explained that a minority of participants who pursue an invitation, ignore the warnings and sign a waiver then accuse the haunted house of torture and assault.

McKamey spent more than $500,000 to make McKamey Manor the terrifying experience it is, according to the New York Daily News.

He described it in 2014 as PG-13, family-friendly and like ‘Indiana Jones on steroids.’

However, visitors are also required to be over 21 and have no potentially deadly medical conditions.

McKamey reportedly spent more than $500,000 to turn his house into McKamey Manor

McKamey reportedly spent more than $500,000 to turn his house into McKamey Manor


 

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