But the hell inside it? That鈥檚 a matter of faith, not fact. The fire you see is propane and red LED. The screams are actors. The judgment is a script.
鈥淚鈥檝e been to hell,鈥� Roberts told me in a 2019 interview. 鈥淣ot physically. But spiritually. God showed me visions. The gnashing of teeth. The thirst. The loneliness.鈥� is hell house real
Marcus now studies pastoral ministry. 鈥淭hat house saved me,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 as real as anything I鈥檝e ever touched.鈥� Ironically, the modern Hell House phenomenon owes as much to satire as to scripture. In 1997, a troupe called the Ridiculous Reality Theater in New York staged The Hell House , parodying fundamentalist scare tactics. They showed a 鈥淕ay Hell鈥� (disco inferno), a 鈥淔eminist Hell鈥� (endless complaint forms), and a 鈥淐atholic Hell鈥� (line to confession that never moves). But the hell inside it