Halloween is a favorite time of year for BYU students. “Spooky season” is jam-packed with fall adventures, such as pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay-rides, and of course, haunted houses. While many if not most of these activities are wholesome and recreational, the BYU administration is becoming increasingly concerned with how the adversary’s influence might be heightened during this eerie time. To keep students on the path, the BYU Honor Code Office is funding a free admission Haunted House to scare them straight and narrow.

Modeled after the Evangelical Christian “Hell House”, this event offers live theatrical demonstrations of how it is by small and simple sins that great sins come to pass. The theory is that if students are exposed to the horror of reality, they will be less likely to commit certain sins themselves.

Jeighk Hill, an engineering student, offered his thoughts just seconds after exiting the house.

“The jump scares were insane. Around every corner was a hooded figure offering me a Latte from Dutch Bros.”

“I pooped my pants,” said Senior Spencer Redding, who had never seen so many Juul pods in his entire life.

Not only does the house touch on topics related to the Word of Wisdom, it also instructs about other topics such as the law of chastity, honesty, and integrity.

“Mom was right- wearing spaghetti straps really does lead to premarital eye contact. The devil works hard,” say Gina Brimhall, who just broke up with her boyfriend to protect her purity.

Students say that the scariest part of the immersive thirty-minute experience was by far the ending.

“Standing at the very end was my mission president, asking me why I hadn’t started my eternal family yet. Holding a knife.”

The house is successfully recommitting students to CTR. It will run until the end of the month and possibly the end of the year if analysts find that honor code violations continue to decline in response to this student resource.