Beastly Blue Springs bureaucrats smite church’s Halloween plans

Christian haunted houses usually suck. “Hell houses,” as they’re called, pull a bait-and-switch on the fun, subbing out the maniacs, ghouls and ghosts for moralistic scenes like bloody abortions and gay AIDS victims, before leading audiences to an evangelical finale.

But the haunted house at St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Blue Springs wasn’t going to be like that at all. Nope, this year, the kids of Blue Springs can blame the city for taking the fun out of Halloween.