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Collectors Weekly Focuses on Barrington's 'Dark Rides' Expert

George LaCross tells prestigious magazine why these rides scare the pants off us.

George LaCross of Barrington has had a love affair with “dark rides” since he was growing up not far from the former Crescent Park in Riverside.  His “hobby” has made him an authority worldwide.

It is no surprise, thus, that when you want to do a story on why these amusement rides scare the pants off us you talk to LaCross. 

Read here the one-on-one interview LaCross did with the prestigious weekly online magazine, Collectors Weekly in San Francisco, this week. It was posted Wednesday, Oct. 16. You’ll learn an awful lot about “dark rides” and one of your Barrington neighbors at the same time.

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Click here to see the Laff in the Dark website that chronicles his adventures over the years with partner Bill DeLuca.


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