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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 β€œdark rides” since he was growing up not far from the former Crescent Park in Riverside. Β His β€œhobby” 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.Β 

Read hereΒ 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 β€œdark rides” and one of your Barrington neighborsΒ 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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