Nebbin' Around Town
Hundred Acres Manor
10/21/2026 | 10m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Nebby Nick visits Hundred Acres Manor to tour its hallways, and learn about the psychology of fear.
Hundred Acres Manor is a haunted house attraction in Pittsburgh's South Hills Neighborhood that's the region's largest walk-through haunted house. But just what happens when you walk through its halls and how do the performers get into character? In this episode of Nebbin’ Around Town, Nebby Nick visits Hundred Acres Manor to tour its hallways, and learn about the psychology of fear.
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Nebbin' Around Town is a local public television program presented by WQED
Nebbin' Around Town
Hundred Acres Manor
10/21/2026 | 10m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundred Acres Manor is a haunted house attraction in Pittsburgh's South Hills Neighborhood that's the region's largest walk-through haunted house. But just what happens when you walk through its halls and how do the performers get into character? In this episode of Nebbin’ Around Town, Nebby Nick visits Hundred Acres Manor to tour its hallways, and learn about the psychology of fear.
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You thought you could hide from This is trippy.
I did not expect that to move.
Oh, there are limbs.
Look at the Look at the limbs.
Oh, so you don't even need to co most of the stuff.
You can just get right on in the I am Nebby Nick, and this is Nebbin Around Town!
I'm nebbin around Hundred Acre Manor here in the South Hills.
They happen to drop me on the streets of London.
My prerogative, of course, scare the patrons.
But we must spread the great wor of the sisterhood.
The streets of London is saved y Join, if you dare.
Hundred Acres Manor is one of Pittsburgh's largest haunted attractions.
Our walking path is over one mil Bad news.
Your insurance denied your resur fees.
All the creatures our monsters, our actors inside.
They are just feeding the beast.
We will always find you!
Oh yeah!
Filth!
Vermin, the lot of them.
More survivors!
So we like to treat every room as a 4D experience.
Like when you wal in, you know you're somewhere.
You just don't know if it's good until your senses kick in.
We're here at Hundred Acres Mano about to face my fear of being s I'm excited to do the scaring.
But, this part of it, I don't kn I'm ready though.
It's all about facing your fears Let's go.
You're going to b in this state of high anticipati Oh my God.
You could be anticipating possible rewards.
Possible punishments.
It's going to be a state of not what's coming next.
You're gonna go through this cur to the right side.
All right.
Right.
Yes I do.
I think so.
You're probably gonna have done some steeling y and preparation for your mindset No, no, no.
Bringing all this grime into my No!
I'm sorry.
So there is.
The newer parts of your brain o these prefrontal mechanisms, eng before an experience to say, let me get my mind set on, let me get my task set o so I know what I'm going to do.
Okay.
I just cleaned those floors!
I'm sorry.
Okay.
At this point you're probably high reactivity.
Okay.
Yes.
Hello?
That's wh if somebody even taps you on a s OH SHOOT!
You may jump a mile high.
Oh!
Yep.
Yes.
OH SHOOT!
People like you, Nick!
Oh my God.
They know my name.
Hello, bobby!
Oh, what are you eating?
Oh, that looks very appetizing.
So we've entered the catacombs.
I feel like I'm in Paris.
Yes.
Oh.
Hi there.
Hi, there.
No need to worry about none of t They're just fine.
They're just waiting for dischar Clinical overflow.
Totally normal.
Totally normal.
Oh, lord!
Oh, my.
Sorry.
Oh, yes.
Okay.
Bye bye.
Oh!
Girl.
Calm down.
Hello?
Yes.
Oh.
Hi there.
Wow.
You look pretty.
I like the music, though.
No escape from them ugly beasts!
Shoot!
Yes, Im just trying to escape.
I'm sorry.
Oh, you're there again.
No escape!
Ha ha ha ha!
Oh my goodness.
You're going to have so much fun So much fun!
Hi.
This is dizzying.
She turned into an ugly pumpkin.
You look beautiful.
Thats what she turned me into.
Oh.
Hi, there.
Oh, yes.
Oh.
Sweetie, I did it.
I did it!
That's crazy.
Let's go Shout out to everyone at Hundre Manor for putting on a spectacul All of the actors, everyone behind the scenes, the animatronics, the sound, the the music, the smells.
I can't believe I did that.
You know what?
I'm ready to scare.
It's my turn Now.
Ha ha!
Now it's time to get into makeup Im with the ghoulish Megan Morb I'm ready to go.
Are you?
You want to take your glasses of I got to take these off.
Spectac So you're going to be in our sisterhood attraction.
So you're getting like a gaunt not fully dead, but not quite al Awesome.
I've been in haunting for 16 years of my life.
I've been here for ten years, so long time.
I think you look pretty even.
Whoa!
Wow.
Right, right.
That's so cool!
I'm glad you like it.
It's awesome.
I'm glad.
All right.
Gabby, Megan got me in this awe and now it's time for my costume What do you have for me So here I have a pair of pants.
I got a nice button up, a vest, Very fancy for this evening.
I like finding different ways to distress down costumes using different materials and things I can find.
But also, it's just fun to put in costumes when they're in make because that's like, what makes a character.
I feel like I'm ready to join m at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orche Oh, yes.
So this is known as one of our s and reset spots.
Okay So whenever you, an actor would They'll pop out They'll do their scare at a full They'll take a second to reset, essentially count to two, and then they're going to pop ou and do that scare again.
Fun.
Okay.
What is th the character that I'm embodying I mean, I have this lovely suit.
Within this spot, the story being told is that you were warning that the sisters have kept the streets safe yet again.
Okay So what we're going to do in thi Okay.
So I'm going to go ahead give you this card in real quick All right.
Stand behind it.
Yes.
You're going to open up tha I want you to yell.
The streets of London are safe y And then you're going to go ahea and reset.
Okay?
The streets of London are saved So we are just literally minutes awa from the first group going throu I'm feeling a little anxious, but ultimately so excited.
Who gets to do this to scare peo come on?!
everybody.
Places their places.
It's time, let's do this.
Ha!
The streets of London are sa again.
Join the sisterhood.
The streets of London are saved again.. That was a couple.
The boyfriend seemed a little sc The streets of London are saved once again.
This is so fun.
Someone is in here.
The streets of London are saved again.
The streets of London are saved The streets of London are saved That was a big group.
What people don't realize is the our doors shut, we don't just pack things and put it away.
We are immediately starting for the next year.
It's a bit of a rush of adrenali if you honestly ask me.
Because even as a kid whenever you're hiding behind a and you jump out and scare your for the first time and you run away laughing.
It's kind of the same way with a haunted house.
We're hiding in our spots, and the moment that someone comes around the corner, we get that good jump scare gives you a little bit of adren It's like, oh, I can be scary.
This is fun.
The streets of London are saved My best friend and I back in hig used to volunteer our time here on weekends, and then every single year we kept coming back until we turned 18 each.
And it's been the love of our li Honestly, we love this place so I started here just as like an and then it was just handed down and I've been trucking along eve and I'm so thankful for it.
It's the best part of the night.
I don't have a single set lin because I literally have to go o Whatever somebody says to me out I never know what' going to come out of people's mo So if you enjoy being scared, enjoy Halloween in general, it just pulls all of us togethe as a nice little haunt community You guys are going to have peopl walking through tonight absolutely terrified hiding into their friends should You may even get the Lone soul they're brave enough to handle i Show them what fear truly means.
Are we ready?
WOO!
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