POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Members of the Church of Satan are grieving the destruction of a historic “Halloween House” that authorities say was set ablaze this week by an arsonist.
New York's Poughkeepsie Journal reports the historic home served as an Addams Family-style hub for local adherents of the religion.
One member of the church likens the arson to a terrorist attack and says there will “be hell to pay.”
Police say surveillance footage shows a man walking up to the house early Thursday with two gas cans, splashing liquid on the porch and igniting it.
Two people escaped unharmed.