Maybe it’s all of these things. But I can tell you this: What follows is a definitive list of the scariest rides in fair history and no one will convince me otherwise. (Please stop trying ...

Despite a hectic work schedule at the start of the fair and an out-of-town trip towards the end, I was assigned the task of riding the three scariest rides at the fair and doing a write-up.

One Inferno rider named Brandon said he was at the fair to go on scary rides. “They make me feel some way in my stomach, and I like it," he said. Brandon didn’t ride the Inferno last year ...

“I’m never going to get on another amusement park ride at a fair now,” Brock said. “A roller coaster at a big park, probably, but still it was scary.” ...