'They're here for therapy': Houston's 'rage room' a smash as economy struggles

Facilities across the US are offering angry people the chance to smash things to their heart's delight - but experts warn that any satisfaction is only temporary

Shawn Baker had an entrepreneurial epiphany years ago when she saw a group of young people outside a concert venue throwing junk out of a truck and pulverizing the trash with a bat. It looked fun. She wondered: could there be a way of monetizing our appetite for mindless destruction?

Baker, though, had a good, steady career as manager of a hydraulic shop for a large oil company in Houston. So she put the idea on hold.