List of haunted attractions explained

This is a list of haunted attractions, which are live entertainment venues that simulate the experience of visiting haunted locations or storylines typical of horror fiction.

Simulated haunted houses/mansions/castles

Year-round

Attraction	Location	Open Date	Status	Source	Notes
--*Notability: Must be international, national or at least substantially regional--><	--*Theme: Strictly Halloween-like theme, "fun houses" not included-->	The Haunted Mansion	Disneyland Resort Disneyland Park (New Orleans Square)	August 9, 1969	operating		seminal attraction
The Haunted Mansion	Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (Liberty Square)	October 1, 1971	operating	^[1]
The Haunted Mansion	Tokyo Disneyland (Fantasyland)	April 15, 1983	operating	^[2]
Phantom Manor	Disneyland Paris Disneyland Park (Frontierland)	April 12, 1992	operating	^[3]
Mystic Manor	Hong Kong Disneyland (Mystic Point)	May 17, 2013	operating	^[4]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror	Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios (Sunset Boulevard)	July 22, 1994	operating	^[5]
Tower of Terror	Tokyo DisneySea (American Waterfront)	September 22, 2006	operating	^[6]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror	Walt Disney Studios Park (Production Courtyard)	December 22, 2007	operating	^[7]
The London Bridge Experience	London, United Kingdom	February 12, 2008	operating	^[8]	UK's Best Year round attraction 12 years
Ripley's Haunted Adventure	Gatlinburg, Tennessee	1999	operating	^[9]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	2001	operating	^[10]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure	San Antonio, Texas	March 22, 2002	operating	^[11]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure	Pattaya, Thailand	October 30, 2004	operating	^[12]
Dr. Frankenstein's Haunted Castle	Indiana Beach	1983	operating
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Carowinds (Crosswinds)	March 27, 2010	operating
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Kings Dominion (Planet Snoopy)	April 2, 2010	operating
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Kings Island (International Street)	April 17, 2010	operating
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Canada's Wonderland (Planet Snoopy)	May 2, 2010	operating
	Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park	1955	operating
Mysterious Mansion		1980	operating	^[13]
Ghost Castle	Europa-Park	1982	operating
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back!	Alton Towers	1992	operating		redesigned 2003
Trimper's Haunted House	Trimper's Rides	1964	operating		expanded 1988
Haunted Mansion	Knoebels Amusement Resort	1973	operating		3 minute dark ride
Spookslot	Efteling	1978	operating	^[14]	animatronic show
Geister Rikscha	Phantasialand	1981	operating	^[15]	dark ride themed to Chinese mythology
Mystery Castle	Phantasialand	1998	operating	^[16]	drop tower with a haunted-castle-like queue line
Geisterschloss	Wiener Prater	1955	operating
Ghost Train	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	1930	operating		first ghost train

Seasonal

Attraction	Location	Open Date	Status	Source	Notes
--*Notability: Must be international, national or at least substantially regional--><	--*Theme: Strictly Halloween-like theme, "fun houses" not included-->	Nightmare on 13th Haunted House	Salt Lake City, Utah	1990	operating	^[17]	permanent location run seasonally
Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2003	operating	^[18]	replaced Phantoms in the Park at same location
Terror Behind the Walls	Eastern State Penitentiary	1995	operating	^[19]
Shocktoberfest	Reading, Pennsylvania	1990	operating	^[20]
Headless Horseman Hayrides	Kingston, New York	1992	operating	^[21]	includes 5 haunted houses, corn maze & hayride
Cutting Edge Haunted House	Fort Worth, Texas	1991	operating	^[22]
Spider Hill	Three Sisters Park, Illinois	1997	operating	^[23]
Spook Hollow	Marquette Heights, Illinois	1979	operating	^[24] ^[25]
The ScareHouse	Etna, Pennsylvania	1999	operating	^[26]
The Thirteenth Hour Haunted Attraction	Indianapolis,Indiana	2017	operating	^[27]	Permanent location on 25 acres, operating for seasonal events
Erebus haunted attraction	Pontiac, Michigan	2000	operating	^[28]	Guinness World Record 2005~2009
Everhaunt Haunted Attraction	Angola, New York	2018	operating	^[29] ^[30]	includes 10 different Halloween attractions.
Circle of Ash haunted attraction	Central City, IA	2000	operating	^[31]	formerly Frightmare Forest
Netherworld Haunted House	Norcross, GA	1997	operating	^[32]
Pure Terror Screampark	Monroe, New York	2010	operating	^[33]	2015 Guinness World Record Holder Longest Outdoor Haunted Attraction
The Terrortorium	Oxford, Alabama	2010	operating	^[34] ^[35]	formerly the "Haunted Castle" dark ride at Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida.
The Nevermore Haunt	Baltimore, MD	2016	operating
Shattered Screams Haunt	Jefferson City, Missouri	2019	operating	^[36]	Formerly known as 13th Door Haunted House, located in Beaverton, Oregon from 2002 to 2018 due to K-Mart closing.
The Darkness Haunted House	St. Louis, Missouri	1993	operating	^[37]
13th Gate Haunted House	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	2002	operating	^[38]
			closed

Haunted theme park attractions

Attraction	Location	Open Date	Status	Source	Notes
--*Notability: Must be international, national or at least substantially regional--><	--*Theme: Strictly Halloween theme, harvest festivals, etc. not included-->	Halloween Horror Nights	Universal Studios Florida	October 25, 1991	operating		largest single event worldwide
Halloween Horror Nights	Universal Studios Hollywood	October 9, 1997	operating		two earlier attempts not listed (see Article)
Halloween Horror Nights	Universal Studios Singapore	October 2011	operating		now feature local Singaporean legends
Halloween Horror Nights	Universal Studios Japan	September 14, 2012	operating		currently the longest run at 59 days in 2015
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Over Texas	1988	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Great America	1991	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags St. Louis	1988	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Magic Mountain	1993	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags New England	2000	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags over Georgia	1987	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Great Adventure	1992	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	1996	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags America	1999	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	1999	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Six Flags Mexico	2012	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	Great Escape (amusement park)	1999	operating
Six Flags Fright Fest	La Ronde (amusement park)	2002	operating
Hobb's Grove	Sanger California(amusement park with haunted woods and haunted hayride		operating		temporarily called "The Grove" during a divorce rooted ownership dispute that ended when the claimant who owned a competing park called "Raisin Hell Ranch" later died.
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay	1999	operating
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	1999	operating
Howl-O-Scream	Sea World San Antonio	2008	operating
Halloween Spooktacular	Sea World Orlando	2008	operating
Halloween Spooktacular	Sea World San Diego	2008	operating
Fright Fest	Elitch Gardens Theme Park	1999	operating
Fright Nights	Warner Bros Movie World	2006	operating		Queensland, Australia
Knott's Scary Farm	Knotts Berry Farm	October 26, 1973	operating
Fright Nights	Thorpe Park	2002	operating		Surrey, England
Mickey's Halloween Party	Disneyland	2005	operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party	Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom	1995	operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party	Disneyland Paris Resort	2008	operating		Paris, France
SCarowinds	Carowinds	2000	operating
HalloWeekends	Cedar Point	1997	operating
Halloween Haunt (California's Great America)	California's Great America	2008	operating
Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)	Canada's Wonderland	2005	operating		originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Dorney Park)	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom	1998	operating		originally Halloweekends
Halloween Haunt (Kings Dominion)	Kings Dominion	2001	operating		originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Kings Island)	Kings Island	2000	operating		originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Worlds of Fun)	Worlds of Fun	1999	operating
Ocean Park Halloween Bash	Ocean Park Hong Kong	2001	operating
Halloween Haunt	Valleyfair	2006	operating		previously HalloWeekends, 1998 to 2000
Scarefest	Alton Towers	2007			Staffordshire, England
Hersheypark in the Dark	Hersheypark	1980	operating		began as "Creatures of the Night" at neighboring ZooAmerica
Halloween in Europa-Park	Europa-Park	1998	operating
Halloween Horror Festival	Movie Park Germany	1996	operating		largest Halloween event in Europe
Halloween Nights	Toverland		operating
Schaurige Altweibernächte	Erlebnispark Tripsdrill	2014	operating	^[39]
Halloween Fright Nights	Holiday Park		operating
DINOWEEN	Holiday Park		operating
Halloween Belantis	Belantis		operating
Halloween Weeks	Legoland Deutschland Resort		operating
Horrornächte	Filmpark Babelsberg		operating
Familien-Halloween	Eifelpark		operating
Halloween Open Air Horror Maze	Eifelpark		operating
Halloween Party	Freizeitpark Plohn		operating
Fort Fear Horrorland	Fort Fun Abenteuerland	2009	operating	^[40]
Happy Halloween	Fantasiana Erlebnispark Strasswaldchen		operating
Happy Halloween	Skyline Park		operating	^[41]
Halloween auf Schloss Thurn	Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn		operating	^[42]
Klotti's schaurige Tage	Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten		operating
Filippos verfluchte Zauberwelt	Familypark		operating	^[43]
Höllowum Fegefeuer der Sorgenkobolde	Die geheime Welt von Turisede		operating
Halloween in Wiener Prater	Wiener Prater		operating

Defunct attractions

Attraction	Location	Open Date	Closed	Source	Notes
Geisterschloß	Wiener Prater	1933	1945		Year-round; destroyed in WW2
Schloss Schreckenstein	Phantasialand	1972	2008	^[44]	Year-round
Baron William's Mystery Hall	Europa-Park	1991	2007	^[45]	Year-round
Frightmare Forest	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	2000	2009		Seasonal; became Circle of Ash, Central City, IA
Fright Nights	Six Flags Astroworld	1986	2005		Haunted theme park attractions; later renamed SixFlags Fright Fest in 1993
Fright Fest	Darien Lake	1998	2015		Haunted theme park attractions; replaced by Harvest Fest in 2016
			closed

Notes and References

1. Web site: None. Disneyworld.disney.go.com. 6 November 2021.
2. Web site: Haunted Mansion | Tokyo Disneyland. Touringplans.com. 6 November 2021.
3. Web site: Phantom Manor. Disneylandparis.com. 6 November 2021.
4. Web site: Hong Kong Disneyland. Themeparkinsider.com. 6 November 2021.
5. Web site: None. Disneyworld.disney.co.com. 6 November 2021.
6. Web site: Tower of Terror | Tokyo DisneySea. Touringplans.com. 6 November 2021.
7. Web site: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Disneylandparis.com. 6 November 2021.
8. Web site: The London Bridge Experience. Thelondonbridgeexperience.com. 6 November 2021.
9. Web site: Haunted Adventure - Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg TN. Ripleys.com. 6 November 2021.
10. Web site: Haunted Adventure Myrtle Beach - Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Ripleys.com. 6 November 2021.
11. Web site: About Us - Phillips Entertainment. Ripleys.com. 6 November 2021.
12. Web site: Ripley's Believe It or Not Pattaya Thailand . 2020-05-19 . 2019-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190206115227/https://sightseeingbangkok.com/pattaya-ripley%27s-tour.html . dead .
13. Web site: Gatlinburg's Mysterious Mansion. 2017. The Family of Mysterious Mansion. September 16, 2017.
14. Web site: Spookslot - Spukschloss Efteling . 2022-04-05 . www.efteling.com . de.
15. Web site: Geister Rikscha Themenpark - Phantasialand . 2022-04-05 . www.phantasialand.de.
16. Web site: Mystery Castle – Bungee Drop Tower Themenpark - Phantasialand . 2022-04-05 . www.phantasialand.de.
17. Web site: Nightmare on 13th - Utah's #1 Haunted Attraction!. Nightmareon13th.com. 6 November 2021.
18. Web site: Hundred Acres Manor | Pittsburgh's Best Haunted House. Hundredacresmanor.com. 6 November 2021.
19. Web site: 2021 Calendar. Easternstate.org. 6 November 2021.
20. Web site: Shocktoberfest – PA's Premier Haunted Scream Park. Shocktoberfest.com. 6 November 2021.
21. Web site: Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses in New York. Headlesshorseman.com. 6 November 2021.
22. Web site: Cutting Edge Haunted House. 2017. Cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com . September 29, 2012.
23. Web site: Home. Threesisterspark.com. 6 November 2021.
24. Web site: Spook Hollow . 2023-10-13 . spook-hollow.com . en.
25. Web site: Holtz . Jody . 2021-10-21 . Spook Hollow returns to Marquette Heights for another spooky Halloween season . 2023-10-13 . WCBU Peoria . en.
26. Web site: ScareHouse | Pittsburgh's Scariest Haunted House. ScareHouse.com. 6 November 2021.
27. Web site: Haunted House Attraction Thirteenth Hour - Indiana's Highest Rated Haunted Attraction. 13thhourindy.com. 27 September 2023.
28. Web site: Haunted House Attraction Erebus - Michigan's Best Haunted Attraction. Hauntedpontiac.com. 6 November 2021.
29. Web site: Everhaunt Haunted Attraction. 2019-10-14 . everhaunt.com . en.
30. Web site: Lynch . Kaley. 2019-10-14 . Everhaunt Haunted Attraction Opens Award Winning Attraction in Angola! . 2023-10-13 . WIVB Buffalo. en.
31. Web site: The Largest Haunted Attraction In Iowa. Circleofash.com. 6 November 2021.
32. Who Invented the Haunted House?. Blitz. Matt. October 12, 2016. Popular Mechanics. October 11, 2017.
33. Web site: Pure Terror Screampark. 2017. Hauntworld, Inc.. September 29, 2017.
34. Web site: The Terrortorium - Oxford, Alabama . Aschton. Duanne . October 24, 2013. The Dark Menagerie. September 16, 2017.
35. Web site: Classic Panhandle 'Haunted Castle' amusement ride reopens in Oxford, Ala.. Associated Press. 11 October 2010. Al.com. 6 November 2021.
36. Web site: Jefferson City Missouri's Best Haunted House - Shattered Screams. Shatteredscreams.com. 6 November 2021.
37. Web site: The Darkness Haunted House St. Louis, Missouri - America's Scariest Haunted House. Thedarkness.com. 6 November 2021.
38. Web site: 13th Gate Haunted House – The 13th Gate, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the Ultimate Haunted House. 13thgate.com. 6 November 2021.
39. Web site: 2016-11-04 . Detailseite – Tripsdrill - Erlebnispark . 2022-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104233430/https://tripsdrill.de/de/erlebnispark/veranstaltungen/detailseite/termin/event/view-list%7Cpage_id-97/datum/2016/10/07/schaurige_altweibernaechte/ . 4 November 2016 . dead.
40. Web site: GmbH . WABSOLUTE . FORTFEAR . 2022-04-05 . Fort Fun . de-de.
41. Web site: 2020-02-02 . HAPPY HALLOWEEN . 2022-04-05 . Allgäu Skyline Park Der größte Freizeitpark in Bayern bei München! . de-DE.
42. Web site: Halloween 2020 im Freizeitpark Seite 1 von 0 Geisterzeit für die ganze Familie ???? . 2022-04-05 . schloss-thurn.de/ . de-DE.
43. Web site: » Halloween 2021 - Familypark . 2022-04-05 . de-DE.
44. Web site: Schloss Schreckenstein im Phantasialand - PHL-Infos.de . 2022-04-05 . PHL-Infos . de-DE.
45. Web site: Offizieller Europa-Park Fanclub - Baron William's Mystery Hall . 2022-04-05 . epfans.info.