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2020 Guide to the Scariest Haunted Attractions in Every State

2020’s Halloween season is going to be one for the ages. Unfortunately, not in the record ticket sales kind of way. We normally try to do our due diligence and give you the best list of haunts in each state to check out. But this year we are just going to shoot you straight and let you know that we have no idea how the season is going to pan out. That being said, here a list of some amazing haunts in every state that you should definitely try and support this year.  Please, please, please call ahead and make sure they are scaring this year. Thanks to everyone and stay safe. Happy Halloween!

Prepare yourselves for FrightFind’s must-see haunts in every state – 2020!

Alabama Top Haunt: Nightmare at 3008

An Unholy Trio of Terrors!

Nightmare at 3008

Voted the #1 Must-See Fan Favorite Haunt 2018 in the entire state of Alabama, Nightmare at 3008 is not to be missed by haunted attraction superfans!  This fun-filled feast of frights has three different haunts in one.  House of Voodoo takes you deep inside the witchy haunts of a slithery bayou.  The Underground is a mature audience only stroll down into the foul and repulsive world of underground street ghouls.  Camp Mary Lee is the bloodiest backwoods campground that boasts of bloodthirsty spirits.  Voodoo, underground psychopaths, or campground killers?!  Pick your haunted poison!

FrightFind It: Nightmare at 3008 in Fultondale, AL
Runner-Up: Atrox Factory in Leeds, AL

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Alaska Top Haunt: Fright Night Manor

Anchorage’s Oldest Haunted House

Fright Night Manor

Anchorage’s Fright Night Manor takes top honors in the state of Alaska for the 4th straight year!  Founded in 1985, this mostly family-friendly haunt is looking to secure a new location currently but it will be up and running.

If you like clowns, clowns, and more clowns, this is the place for you.  The plan is for a large clown room, separate Nightmare on Elm Street and Zombie areas, and huge spiders.  Expect scary 3D effects with your $15 ticket.  Great scares around every corner, but not recommended for the very young.

FrightFind It: Fright Night Manor in Anchorage, AK

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Arizona Top Haunt: Mount Mayhem

Zombie Virus + Mental Patients = Survive!

Mount Mayhem

Homemade horror at its finest!  What started out as a simple family spook house has grown into one of Phoenix’s most best-kept horror secrets!  Sets and themes are all homemade and authentic as Mount Mayhem is confined to a frightening backyard thus giving you little places to run and hide. Each year the themes are terrifying and different in their haunted capacities.  For 2019 a disgustingly contagious zombie virus has corrupted a horde of mental patients on the brink of escape!  Can you survive this forthcoming flood of fright?  As one reviewer exclaimed, “I left hours ago….and I’m still shaking!

FrightFind It: Mount Mathem in Phoenix, AZ
Runner Up: Sanctum of Horror in Phoenix, AZ

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Arkansas Top Haunt: Carpenter’s Mortuary

Undertakers, Morticians and Grave Diggers, oh my!

Carpenter's Mortuary Haunted House

Charlie Bookout tells us that Carpenter’s Mortuary Spook House is unique in that it occupies a historic 1929 building that once actually served as the Funeral Home for Gentry, Arkansas. The haunt as it is known today has been successfully scaring thrill-seekers since it opened in 2014, but the artists who run Mortuary Studios have been sharing their passion for the paranormal at this location for over 30 years. “We only use real ghosts . . . Just kidding,” says Bookout. “There are from 20 to 25 talented actors roaming the halls of Carpenter’s Mortuary Spook House each night.”

FrightFind It: Carpenter’s Mortuary in Gentry, AR
Runner Up: Twisted Intent in Benton, Arkansas

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California Top Haunt: Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

Because It’s Always Halloween Here!

LOS ANGELES HAUNTED HAYRIDE

Winner of Hollywood’s Halloween Icon Award, the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is the ultimate Halloween event in Tinseltown!  For 2019 this award-winning haunted attraction is going all out with a theme dubbed “Midnight Falls.”  A fictional town trapped in 1985, haunt-goers have their pick among some of the most terrifying frights out there!  Try your luck at escaping the Roadkill Ranch open-air maze while being pursued by bloodthirsty demons! Look for a quick escape inside the Midnight Mortuary House!  You won’t have to go to a midwestern farm to experience the Haunted Hayride which is the ultimate horror fan favorite in frights!  Special VIP and Platinum access tickets are also available for the hardcore haunted attraction fans!

FrightFind It: Los Angeles Haunted Hayride in Los Angeles, CA
Runner-Up: The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach, CA

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Colorado Top Haunt: Hell Scream

No Tears Please…It’s a Waste of Good Suffering!

Hell Scream Haunted House

Ranked #1 Must-See 2019 haunted attraction in the state of Colorado, Hellscream is a sprawling abode of the damned featuring some of the most state of the art horror special effects that have ever been used for a haunted attraction! Terrifyingly vast in its size, the site features two haunted attractions in Hellscream and the Haunted Mines. For 2019, demented, deranged, and demonic psycho clowns are the fright-de-jour for horror fans and they promise to creep not only into your mind but into your nightmares as well!  Hellscream also has various haunted themed escape rooms for those looking to get out in a hurry as well as the ever-popular Zombie Laser Tag.  As one reviewer said, “We were scared before we even got to the parking lot!

FrightFind It: Hell Scream in Colorado Springs, CO
Runner Up: Haunted Field of Screams in Thornton, CO

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Connecticut Top Haunt: Legends of Fear

Real Farm. Real Woods. Real Fear.

Legends of Fear Haunted House

A real farm situated in the shadowy backwoods of southwestern Connecticut, Legends of Fear is king when it comes to frights in the town of Shelton.  Different ticket packages can have the most hardcore haunted attraction fans choosing between six sinister scenarios to put themselves in!  The Dark Harvest has frightening vampires lurking with every turn.  Funhouse of Fear will bring the frights of a freak show gone amok. Horror legends come alive in The Hallow, which is so frightening that nobody under 12 years old is allowed.  Too scared to even walk?  Climb aboard the Haunted Hayride and pitch your blood curdled screams right into the night’s sky!

FrightFind It: Legends of Fear in Shelton, CT
Runner Up: The Haunted Graveyard in Bristol, CT

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Delaware Top Haunt: Frightland

Eight Levels of Pure Hell!

Frightland Haunted House

Frightland is Delaware’s best when it comes to haunted attractions, even being acclaimed as one of the scariest in the nation by such publications as Forbes and The Travel Channel!  Paired alongside amusement park rides, Frightland spares no expense when it comes to thrilling and terrifying horror park fans.  Top-level horror special effects have you screaming as you enter The Attic as you hear the laughs of the damned from the darkest shadows.  Try to escape Zombie Prison as you witness the bloody lengths the undead will use to escape their cells.  Ticket levels for any and all attractions, Frightland is the best kept deadly secret in Middletown!

FrightFind It: Frightland in Middletown, DE
Runner Up: Nightmares Haunted House in Laurel, DE

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Florida Top Haunt: Enigma Haunt

Death Is Only An Option!

Enigma Haunt in Florida

Ranked Florida’s #1 Haunted Attraction and USA Today’s Reader’s Choice Top 20 Haunt in the entire U.S., Enigma Haunt is critically acclaimed and brutally terrifying!  Featuring three haunts inside of one gigantic location, Enigma Haunt challenges even the most veterans of haunted attraction goers to test their horror might. Cursed, Twisted Mayhem, and Realms of Terror take more than an hour to complete and will leave you shaken to the bone….that is if you can endure all three levels!  The Enigma Haunt Triple Ticket of Terror is an absolute must for any haunted attraction junkie!

FrightFind It: Enigma Haunt in Boca Raton, FL

Runner Up: Murder House in Tampa, FL

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Georgia Top Haunt: Folklore Haunted House

A Trio of Haunted Tales To Terrorize!

Folklore Haunted House

Featured on Fox News and NBC, the highly acclaimed Folklore Haunted House is back to celebrate its 10th anniversary by scaring the living daylights out of people in Atlanta!  One ticket grants you admission here to a trio of haunted attractions, each more thrilling and frightening than the next!  The Manor is a faded southern estate where not monster stalks you, but the souls of his former victims do!  Asylum ’67 lets you relieve the horrors discovered inside the blood-stained walls of the Georgia State Asylum. Chromophobia is a 3D haunted attraction that takes you as reveler through the brightly lit streets of Mardi Gras.  Neon masked partygoers will pop out at you in full 3D, but just who is your friend and who is your unholy foe?  Ask them about purchasing a RIP ticket!

FrightFind It: Folklore Haunted House in Dallas, GA
Runner Up: Paranoia Haunted House in Canton, GA

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Hawaii Top Haunt: Haunted Plantation

Not Responsible For Nightmares!

Haunted Plantation Haunted House

A Top 20 Haunted Attraction by MSN and featured on SyFy Channel, The Travel Channel, and chronicled in Buzzfeed….Haunted Plantation is the real scary deal! Set on a real-life haunted plantation, the Haunted Plantation has developed a reputation for being the top haunt on the entire Hawaiian Islands.  Over sixty ghoulish and sickening looking horror characters are spread throughout the plantation area with demonically twisted intentions for unsuspecting attraction goers!  If you are on any Hawaiian Island, make the special trip to the Waipahu area for the best fright in all the Pacific.  Make sure to bring plenty of friends with you, because you’re going to need all the trauma counseling you can get after this one!

FrightFind It: Haunted Plantation in Waipahu, HI

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Idaho Top Haunt: Requiem Haunted House

Multiple Floors of Horror, Can You Survive?

REQUIEM HAUNTED HOUSE

Creeping into its fourth year as Boise’s premier haunted indoor attraction, the Requiem Haunted House is a multilevel fear factory for the wannabe fearless. Over 7,000 square feet and covering up to three floors of terror, the Requiem brings one of the more unique haunted attraction experiences to the area.  In fact, the attraction is built on top of a former funeral chapel and has been verified by a paranormal group as haunted!  Can you survive the blackout maze?  Don’t worry if you need an attendant with a flashlight to come rescue you, as you’re not the first one who has needed it……or the last!

FrightFind It: Requiem Haunted House in Caldwell, ID
Runner Up: Haunted Mansions of Albion in Albion, ID

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Illinois Top Haunt: Nightmares Basement of the Dead

Guaranteed To Freak You the F**K Out!

Basement of the Dead

Voted the #1 Haunted Attraction in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune, Buzzfeed, and USA Today, Basement of the Dead is king when it comes to knowing how to do scares right! Frighteningly scary clowns, demented psychopaths, gory medical mishaps with a full-on state of the art special effects crew to oversee that the carnage is real as possible, Basement of the Dead brings everything they have into scaring you senseless.  A Special Friday 13th opening for the season will feature a horror legends theme including Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Pennywise, and Chucky!  VIP ticket plans are available and an absolute must for this horror crowd-pleaser.

FrightFind It:  Nightmares Basement of the Dead in Aurora, IL
Runner Up: 13Th Floor in Chicago, IL

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Indiana Top Haunt: Indy Scream Park

Be Afraid……Be Very Afraid!

Indy Scream Park

Indy Scream Park just outside Indianapolis has not one, not two, but five haunted attractions for you to scream your head off into the night at!  The Back Woods is a stop off the winding trail that places you in the midst of bloodthirsty rednecks!  KillGore’s 3D Circus is the most frightening show under the big top that will have the severed body parts flying. New for this year is the Nightmare Factory Blackout, which has you and your friends stranded in an abandoned power plant that is crawling with creeping mutants!  Did we mention you have to find your way out of there in total and complete darkness?!?!?  No wonder Forbes Magazine called it the most, “terrifying haunted house in the state of Indiana!

FrightFind It:  Indy Scream Park in Anderson, IN
Runner Up: Hanna Haunted Acres in Indianapolis, IN

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Iowa Top Haunt: Thrasher’s House of Terror

13 Years of Fear….They Dare You To Come In!

Thrashers House of Terror

Consistently rated as one of the top haunted attractions in the state of Iowa, Thrashers House of Terror of McMillan Park in Mt. Pleasant is one of the most popular haunts around!  In fact, attendance has not only doubled but even tripled over the years because horror attraction fans just cannot get enough!  Themes vary from year to year on this haunt, but (un)lucky attendees who are brave enough to test their fear factors can expect to run afoul of so many ghouls, ghosts, goblins, and demented horror freaks that you are bound to have nightmares! Or as one brave horror fan who made it out alive claimed, “the scares just keep on coming here!

FrightFind It: Thrasher’s House of Terror in Mount Pleasant, IA
Runner Up: Circle of Ash in Central City, IA

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Kansas Top Haunt: Zombie Toxin

Enter At Your Own Risk…..They’re Zombies After All!

Zombie Toxin

Looking for the ultimate Zombie experience?  Zombie Toxin out in Junction City invites you and your bravest friends to come out and suffer under the watch of Dr. Von Monschture, an unethical mad doctor who has a thing for reanimating human corpses. Think you could last more than a few minutes in a horror film?  You’ll get your chance if you try your luck inside Dr. Von Monschture’s Head Shed, where you’ll have 5 minutes or less to escape lest you become devoured by a pack of starving zombies.  This attraction also features the ever-popular Zombie Onslaught, a virtual reality game where you have to survive wave after wave of attacking zombies!  Need that Walking Dead fix?  Get to Zombie Toxin and see if you can make it out alive.

FrightFind It: Zombie Toxin in Junction City, KS
Runner Up: Field of Screams in Maize, KS

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Kentucky Top Haunt: The Haunted Hotel

Check-In Accommodations Include Fear, Terror, and Fright!

THE HAUNTED HOTEL – KENTUCKY

Ranked #1 in not only the state of Kentucky but also #1 in the city of Louisville.  Upfront and in-your-face, the Haunted Hotel lets haunted attraction goers know upfront that this is a full-touch venue, so not only will some of the most demonically disgusting creatures and bloodthirsty slashers flat out scare you, but they will also take swipes at you and your friends!  Vulgar language, bloody grotesqueries, shocking scenes of near depravity, The Haunted Hotel wants you to know right away that your senses will be scared and shocked into submission.  As one horror survivor said, “10/10 will definitely go again!

FrightFind It: The Haunted Hotel in Louisville, KY
Runner Up: Sinister Tombs in Eastview, KY

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Louisiana Top Haunt: Evil Visions

What will you see?

Evil Visions Haunted House

Evil Visions Haunted House brings one of a kind terror to the northern Louisiana city of Monroe.  With over 30 rooms in a jaw-dropping 30,000 plus square feet of horror, Evil Visions is one vastly awesome and scary good haunted attraction.  This year, the theme runs along the lines of Campus Carnage Aftermath.  Twisted teachers are hellbent on bloodying up attraction goers around every corner!  Menacing psychopath students who will go as far as they can to get that A+ in bloody screaming.  Special attraction is on Halloween night, Jason Voorhees….Kane Hodder himself will be on hand to help usher in the frights and make your All Hallow’s Eve a frighteningly good time.

FrightFind It: Evil Visions in Monroe, LA

Runner Up: Tree Farm Massacre in Leesville, LA

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Maine Top Haunt: Destination Haunt

In the Woods, Only the Darkness Can Hear You Scream!

 

DESTINATION HAUNT

If you thought that Stephen King’s house was Maine’s scariest place, you haven’t seen anything yet!  Destination Haunt in Lebanon is just about the most frightening haunted attraction in the entire state.  This particular haunt is not inside of a building, but rather outside in the dead of night.  You and your friends must creep and crawl your way through nine sections of spine-tingling, scare you out of your mind…haunted areas! Escape the nefarious Butcher, survive the Hobo Village untouched, pass the Buried Alive Cemetery without falling into an open grave, before arriving at your final destination….Clowntown!  Psycho clowns just wanting to show you their hideous faces under those demented smiles.   Destination Haunt…horror with every turn!

FrightFind It:  Destination Haunt in Lebanon, ME
Runner Up: Haunted Grandview Manor in Sanford, ME

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Maryland Top Haunt: Bennett’s Curse

They Just Can’t-Wait To Scare You!

Bennett's Curse Haunted House in Maryland

Profiled in such media outlets as the Travel Channel, Making Monsters, and the iconic Fangoria Magazine, Bennett’s Curse is celebrating its 18th season in scaring up Baltimore residents.  Bennett’s Curse prides itself on not being just another haunted attraction copycat, so they go that extra mile to become a trendsetter in doing what it takes to give you nightmares for months on end.   Six sinister attractions await even the most unsuspecting of veteran haunt goers.  The Underworld will introduce you to some of the most wicked underground creatures that you’ve ever seen! Inferno 3D takes you on a visceral ride into the fires of Hell as you journey through the abode of the damned.  Legends of Halloween promises to bring both to life and your nightmares, classic horror icons of the vampire, mummy, and werewolf variety!  From the beginning to end, Bennett’s curse promises the scares won’t stop.

FrightFind It: Bennett’s Curse in Baltimore, MD
Runner Up:  Laurel’s House of Horror in Laurel, MD

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Massachusetts Top Haunt: Barrett’s Haunted Mansion

Taking Fear To a Whole New Level!

Barrett's Haunted Mansion

Chosen as one of FrightFind’s top haunted attractions in 2018, Barrett’s Haunted Mansion is one of the more terrifying haunts in the Greater Boston area.  For the most discerning and veteran haunted attraction goer, there are chilling specials at certain times during the Halloween season. Darkness Unleashes is a one night only experience where you’re plunged in total darkness amongst a sea of creatures with only your sense of touch and horror wits to make it out alive!  Devil’s Night is another special where a night of extreme physical contact is allowed for those wanting to bring the scares to a whole new level.  Sanctuary is the most popular attraction on-site, and don’t bother memorizing any scare spots or rooms, because they randomly change so as to never give scares in the same place twice.

FrightFind It: Barret’s Haunted Mansion in Abington, MA
Runner Up:Hysteria at Connors Farm in Danvers, MA

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Michigan Top Haunt: Azra Chamber of Horrors

Where Each Chamber Is More Menacing Than the Last!

Azra Chamber of Horrors Haunted House

Rated as the #1 haunted attraction in the state of Michigan, Azra Chamber of Horrors knows what it takes to ratchet up the scare factor.  The building used to be a former laser tag arena that has been transformed into a multilevel haunted house maze.  The story with this attraction is that inside the former laser tag arena was a realm known as Azra.  After countless battles against the darkness, the lights finally went out and a dragon appeared that summoned demons to reside in every chamber of the layout here.  Special attention here on the wildly realistic demonic special effects.  Part myth, part demon, part scare-you-out-of-your-mind terror!

FrightFind It: Azra Chamber of Horrors in Madison Heights, MI
Runner Up: Hush in Westland, MI

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Minnesota Top Haunt: Fright Farm

Can You Scream For Us?

Fright Farm

Welcome to the Fright Farm Haunted House, where any one of the five terrifying mini-haunts can give you nightmares for the rest of your year!  Maybe start off in the dreaded Clinic haunt, where you can be diagnosed by demented doctors who love to show off their prize cadavers!  Venture inside Frightmare Mansion, a place so terrifying that grown adults are frequently known to exit mid-tour due to overwhelming fright.  Then there is the mega-popular Hayride of No Return that will have you screaming into the sky all night long.  Fright Farm does offer a “Low Scare” time where the frights are tamed to smaller children who themselves just love a good scare now and again!

FrightFind It:  Fright Farm Haunted House in Maplewood, MN
Runner Up:  The Dead End Hayride in Wyoming, MN

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Mississippi Top Haunt: Cedar Hill Farm’s Haunted Hayride

Be One of the Thousands Scared Every October!

Cedar Hill Farm's Haunted Hayride

Located in Hernando, the Cedar Hill Farm during the year is a lovely wedding and reception locale.  However, when the Fall chill of October hits the air, this once charming rural acreage becomes a sinister setting for soul seeking ghouls to prey upon the living.  Haunted Hayride is an absolute must-do in this surprisingly spaced out haunted attracted.  If you prefer to walk to your own grave, the quickest way is via the Trail of Terror, a late-night stroll through some not so quiet woods.  And if you have the survivor skillset, then try your hand at Mid-South Zombie Apocalypse Paintball!  Best of all, private fire pits are available to rent on-site for those who love nothing more than revel others with the ghostliest tales imaginable!

FrightFind It: Cedar Hill Farm’s Haunted Hayride in Hernando, MS
Runner Up: House of the Haunted Fields in Raymond, MS

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Missouri Top Haunt: The Beast

Enter at 666’ Above Sea Level!

The Beast

Voted #1 in the Guinness Book of World Records for owning the world’s longest snake!  Madusa measures in at jaw-dropping 25ft in length!  Think she’s the only scare here?  Think again! This one of a kind haunted attraction is a five-story, multilayer descent into Hell.  Get as many friends as you can and try to stick together and not lose your way in this chilling abode of the damned.  Do your best to navigate past bloodthirsty vampires, fanged werewolves, demented monsters of demonic description, and all the while avoid the many voodoo curses plaguing this attraction.  Don’t forget there are on-site escape rooms of the bone-chilling variety where you and your friends must hasten an escape or subject yourselves to the wrath of the Beast!

FrightFind It: The Beast in Kansas City, MO
Runner Up: The Darkness in St. Louis, MO

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Montana Top Haunt: Field of Screams

Dare Yourself To Enter the Field Of Screams!

Field of Screams

Rated as the #1 Haunted Attraction for Western Montana, the Field of Screams in Victor, just outside of Missoula, is one wicked place to visit!  This is no ordinary cornfield to visit alone at night, at the Field of Screams bringing friends is an absolute must. This giant outdoor attraction has you twisting your way through a patchy cornfield maze where you could be a victim to any soulless ghoul hiding among the darkened rows.  Push yourself through fog-filled graveyards and dodge the most sinister of psycho cornfield clowns.  If you make it through, the final test of the Ghost Town will test the mightiest mettle of any veteran haunted attraction goer.

Runner Up: Missoula Haunted House in Missoula, MT

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Nebraska Top Haunt: Scary Acres

Midwestern Terror At Its Finest!

Scary Acres

Voted Best of Omaha 2019 for haunted attractions, Scary Acres is definitely the place to be this Halloween season.  Spread out over twenty acres, this haunted attraction serves up three chilling attractions in the Master’s Castle, the House on the Hill, and the Haunted Woods.  Attraction times vary but expect over a ninety-minute haunted attraction experience at the Scary Acres where they pride themselves as more of a Halloween theme park rather than just another haunted house.  Special celebrity guest for the season-opening includes Bonnie Aarons, who portrayed the demonically centered nun Valak in the Conjuring 2 as well as her own film, The Nun!

FrightFind It: Scary Acres in Omaha, NE
Runner Up: BloodRush in Elkhorn, NE

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Nevada Top Haunt: The Asylum

Where Your Body Checks In, But Your Soul Never Checks Out!

The Asylum in Las Vegas

The Asylum & Hotel Fear in Las Vegas brings Sin City to a terrifying new level of depravity!  Take your bravest friends because you’ll need them to make it through the Asylum.  This terrifying haunted tour takes you deep inside the dark and bloodthirsty secrets of the Meadview Sanctuary where some of the most hideous patients still reside.  If you have any blood pressure left, Hotel Fear brings alive some of horror’s most frightening ghosts up close and personal to you.  Fans of the horror film Rust can actually check out some places in this haunted attraction that were actually used for the film.

FrightFind It: The Asylum in Las Vegas, NV
Runner Up: Reno Fright Fest in Reno, NV

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New Hampshire Top Haunt: Haunted Overload

Just How Much Fear Can You Handle?

Haunted Overload

Winner of ABC’s hit reality series The Great Halloween Fright Fight, Haunted Overload knows just how to scare those brave enough to enter.  Situated in the town of Lee, the Haunted Overload goes to movie quality sets and special effects to bring the best frights possible to unsuspecting attraction goers.  Sets, themes, costumes, and characters change from year to year to keep things fresh for its fans.  However, one thing that does not change is this attraction’s dedication to using larger than life skeletons and ghouls that stand nearly fifty feet tall so as to demonically tower over the easily frightened!  Larger than life haunts are the star of Haunted Overload….literally!

FrightFind It: Haunted Overload in Lee, NH
Runner Up: The Ghoullog in Conway, NH

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New Jersey Top Haunt:  Nightmare at Gravity Hill

You Cannot Wake From This Nightmare!

Nightmare at Gravity Hill

Spread out over five acres, Nightmare at Gravity Hill in Jackson literally has a fright for everyone. Frightening Ghost Town!  Cursed Graveyard!  The Haunted Fields!  Hold those you love close as you navigate in, through, and around a chilling cavalcade of bloodthirsty vampires, flesh-eating zombies, psychopathic clowns, and demonic creatures so frightening your hair may not only turn white but fall out of your head.  Creepy trails highlight this haunted attraction as does a seasonal hayride where your best running shoes are encouraged because you never know exactly who….or what….you will have to run from in the dead of night!

FrightFind It:  Nightmare at Gravity Hill in Jackson, NJ
Runner Up: Brighton Asylum in Passaic, NJ

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New Mexico Top Haunt: McCall’s Haunted Farm

Can You Keep Your Sanity and Make It Out Alive?

McCall's Haunted Farm

In the 1970s, a farmer had his lands severed by a state highway that cut through his property.  Named Farmer McCall, he went on a sadistic and bloodthirsty rampage slaughtering his family and any unsuspecting motorists who got stranded.  As luck would have it for 2019, you and your bravest friends are dared to set foot on McCalls Haunted Farm.  Will Farmer McCall make your group his next victims?  This haunted attraction provides one helluva backstory that is a sure smash hit with any haunted attraction junkies who are looking for just a little bit more.  If you have any pulse left, the Curtain Chaos Clown Maze is a lunatic’s delight!

FrightFind It: McCall’s Haunted Farm in Moriarty, NM
Runner Up:  NW Slaughter House in Albuquerque, NM

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New York Top Haunt: Chamber of Horrors

Come See Where Fear Lives

Chamber of Horrors New York

Voted Long Island’s #1 Largest Indoor Haunted Attraction, the Chamber of Horrors brings you the scariest in haunts.  Admission to this fright fest will grant you access to not one, not two, but three haunted attractions as well as a haunted stage show.  Step inside the dreaded Board Room where your senses will be bombarded with gory visuals that will paint a most sinister backstory to the three attractions you will tour.  Silent Evil has you fleeing in terror around the haunted traps of an already evil magician turned serial killer.  Cold Blood will make you tread ever so slightly through an elaborate pathway, avoiding detection from one of nature’s cruelest creatures.  Before you enter Malevolence, makes sure you pack some holy water!  You are going to need it as you enter a run-down church that is now a stronghold for Satan himself.  RIP Passes can be purchased for a premium and will have you drenched in your worst fears in no time!

FrightFind It: Chamber of Horrors NY in Hauppauge, NY
Runner Up: Darkside Haunted House in Calverton, NY

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North Carolina Top Haunt: Woods of Terror

The Most Terrifying Time Of Your Life!

WOODS OF TERROR

Profiled by MSN, USA Today, and Buzzfeed, Woods of Terror in Greensboro is more than just a haunted attraction, it’s a haunted theme park!  Dive into a modern-day horror film special effects quality park where nearly two hundred actors make it their personal mission to scare you senseless.  This haunted park contains exactly twelve haunted areas to choose from. Arachnophobia will introduce you to the creepiest and crawliest things in the dead of night.  The Blood House is home to a pick of thirsty vampires looking for unsuspecting humans of the night to feast on.  Blackout Terror will have you crawling around a most maniacal maze in total darkness.  Get there early every night so you don’t miss out on the Midway Monster parade that kicks off every night of screams.

FrightFind It: Woods of Terror in Greensboro, NC
Runner Up: The Darkside Haunted Estates in Middlesex, NC

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North Dakota Top Haunt: Haunted Fort

Come Get Your Fear On!

Haunted Fort

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in Mandan is a tourist hotspot for most of the year when thousands come from all over the country to take in the historical splendor.  That is until the Halloween season hits and this location becomes a total fright fest!  Celebrating its 18th year in scaring North Dakotans senseless.  All are welcome to venture out to Haunted Fort where you can try your bravest to endure four different haunted houses packed into one.  The Old Circus Freakshow, Custer Manor, Post Asylum, and Guard House II provide not so subtle levels of fear and horror that even some of the most veteran haunted attraction goers have been known to flee midway through.  Darkness Unleashed is a special night when there’s no light at Haunted Fort and you have to endure the many terrors of the night in total darkness. If you’re 21 years or older and survive the scariest night of your life, descend into The Cellar where you can enjoy a cold craft beer!

FrightFind It: Haunted Fort in Mandan, ND
Runner Up: Acres of Terror in Leonard, ND

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Ohio Top Haunt: The Dent Schoolhouse

Welcome To Nightmares 101!

The Dent School House

Selected by horror magazine icon Fangoria as one of the best haunted attractions in America, Dent Schoolhouse certainly does not disappoint.  Built in 1894, the schoolhouse was actually the site of a serial killer spree committed by the janitor all those decades ago.  A general admission ticket will grant access to you and your bravest friends, allowing you to roam through the halls all the while avoiding the most sinister and horrifying of creature creations in all of Cincinnati!  This haunted attraction also doubles as a real-life paranormal haunt due to the sordid history associated with the building. Paranormal groups and ghost tour bookings are an absolute must during the Halloween season and can be done by simple reservation.  Tickets are available for purchase now so come and get the finest in horror education!

FrightFind It: The Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, OH
Runner Up: Haunted Hydro Dark Attraction in Fremont, OH

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Oklahoma Top Haunt: Psycho Path

Where the Screams Are So Loud Even Kansas Hears You!

Psycho Path Haunted House

Over forty acres of bloodthirsty haunted attraction action highlight what is the largest haunt in the entire state of Oklahoma.  Open every single night during the month of October and more, Psycho Path offers up forty-four nights of absolute living hell to those brave enough to step inside and brace for the scares.  Haunting horror legends prowl about this massive outdoor haunt, looking to prey upon you and your friends.  Dodge them if you can, but let it be known some of the most psycho-possessed demon clowns prowl about this haunt seeking to steal your soul.  Psycho Path of Tulsa is one dedicated haunt, so much so that it even offers other special haunted events throughout the year.  Psycho Path is a can’t miss if you’re in Oklahoma and needing a scare!

FrightFind It: Psycho Path in Sperry, OK
Runner Up:  The Hex House in Tulsa, OK

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Oregon Top Haunt: Fearlandia

The Capital City Of Hell On Earth!

Fearlandia

Ranked as one of the top haunted attractions for 2017 and 2018 by FrightFind, Fearlandia in southern Portland is without a doubt the capital of scares in the Pacific Northwest.  For 2019 they are serving up not one, but two haunted attractions for the price of one giving horror fans a double dose of what is to be surefire misery.  Oden’s Eye takes you into the heart of Asgard, where an unlikely quest for Oden’s greatest treasure has you dodging mythological creatures of all sinister types.  Into the Dark is the second half of the haunt that takes you on a twisted journey through complete darkness!  Step in something wet?  Hope it’s water?  A spilled soda perhaps?  Bloody entrails from various humans the creatures of the night have devoured?  You’ll have to brave up and find out for yourself.

FrightFind It: Fearlandia in Portland, OR
Runner-Up: Milburn’s Haunted Manor in Hubbard, OR

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Pennsylvania Top Haunt: Field of Screams

If You Build It, They Will Die!

Field Of Screams

Named the Best Extreme Haunted Attraction by USA Today, the Field of Screams in Mountville outside Lancaster is the best of the best when it comes to haunted attractions in not only Pennsylvania but the entire United States! Four frightening feasts of fear are available to quench even the most scare-thirsty of horror fans!  Haunted Hayride takes you and your friends on the deepest and darkest journey into the night where a demented assortment of redneck pig butchers, psycho clowns, and demonic creatures of the night await your every turn.  Den of Darkness is over three stories and chock full of living nightmares.  Nocturnal Wasteland is a venture into a cavalcade of cannibalistic mutants so disgusting you may faint from pure fright!  Frightmare Asylum is a heart-pounding tour into the sick sad world of medical mishaps and malpractices so disturbing many people refuse to enter from pure fright.  The Field of Screams claims many souls, will yours be next?!

FrightFind It: Field of Screams in Mountville, PA
Runner Up: Haunted Hollow in Somerset, PA

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Rhode Island Top Haunt: Factory of Terror

So Terrifying They Need Three Locations To Contain It!

Factory of Terror

Factory of Terror based in Warwick, Rhode Island is so terrifying that two other locations in Worcester and Fall River are needed to contain all the frights!  Each separate site contains five haunted houses in one, however, each location is different. Phobia Mayhem confronts those who dare to enter it, where their darkest fears come to life!  Dracula’s Hideaway will be having you crossing paths with the king of all vampires and his bloodthirsty minions.  Clown College 4D is anything but funny when you are up close and personal with the most disgustingly demented clowns ready to pounce. Special ticket combinations for locations and haunts are a value lifesaver for the haunted attraction junkie.  Five haunted attractions equal five times the fear and Factory of Terror is cranking it out by the hearse-load!

FrightFind It: Factory of Terror in Fall River, in RI
Runner Up:   Field of Screams in West Greenwich, RI

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South Carolina Top Haunt: MadWorld

They Seek To Ruin Your Soul!

MadWorld Haunted Attraction

One of the most immersive haunted attractions in the entire state of South Carolina, MadWorld brings the scare factor to never before seen heights.  The Asylum, Clown House, The Prison, Zombie Brain Smash, and the Voodoo Experience are just a fraction of the haunted attraction frights served up at MadWorld.  The frighteningly real haunted characters prowling about are truly what nightmares are made of!  Gather your friends and see if you can dodge the likes of Valmoprh, a disgustingly foul and bloodthirsty vampire!  Do your best to hide from Gunther, a psychotic runaway clown who cares a larger than life ax looking for his next victims.  Escape rooms, brightly lit bonfires, carnival games for all, photo booths to capture your scare-face, and twisted face painting for kids, are highlights among this very un-dead nightlife at MadWorld!

FrightFind It: MadWorld in Piedmont, SC
Runner Up:  The Fear Farm in Lexington, SC

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South Dakota Top Haunt: Fear Asylum

Where They Bottle Your Screams and Sell Your Soul!

Fear Asylum

Considered to be the premier haunted attraction in the state of South Dakota, Fear Asylum is looking to serve up the best scares possible.  Celebrating more than a decade in the haunted attraction business, the Fear Asylum has enjoyed tremendous success and this is due soul-ly to the special effects department who goes all out in making sure they’re doing horror right.  Gory, graphic, gruesome, and violent are just some of the many descriptions used by previous attraction goers who have walked away with nightmares for weeks!  Journey through the asylum and prepare to cross paths with disfigured patients with a taste for human flesh.  Turn corners and try your best to not get trapped by some of the most demonically shaped monsters to be found this side of Hell itself.  Do you have what it takes to brave this asylum of fear, pain, and terror?!

FrightFind It: Fear Asylum in Brookings, SD
Runner Up: Terror in the Dark in Rapid City, SD

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Tennessee Top Haunt: Frightmare Manor

True Terror Lives Here!

Frightmare Manor

Ranked #6 Scariest Haunted Attraction by U.S. City Traveler, Frightmare Manor in Knoxville is the most notorious haunted attraction in all of Eastern Tennessee.  Spanning over twenty plus acres containing three of the most haunted houses in southern existence, Frightmare Manor is a true king in horror. Backwoods lets you get a terrifying glimpse into a real-life body farm and its unholy harvest.  Rage introduces you to a chemically induced nightmare you’ll never wake up from.  Carnevil contains a cavalcade of clowns, and we’re here to tell you…they aren’t funny.  Special note for the Frightmare Manor Challenge, a grueling test of horror where you can receive your money back and your picture on their official “survivor wall”, but be forewarned that honor has only been achieved by few!

FrightFind It: Frightmare Manor in Talbott, TN
Runner Up: Dead Land in Lebanon, TN

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Texas Top Haunt: Thrillvania

Shudder.  Scream.  Faint.  Repeat.

Thrillvania

Chosen by the Travel Channel as one of the Scariest Haunted Attractions in the United States, Thrillvania is certainly bringing the scares to the Dallas area.  Standing and sprawling on over fifty terrifying acres, this eerie attraction features three official haunts combined into one supremely haunting experience. Trail of Torment is a terrifying traipse around in the dead of night where only the crazy brave can survive.  House of Clowns is anything but a happy atmosphere as you try to outmaneuver bloodthirsty clowns with wicked smiles on their faces.  Or as one reviewer put it, “this place is way more terrifying than Alcatraz was!

FrightFind It: Thrillvania in Terrell, Tx
Runner Up:  Cutting Edge in Fort Worth, TX

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Utah Top Haunt: Haunted Forest

If You Scream In The Forest, Do The Trees Laugh?

Haunted Forest - Utah

The only thing scarier than venturing out into a forest late at night is doing it in a haunted one!  Haunted Forest is just south of Salt Lake City and brings about nightmares to unsuspecting attraction goers by the hundreds every night.  Tortured hillbilly redneck clowns and bloodthirsty demonic creatures are the supreme scares here as you and your friends do your best to dodge them in this 1,000,000 square foot haunt!  Celebrating thirty years in the business of scaring you senseless every Halloween season, the Haunted Forest is one you’ll never forget, or forgive after they terrorize you all night long!

FrightFind It: Haunted Forest in American Fork, UT
Runner Up: Nightmare on 13th in American Fork, UT

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Vermont Top Haunt: Dead North

Need Directions To Stay Alive?  Just Dead North!

Dead North Haunted House

Clocking in at over a mile long, Dead North is the ultimate farmland in terror.  Grim reapers bear down on you with razor-sharp scythes.  Disfigured psychopaths give chase to unsuspecting attraction goers.  Chainsaw-roaring madmen are hellbent on giving you and your friends the scariest night of your life!  And did we mention this is over a mile long?  Fan reviews of this haunted attraction crowd-pleaser have documented that even the most seasoned veteran of such frights have tapped out midway through this march into madness.  Creepy Farm is a “lighter” haunted attraction aimed at younger people who just can’t handle the terrors that Dead North offers!

FrightFind It: Dead North in Danville, VT
Runner Up: Nightmare Vermont in Essex Junction, VT

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Virginia Top Haunt: Red Vein Haunted House

Looking For Lambs To Slaughter!

Red Vein Haunted House in Virginia

A witch’s curse from the 1500s carries all the way over into 2019 as the Red Vein Haunted House in Richmond brings to you a more atmospheric haunted attracted.  Blended and inspired by true-life events combined with modern-day special effects and sets, Red Vein Haunted House doesn’t rely on chainsaws or knife-wielding clowns to make you scream. Rabbits Cry Field is an absolute corn maze must for those who want to get to know their vocal cords a little better.  The Redvyn Asylum will open its doors to the living and give attraction goers a firsthand look at the mentally insane and just how deep their unslaked depravities go.  The Lambs To Slaughter is an 18+ experience that you must sign a waiver to participate in…and that’s as much as we will give away on that truly terrifying experience for only the bravest of the brave!

FrightFind It: Red Vein Haunted House in Ashland, VA
Runner Up: Haunted Nightmares in Winchester, VA

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Washington Top Haunt: Fright Factory

Just How Loud Can You Scream?

Fright Factory

Quite possibly one of the most tortured inspired haunted attractions on the planet, Fright Factory in the unsuspecting town of Buckley, has been harboring a not so friendly secret. Consider yourself to have been warned about stepping inside this frightful abode full of what is quite possibly Hell’s rejects themselves.  Hallways drenched in human blood, entails adorning the walls, and the most terrorizing horror hounds giving you a true horror chase the likes of which you have never seen before.  Ever wonder what sound your voice makes after it gives out from screaming?  You’ll find out firsthand if you’re brave enough to endure this haunted attraction from Hell.

FrightFind It: Fright Factory in Buckley, WA
Runner Up: Nile Nightmares Haunted House in Mountlake Terrace, WA

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West Virginia Top Haunt: The Asylum Haunted House

Real Asylum. Real Fear. All Abomination.

The Asylum Haunted House

Set inside the real Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the Asylum is taking that haunted attraction experience to a whole new and disturbing level.  Legitimately haunted by former asylum patients from its bloody past, the Asylum is ratcheting up the real-life fears to give you, even more, to scream about!  Tour through the tortured hallways of the past and experience firsthand the untold terrors contained within the Asylum!  What’s that clawing sound?  Is it a tortured patient trying to flee?  The real-life Shadow Man coming for his next victim?  Or maybe that’s the sound of your own heart trying to escape your chest!?!?

FrightFind It:  The Asylum Haunted House in Weston, WV
Runner Up: Fright Nights in Daniels, WV

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Wisconsin Top Haunt: Misery Haunted House

Not your typical CheeseHeads

Misery Haunted House

Tapped as one of the top-rated haunted attractions in Wisconsin for five years in a row, Misery Haunted House is changing up the theme this year.  Bringing in some of the best and scariest horror talents and artists that they can find, this year they challenge you and your bravest friends to “Escape the Deep” with their haunted pirate theme.  Surfacing from the deep of Davey Jones’s Locker itself, sea creatures and hidden ocean horrors will be upfront and very personal with you.  Twisted pirates of the demonic persuasion will be around every corner to ensure that no good scream goes to waste this Halloween season!

FrightFind It: Misery Haunted House in Berlin, WI
Runner Up: Green Bay Fear in Green Bay, WI

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Wyoming Top Haunt: Nightmare on 17th St

Elm Street Has Nothing On Them!

Nightmare on 17th Street

For more than thirty years, the Nightmare on 17th Street has been scaring the resident of Cheyenne senseless and this Halloween season it will be no different!  The building used as this modern-day house of horrors is an actual haunted location with a sinister past. Claustrophobia is the name of the horror game here as you and your friends muster up all the courage you can to brave over fifteen different blood-drenched, gore-filled, and spooktacular scenarios of demonic proportions.  As one emotionally scarred haunt goer said, “I was so scared that I couldn’t even make it past the first room!

FrightFind It: Nightmare on 17th St in Cheyenne, WY

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No other city in the United States has more haunted cemeteries within a city limit radius than New Orleans. Plots of land, some carved out centuries ago, were fashioned with beautifully haunting architecture that remains standing to this very day. Here’s a list of the top five haunted graveyards in New Orleans and why you should visit them.

St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Right in the heart of New Orleans, St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery is the most visited and most popular cemetery in all of New Orleans, let alone in the United States. Named after the nearby St. Louis Catholic Church inside the famous French Quarter, this beautifully gothic graveyard dates back all the way to 1789 when the first groups of locals were to be buried there. One of the most prevailing theories is that the activity in the St. Louis No. 1 is high because of its most famous posthumous resident. The Voodoo Queen herself, Madame Marie Laveau is buried inside the cemetery gates.

Another popular grave and spirit inside the St. Louis No. 1 is that of 19th Century sailor Henry Vignes who is said to haunt his family’s tomb. For decades visitors have talked about a tall, pale-looking man with intense eyes who appears from out of nowhere and asks if anyone has seen his papers before disappearing behind a headstone. Restrictions in the cemetery are tight and anyone wishing to visit is better served with signing up for one of the local daylight tour groups.

St. Roch Cemetery

St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans

The little known St. Roch Cemetery in the middle of the city has earned a reputation of being one of the more haunted places to visit. The history behind the origin of the St. Roch neighborhood goes back to the mid-1800s. The cemetery itself holds one of the rare paranormal distinctions of having a ghost dog on the premises which itself is ironic considering St. Roch is a patron saint for dogs. Over the years many visitors have seen a big black dog with shadow-esque features strolling throughout the rows of headstones. Another ghostly specter resident to the cemetery is simply known locally as “the Hooded Ghost.” There’s no known origin to this spirit that is described as wearing a dark-colored robe with a hood. The Hooded Ghost’s face has yet to ever fully be revealed which certainly notches up the scare factor on this cemetery.

Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans

No numerical relation to St. Louis Cemetery No 1. and situated within the famous Garden District of New Orleans. This very haunted cemetery is dated all the way back to 1832 and holds one of the larger amounts of Irish graves anywhere to be found. People who fell victim to the Saffron Scourge yellow fever epidemic of the 1800s were buried here and it is believed to contain over 7,000 graves, but also contains an untold number of ghosts and spirits as well.

The most fascinating aspect about the Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery is that it’s not haunted by a spate of famous ghosts from historical tombs on the property so much as the haunted reputation is based on the visitor experiences with the paranormal here. Strange sounds run the gamut in the permanently haunted grounds as walking tour visitors have been known to hear sobbing within close earshot. Tears in such a place are to be expected, but not when nobody else is standing around you at all! EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) have been captured in all areas of the cemetery grounds to include the words: “hospital”, “fever”, and “help me”. A burial plot here is rumored to cost upwards of $200,000 for a family, which combined with the paranormal factor makes this an absolute must-see!

Metairie Cemetery

Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans

The Metairie Cemetery sits in the lower easter portion of the Metairie area which of course is just a couple miles north of downtown New Orleans proper. One of the more popular haunted areas of this cemetery is the grave of a former New Orleans madam named Josie Arlington who helped run the red-light district areas of the city which flowed from her own prestigious brothel. Josie’s mausoleum at the Metairie stands nearly twelve feet tall and is built entirely out of granite. Most impressive is the granite statue of a woman whose hand is lovingly placed against the doors as if she were in mourning.

The most haunting aspect of this tomb is that visitors and sextons employed at the cemetery have claimed that the statue has disappeared completely at times and reappeared in other parts of the cemetery! The bizarre paranormal activity doesn’t stop there with this particular grave, as on Valentines Day every year (the anniversary of Josie’s death) the granite flames atop her former tomb are said to briefly turn into fire and burn before physically manifesting back into granite!

Big Woods Cemetery

Big Woods Cemetery

Alright, this one is admitted located outside of New Orleans in Edgerley, but for those who just love a ghost-filled cemetery to visit, then this one is surely a must-do on any ghost tour. Consecrated back in 1827, the grounds are officially haunted by a mysterious entity dubbed, “The Gatekeeper”. Oral legends from area locals claim that the stories began with people witnessing a brightly lit mist that would float about the cemetery in the dead of night. Nobody has ever been known to approach it as those (un)fortunate enough to see it have explained that there is a sense of dread and uneasiness. Visitors to Big Woods have claimed that upon coming across the shadow of the Gatekeeper, they immediately look to leave the cemetery only to find that their car engines fail to start preventing a hasty escape! This cemetery is well worth the visit for any paranormal enthusiast.

When it comes to horror and the supernatural, nobody is doing it better these days than the streaming colossus of Netflix. Hit series such as Haunting of Hill House, The Santa Clarita Diet, and The Witcher have proven to be a massive success with critics and horror fans alike. Coming off the high critical reception of 2019’s Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, just what exactly does Netflix have up its horror sleeve next?

Netflix’s New Haunted House Docuseries

Anticipated for a late 2020/early 2021 debut is their most exciting and chilling docu-series yet, a look deep inside the most notoriously haunted houses in the United States. This currently untitled series is set to take viewers further than any documentary series on the subject of paranormal activity has ever taken them before.

Just who is behind this deep dive into the macabre and often taboo subject? Showrunner and director for Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and the critically acclaimed film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile that starred heartthrob Zac Efron as the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, horror documentary mastermind Joe Berlinger will be overseeing this series. The production studio that Netflix will be working with on the show is based out of Imagine Entertainment which is further overseen by none other than Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard. Needless to say that anyone who might worry about or question the quality of this paranormal activity series should put those fears to rest as it sounds like the show will be put in extremely good and capable hands.

On the subject of haunted houses, just exactly which ones will the show explore in-depth? Anticipated among many horror fans is that Amityville should be put at the top of any haunted house list. The Haunting In Connecticut home, a former real-life funeral home turned into a residence, should be king when it comes to providing the best in horror scares. While those two haunting classics are some of the more well known out there, will it feature any more of the obscure cases that have been known only among innermost horror fan circles? The Lizzie Borden House of Fall River. Screaming House of Union, Missouri that actually shrieks. Perhaps the infamous LaLaurie Mansion of New Orleans, or even the modern-day Bothell Hell House of Washington state.

Horror fans mark your calendars for late 2020/early 2021 for what is sure to be Netflix’s biggest breakout horror hit. Don’t you dare miss this one!

Not many horror movies out there get such succinct and kick-ass sounding sequel titles, but for fans of the legendary Halloween franchise, you wouldn’t expect anything less. Didn’t know that Michael Myers wasn’t finished in 2018’s smash hit and the direct sequel to the original Carpenter classic? Here’s the latest horror rundown on things you need to know…..and know now!

John Carpenter Gives Halloween Kills Update

The horror master, director, writer, and composer of the first film, John Carpenter took to Twitter in the early hours with a letter to Halloween fans with some most awesome news. Never one to drop teases, Carpenter sent shockwaves through social media when he tweeted:

Halloween Kills Tweet

“The movie is something else. It’s fun, intense and brutal, a slasher movie times one hundred, big time. It’s huge. I’ve never seen anything like this…..the kill count…..”

Sounds to us like Haddonfield is about to get bloodier and have more bodies stacked up than it has ever had before!

Halloween Kills Cast

Halloween Kills!

Major players and more are back. Eternal scream-queen Jamie Lee Curtis, sequel survivor mom and daughter duo of Judy Greer and Andi Matichak. Want a blast from the 1978 original? Actress Kyle Richards returns as the now-grown Lindsey Wallace. Even better is that eighties cult actor Anthony Michael Hall has been cast in the role of the equally grown Tommy Doyle. The writer from the 2018 hit, Danny McBride has done a solid job along with Scott Teems punching up the script for the sequel. And return director once again (with John Carpenter’s blessing of course) is David Gordon Green.

Halloween Kills Trailer and Release Date

COVID-19 might have done the job of preventing some films from ever having taken a shot at playing in cinemas on the big screen, but not a Michael Myers film. Any horror fan worth their cinematic salt knows that you can never fully take him out and with that being said, Universal Pictures has officially slated Halloween Kills to premiere worldwide on October 15, 2021.

Don’t believe us? Check out the latest teaser trailer and keep those 2021 calendars marked!

Looking for a quick drink with a haunted edge in New Orleans? Perhaps a French Quarter Phantoms ghost tour will whet your whistle along with a visit to all of the ghostly cemetery hot spots like St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 or St. Roch Cemetery. We here at FrightFind have put together the four most frightening and haunted bars in all of New Orleans for you to visit for a cold one… if you dare.

The Old Absinthe House

The Old Absinthe House

No better place to indulge your favorite drink than at the Old Absinthe House located right on Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter. However, a visit here and absinthe may not be the only spirit you are liable to encounter. The most famous spirit here is said to be that of pirate Jean Lafitte himself! The early 19th-century pirate and bootlegger are said to haunt the second floor of the bar, where some people have claimed to see not only Lafitte standing near the window in his trademark hat but also next to the ghost of former President Andrew Jackson.

Former employees at the Old Absinthe also have spoken about drink glasses mysteriously being moved around or accidentally knocked off bar tables by unseen forces. Even with some table chairs being rearranged, one of the more audible manifestations is the sound of laughter and merriment from corners of the bar in which nobody is present at all. Did we mention the Absinthe drinks?

Pat O’Brien’s Bar

Pat O’Brien’s - New Orleans

The hottest spot before, during, and after Mardi Gras is none other than Pat O’Brien’s bar, where you’re likely to encounter spirits in both the bottom of a glass as well as floating past you! The bar’s location on St. Peter street was originally constructed all the way back in 1791. The most haunted spot in the bar is said to be the ladies’ restroom up on the second floor. Women visitors and employees alike have said that even the ascent to the second floor near the restroom brings forth a certain eeriness. Vicious cold spots along with a heavy stomping sound that seems to descend from the antiquated attic storage area above are what they notice most.

Like most establishments in New Orleans, the backside area holds smaller courtyards and the one at Pat O’Briens features typical patio furniture for visitors. Many times during non-peak hours, the staff will have the patio furniture straightened and perfected for any visitors, only to walk back outside moments later and see that the furniture has been completely strewn about in disarray by an unseen force.

Tableau

Tableau - New Orleans Haunted Bar

Tableau is, of course, one of the more popular establishments in all of New Orleans. Sitting on at the corners of Chartres and St. Peter Street, this open kitchen bar that’s built within a vintage stage theatre was first formalized in 1916 although historical records date part of the actual brick and mortar building to go as far back as 1789! To start there is the spirit of a particularly self-conscious Civil War Union soldier that has been seen inside Tableau.

Visitors recount seeing a younger man in Union soldier dress blues who appears to be straightening his gloves, lapel, and even hair all in the direction of what is just a normal wall. In 2017, a YouTube video surfaced of camera footage from the bar area. A bartender is quietly sweeping the floor when a dozen wine bottles on their racks fly off and smash across the room! Think we’re kidding? Check out the footage and when you’re in New Orleans, check out the Tableau for yourself if you dare!

May Baily’s at Dauphine Orleans Hotel

May Baily’s at Dauphine Orleans Hotel

Located just a mere two blocks over from the aptly haunted St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, the Dauphine Orleans Hotel is a French Quarter staple. Guests at the bar and hotel have reported seeing a young, slender woman in a flowing white dress that passes by them in an instant, only to disappear seconds later! Urban legends over time have many believing that the woman in the ghostly bridal dress is none other than Millie Baily herself, May Baily’s younger lovelorn sister.

There are also sightings of other female entities that can be seen dancing through the courtyard areas at any hour of the day in a period dress who seemingly disappear without a trace! As for the hotel half, one family in particular on the second floor reported to be awoken late at night with their bed shaking violently and fleeting cold spots felt, all in the middle of sweltering Louisiana July heat with absolutely zero explanation! Phantom brides, Civil War-era bordello ghost women, and shaking beds? Sign us up!

Haunted Honorable Mentions: Kerry Irish Pub, The Alibi, Tujague’s, The Bourbon Pub, The Jimani, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop

Among some of the oldest buildings out there in America today are our universities. The age of these college campuses even surpasses that of some statehoods being founded. Think you’re really alone in the library on a quiet evening studying? Was your dormitory part of an unholy campus ritual? Check out this list for some of the most haunted universities in the entire United States.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Among the many secondary battle sites of the Civil War is the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a supernatural twist, it is not the Civil War battle sites around the city that are reputed to be haunted, instead, it is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga that is said to hold all the ghosts. Hooper Hall has doors opening or slamming with nobody there and heavy fast footsteps on the antiquated tile floor.

Students report feeling watched by an unseen presence that seems to bring a chill with it. Despite being an on-campus church, the Patten Chapel is haunted by the spirit of a woman dressed in white. She has been seen in both the daytime as well as nighttime, drifting for an instant by stunned students and agog faculty members. Disembodied Civil War soldier spirits in the former medical college building? This university definitely has a 4.0 in Ghosts 101!

Marquette University

Haunted Marquette University

Marquette University was founded all the way back in 1881 and stands as a private Roman Catholic school that was initially built by the Jesuits to help with the influx of the German immigrant population at the time. But being built by such holy men and means, is it safe from the supernatural?

One of the most haunted places on campus is within the Schroeder Hall dormitory, particularly on the ninth floor is where most activity is said to have taken place. One student in a room is reported to reach for his Rosary and have his ankle snap! Disembodied sounds and shadows got so bad at one point in time that a priest was brought in to bless the room to quiet down any activity. Another student claimed that ectoplasm had even begun leaking down a wall at one point in their room. And even at Mashuda Hall, objects that levitated and moved caused such a disturbance that there is a long-standing rumor around campus that an actual exorcism was performed in the hall so as to end the paranormal activity.

Penn State University

Haunted Penn State University

Long considered to be one of the premier universities in the northeast area, Penn State University has been a cornerstone for academia to all those seeking higher knowledge. But your friends at FrightFind are here to tell you, they’ve got ghosts! A campus library is said to hold the spirit of a murdered student who to this very day still tries to break through to the living to reveal her murderer. Atherton Hall is one of the oldest on campus, and it should come as no surprise to anyone that it has a ghost, the spirit of Frances Atherton, the late wife of the school’s former president. Doors slamming and odd noises sure, but at other times her spirit has been spotted as if checking in on the students.

Schwab Auditorium is another campus haunt that many believe contains the spirit of a former janitor who still makes their presence known. Scratching sounds about the floor, doors opening and closing, heavy footsteps in empty areas, and objects being mysteriously relocated are just a few of the reported phenomena. Extra Credit: In 2006, former student Ryan Buell founded the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) at Penn State. It was a homegrown club on campus that met up to investigate paranormal cases in the surrounding tri-state area. Their paranormal adventures were later chronicled in the smash-hit television show, Paranormal State.

Iowa State University

Haunted Iowa State University

Iowa State may have been founded back in 1858, but it’s very possible that the spirits haunting this campus were there a long time before that. Farm House on campus is said to be haunted by the spirits of two different women who once lived there. While the Farm House is a museum today, the curtains have been spotted by students and visitors mysteriously swaying with nobody in the room. On more than one occasion a female spirit has been seen to manifest and one frightened woman was said to have approached and greeted the spirit before it disappeared into thin air.

Fisher Theatre is still haunted by the spirit of a long-time acting professor who once directed some of the finest plays from her wheelchair. In a chilling turn of events, her wheelchair was donated to the program and still used by the students in plays. And guess what? That very wheelchair has been seen moving and turning….with nobody in it!

The University of Georgia

University of Georgia

Like in any good horror film, the most haunted place on a university campus is the sorority. Prior to serving as a sorority house, the Alpha Gamma Delta mansion was actually home to a wealthy Athens family. However, the happy home turned into tragedy when the eldest daughter hung herself after being stood up at the wedding altar.

The spirit named Isabel haunts in a variety of ways. The most innocuous is her turning the lights on and off at odd times, along with the occasional door opening or closing to its residents. However the most terrifying of these paranormal acts is that some young women who are getting themselves dressed in front of a mirror have seen the reflection of Isabel in the mirror staring back at them! Demosthenian Hall is yet another one of the university’s many haunted buildings where an ashen grey spirit has manifested to scare some students out of the building completely.

Yale University

The Haunted Yale University

Found in 1701, Yale is the third oldest university in the United States so you just know there are a few ghosts there. On campus is the chilling Wrexham Tower which has its share of dark history. . According to campus lore, three different students at one time or another committed suicide in a third-floor suite there. Intermittently, over the years various students have reported paranormal activity in this particular suite to involve freezing temperatures, voices, and doors opening, and closing, all associated with classic poltergeist behavior. As a result of the complaints, Yale has had the room completely sealed to prevent any further dark manifestations from happening.

Outside beneath the New Haven Green walkways used to be an actual burial ground during the Revolutionary War, but bodies were relocated at some point in the 19th Century to the Grove Street Cemetery. Bodies mismatched with headstones have given further credence to the belief that the spiritual grounds of Yale are quite restless and thus the abundance of ghostly hauntings here.

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College was founded in 1832, some thirty years before the Civil War and its bloody exploits charged through. Penn Hall is said to be the most haunted place on campus because, after its early construction, the building was used as a temporary field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg. Reports of the paranormal activity here start innocent enough with lights mysteriously flickering on and off without any provocation or explanation. There are sudden thudding sounds and whispering voices that can be heard in the halls from time to time.

However, it is the basement area of Penn Hall that is the most frightening. Students and campus workers have taken the elevator to the basement and once the doors open, a fully-fledged and manifest Civil War ghost hospital scene is taking place before their very eyes! Virtually all of the other campus haunts here involve Civil War soldier spirits in some varying capacity, making it one of the only college campuses in the United States to be haunted exclusively by spirits from this era in American history.

Ohio University

Haunted Ohio University

First constructed all the way back in 1804, Ohio University in the sleepy town of Athens is totally unsuspecting on the surface. However, looking closer this quiet campus has more than its share of noisy spirits. Wilson Hall is the most haunted building on campus and Room 428 is often thought of as the epicenter.

Disembodied voices are said to be heard emanating from the room as well along with on and off again pockets of freezing cold air. The activity has been surprisingly real as objects have been seen both levitating and being thrown across the room by an unseen force! In fact, students have claimed to see very demonic-looking faces in the door and threshold of the room. Oral campus legends have propagated that a former female student practiced astral projection among many other things in the room and quite possibly opened up a doorway. Odds are whatever came through didn’t adhere to the admissions policy exactly.

Fordham University

Haunted Fordham University

Constructed by the labor and means of the Catholic Church via the Jesuits, Fordham University in Manhattan is one of the oldest in New York City. Is it haunted? With the supremely gothic architecture and design on the outside and the stories that have leaked out, we sure think so! Martyr’s Court is a cross-section area of campus that holds two antiquated residence halls. Students in the dormitory there have for decades seen the spirit of a little girl with blonde hair who peeps from around corners in the bathrooms only to disappear when approached.

Keating Hall (in 1973 Keating Hall was used as a filming location for the legendary horror film The Exorcist) had a campus security officer doing a routine safety check for the building only for him to flee in terror as chairs in one commons area were wildly being thrown about the room by an unseen entity! Across campus at Queen’s Court, things were so active one night that a resident Jesuit priest who stayed on campus actually had to perform a ritual blessing to ward off the spirits that caused him and the students in the hall not to get any sleep.

Flagler College

Flagler College

St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States and it should come as no surprise that its very own Flagler College is quite haunted! Said to be haunting Flagler College is none other than the spirit of its namesake, Henry Flagler himself. His death may have been in 1913, but that hasn’t stopped his spirit from being seen for several decades afterward. A popular hotel before it became a college, Flagler actually kept a bevy of mistresses all over town including one at the hotel itself. Haunting the fourth floor, this Flagler mistress entity is known as “The Woman In Black”, and her presence is especially chilling. Adjacent to her former room there, students over the years have claimed to hear high-pitched screams as well as see objects flying off shelves. Strange light anomalies have been reported to permeate this area of the hotel that reaches into the college grounds.

Reportedly, a few brave students have breached the closed-off area to the room and a campus rumor claims that some of them entered the room and saw a shadowy figure dangling from the ceiling by their neck. Thinking about taking an official college visit to Flagler? Special attention should be paid to those prospective students who have taken pictures and left there noticed mysterious shadow figures in their photographs!

Without a doubt, the wildly popular Netflix series Stranger Things left fans with quite a few cliffhangers for the end of Season Three. Eleven seemed to have been drained of the majority of her powers after fighting off the Mind Flayer. Joyce together with her family and Eleven as well, look to move out of the seemingly cursed town of Hawkins, Indiana for good. Most shocking of all was the literally disintegrating death of beloved Hawkins sheriff and series fan-favorite Hopper, played with droll comic charm by actor David Harbour.

Stranger Things Season 4

While Hopper’s death wasn’t directly played out on screen, the shockwaves of his death on the show and in the fan community were heartbreaking at best (who didn’t shed a tear when Eleven read Hopper’s letter at the end of season three?). Fan speculation of whether Hopper died or didn’t die in has had fans of Stranger Things in a hot debate for almost a year. And now series creators and directors of the show, the Duffer Brothers have finally given an answer to this long-awaited question. And they did it in a wholly upfront way with a fifty-second long teaser trailer clip.

Stranger Things Season 4 Trailer

Judging by the newest teaser trailer clip from the Duffer Brothers……Hopper is alive! While this is a welcomed and great relief to many fans of the series who felt his character deserved a proper ending, from the looks of the teaser trailer Hopper is alive but none too well. Fan breakdowns of the trailer appear to show Hopper imprisoned in some sort of Soviet Union mini-gulag or work camp deep within the snows. Along with dozens of other prisoners, they look to be busy laying down tracks of some sort. A quick shot of one working who pauses to catch their breath and remove their cap shows Hopper with a freshly shaven head to be among the prisoners.

The trailer ends without revealing much more thus whetting the appetites of Stranger Things fans all over the globe. Production for Season Four officially started in January 2020 and has an end of production date slated to be August 2020. Judging by the longer than normal production calendar the best guess is to presume that Stranger Things Season Four will premier in the late Winter 2020. The Duffer Brothers did officially drop that the first episode of Season Four is to be called Chapter One: The Hellfire Club. For pop-culture fans, the Hellfire Club was a group of wealthy elites in the X-Men comics who controlled various worldwide events and catastrophes.

Will Season Four be chock full of X-Men references? How did Hopper end up in a Russian prison camp? Will Eleven get her powers back? Keep checking back with FrightFind to stay up to date on all the latest in Stranger Things Season Four news.

While there are conflicting theories and questions as to who the first serial killer was, we here at FrightFind have an even bigger one for you. Who was the very first family of serial killers? The Sawney Bean Clad is of an Irish true crime legend were the numbers and exploits of victims are hard to certify. The Kelly Family of the Midwestern United States actually had a trap door built under a chair at the dinner table to dump victim’s bodies to their deaths, but even then the death tally is marginal. Just who was the biggest and worst serial killing family on the planet? That grotesque notoriety goes to none other than the Bender Family of Labette County, Kansas. And guess what? Their infamous land is now for sale and you can be the lucky owner of one of the bloodiest places in serial killer history.

Who were the Bloody Benders Family?

Back in 1870, homesteading was still the primary method that a large portion of Americans used to own land. Given away totally for free by the United States government, millions of acres were up to anyone who applied. Among the more socially awkward and unappealing applicants was a German immigrant family by the name of Bender. Late middle-aged patriarch John Bender Sr. and his wife Elvira, were able to secure over one hundred and sixty acres upon which they could build their dream farm. John Sr. spoke almost no English (opting almost always for his native German) and what little that came out was in guttural forms that were likened to that of a vicious dog barking. His wife Elvira barely spoke anymore English than he did and her demeanor and personality were so mean-spirited and vicious that many people who met them believed her to be Satan’s wife in the flesh.

Along for the homesteading farm build was John and Elvira’s only son, John Jr. Most surviving accounts recollect John Jr. to be in his twenties with a shock of red hair and a joker-esque personality. Also with the family was their only daughter Kate. In great contrast to her parents and brother, Kate was reported to be extremely attractive and spoke English perfectly.

The Bloody Bender Family

In 1871 the Benders opened up a roadside inn adjacent to their Parsons, Kansas property. Their murderous gimmick was later revealed in the national newspapers to be quite simple. Wayward travelers or spiritualist would be lured inside. It was known throughout the town of Parsons that Kate was often seen hanging up flyers advertising her psychic readings and seances that she would hold at the inn. Inside the inn, a table or bench in which a victim sat would have a very simple canvas curtain inconspicuously strung up behind them.

Having the room lit with a typical oil lamp of the time and ready for a psychic reading or seance, the victim’s guard would be down. Behind the curtain would be standing either John Sr. or John Jr. who would then take a sledgehammer and bash the unsuspecting victim in the head from behind. With their skull crushed and brains oozing out, Kate would then produce a knife to slit their throats to ensure their total death before Elvira stripped them of all their monies.

The Bloody Bender Family

Bodies were kept in the basement area and eventually buried out into the family orchards. The Benders were able to keep up their bloody serial killing ways for nearly two years until they came across their final victim. Dr. William York was a man who went calling on the Benders in the Spring of 1873. When he never returned, his brother Colonel Ed York and Kansas State Senator Alexander York, organized a search party to find their brother. Suspecting the Benders, the York brothers procured warrants to raid the property. Upon seizing the property the Benders escaped, however with what the York brothers found, they simply couldn’t give chase.

What happened to the Bloody Benders?

Bodies were buried in the basement of the inn (which was difficult to breach since the hinges were rusted over with clotted human blood), while out in the orchards, even more victims were found. Most had crushed skulls, others multiple stab wounds, and some even were evidenced as being buried alive. Eleven bodies were officially tabbed by officials while twenty one more were partially confirmed. Across the property were other body parts that never could be claimed thus revealing the true number of unsuspecting victims at the hands of the Bender family to be never truly known.

In their hasty escape, the Benders were able to successfully evade capture for their crimes. One of the most prevailing theories is that John Sr. and Elvira later fled to Minnesota while John Jr. and his sister Kate went to Texas. One of the posse members with Colonel York made a deathbed confession that Kate was captured and set on fire in a ditch right there in Kansas, burned alive for her crimes at the hands of vigilante justice. Her remains were never found.

Through the ages, the property itself was surprisingly maintained and the 152 acres of former bloody Bender property has been put up for sale by the Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company of Kansas. But do you know what is the most terrifying and chilling downside to owning this piece of serial killing family history? The land the bloody Benders once roamed has never fully, and totally be excavated! Are there still remains? Whatever happened to the Benders? For now, only the supernatural heavens know.

In 2004, burgeoning filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Wannell created a horror film with a seemingly simple concept about two men in a room.  Shortly after, this concept with an incredibly small budget became the unexpected horror smash film of 2004.  Sixteen years and seven bloody sequels (including one filmed in 3D) later along, with over $976 million at the worldwide box office, it was only a matter of time before the series was reborn. Doing anything special on May 15, 2020?  Good, because that’s when Spiral: From the Book of Saw premieres to bloodthirsty horror film fans worldwide!

Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson lead the cast of Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Comedian Chris Rock is set to star in Spiral: From the Book of Saw.  Rock has admitted that this role in this horror film is quite out of the element for audiences who enjoy his comedic work, but he has doubled down on his role in the film as a quite serious and level-headed detective. Horror fans can be assured this will not be a comedy-heavy film.  The second casting bombshell is the newly disclosed role to be played by Samuel L. Jackson!  No stranger to horror films such as Snakes On a Plane or 1408, Jackson’s addition to the cast is more than enough to give this franchise reboot a boost.  Rounding out more of the cast will be William Schenk and Marisol Nichols in undisclosed roles.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Teaser Trailer

The story behind Spiral was actually written by Chris Rock himself who had an idea for the horror franchise.  To aid him in putting his twisted vision together, former longtime Saw series writer and director Darren Lynn Bousman is there to properly ensure that this sequel gets the best possible treatment.  Also, former longtime producer for the series Oren Koules is back as well, ensuring fans that despite the soft-reboot treatment, Spiral will once again contain some of the most torturous and bloody Jigsaw traps we have ever seen!

Speaking of Jigsaw himself, does longtime franchise veteran and horror master Tobin Bell appear in this film?  For now, any trace or word of his presence in the film has been kept a huge secret.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Theatrical Release Date (Updated)

Want to see who has the last laugh?  Spiral: From the Book of Saw premieres in theaters on May 21, 2021 (Updated on 12/2020).

Note: This release date has been pushed back a year because of Covid and this date may be pushed again. Check back and stay scary!

Ed and Lorraine Warren are without a doubt the most famous paranormal investigators of all time. Together, the husband and wife pair investigated some of the most violent hauntings in the world, including the Amityville Horror, the Haunting in Connecticut, the Smurl Family Haunting, and the Enfield Poltergeist. Over time, the pair accumulated an astonishing amount of paranormal and supernaturally charged objects that reside in their own household called the Warren Occult Museum. However, this occult museum is not the only one located in the New England area. Paranormal investigator John Zaffis is the nephew of both Ed and Lorraine Warren, and he has accumulated a vast amount of haunted objects.

The John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal

Based in Stratford, Connecticut, people come from all over North America and beyond to bring Zaffis whatever presumably haunted object is making their lives absolutely miserable. His personal objective behind the existence of the museum is to educate people on all the different types of haunted items that are out there in the world. He has stood very firm in trying to tell people, who might be looking for help, that haunted items are not exclusive to just a singular belief system or religion. Zaffis stresses that these sorts of haunted items can happen to anyone of any faith and that there are people out there like him who are there to help. However, before any object is just handed over by someone and accepted into his museum, Zaffis first takes it out to a small barn on his property. The object is typically kept there under lock and key until he returns with large quantities of holy water and a prayer book containing certain binding spells. He repetitively and religiously blesses the object to the point where any initial negative energy is thwarted. With objects containing a deeper, and darker energy his binding spells help to keep it in place before it can escape and wreak havoc on those around it.

In educating people on the types of objects out there, Zaffis stresses that everyday objects can be used by evil spirits to harbor dangerous negative energy. Mirrors are one such common object that he tends to see a lot of at the museum. According to Zaffis, mirrors are in fact able to hold energy, by becoming trapped somehow between the glass and filament that binds it together in the back. Spirits can definitely be trapped inside of mirrors and they are particularly effective for conjuring spells. Everyday household objects like mirrors are not the only thing that he has large quantities of in the museum, the other is dolls.

Haunted Dolls

The John Zaffis Paranormal Museum

Simon and The Boys

While his aunt and uncle perhaps have the most famous haunted doll, Annabelle, Zaffis certainly has some that are enough to give her a run for her money. One such display in his museum is a little pair of hobo-clown dolls that he has dubbed simply, “The Boys.” Innocently enough they were purchased at a thrift store by a woman who brought them home before noticing an uptick in paranormal activity there to the point she was nearly going insane. He displays them to show how innocent little items like that can still have a dangerous effect.

Another is a ventriloquist dummy named Simon, who has piercing green eyes and a wicked smile. It was a gift for a child, whose parent one day noticed the doll talking and moving its mouth without anyone operating it. Perhaps the most sinister doll there is named Chiefy, who resembles that of a miniature voodoo priest in ceremonial garb. Zaffis says that a woman purchased the doll and took it home, only to witness an overwhelming amount of negative energy manifest. She was bitten, scratched, and harassed by unseen forces to the point that she herself needed an actual exorcism to combat the forces hidden away in the doll.

Haunted Objects

Delving deeper into the museum there is a vast assortment of other haunted objects. There is a white wedding dress that was once worn by a hopeful bride who was strangled on her own wedding day. Many years passed before the dress was resold and the new buyer eventually took it to Zaffis where he had someone do a psychometry reading on it.  Mid-way through the reading, the reader felt a choking sensation along with a cold grip around her throat.

The John Zaffis Paranormal Museum

John Zaffis with The Sword

He also has a simple silver jewelry box filled with innocent looking jewelry. Perhaps the most haunted item in his possession is that of an antique sword. A woman brought it to him after divorcing her husband, but he gave the sword to his son as a gift instructing him to keep it posted up on the wall in his room. Later the boy’s mother saw a black hooded shadow figure in her son’s room gathered around the sword. Upon investigating the object, Zaffis confirmed that there was indeed Satanic inscribed writing on the sword as well as mysteriously cursed objects built into the handle.

The museum is kept on his private property and not formally open to the public, however, Zaffis has given rare glimpses inside one of the most haunted collections in America. Most often, people call him up for a paranormal investigation leads to them taking the haunted objects home with them. Zaffis does get calls to go collect haunted objects, but after picking them up he says he always is plagued with mysterious car trouble.

People either believe in ghosts, or they don’t. Everyday videos are uploaded to Youtube arguing for or against the evidence of life after death. Are these ghosts or something else that perhaps science can explain?

Here are 13 of the scariest ghost videos online today.

Ed Warren Ghost Provocation *Bonus Footage*

An excerpt from an early 1990s VHS tape that was a documentary on Ed and Lorraine Warren, the ghost hunters from the real Conjuring House haunting. This is actual footage from a real haunting the Warrens investigated. Ed Warren uses religious provocation to challenge the spirit and what happens next will leave you speechless!

Ghost Chair


Can wheelchairs move with nobody in them? Outside a hospital emergency room in India, a stationary wheelchair mysteriously rolls forward on a level path, constantly changing direction unassisted for what appears to be a distance of seventy feet! Even more impressive is the security guard who observes it with a shocked expression.

Haunted Ventriloquist Dummy


Everyone agrees that ventriloquist dummies are creepy enough on their own, but to see a decapitated one move? At a private collection in Liverpool, England a WWII era dummy called Mr. Fritz was caught on the overnight security camera blinking his eyes, moving his mouth, and even opening and closing the locked glass case. Pay special attention during the up-close shots and spot the white orbs!

Schoolhouse Ghost


At a primary school in Cork City, Ireland, an overnight security camera was recording footage of a school hallway. In the dead of night, with nobody in the school whatsoever, a very active poltergeist makes its presence known on camera. Turns out that ghosts don’t like having homework to do either.

Shadow Man Airplane


Everyone has heard of Snakes on a Plane, but how about shadow figures? A security guard at Mexico City International Airport responded to a bizarre noise complaint on an empty jetliner. Responding in the dead of night, what he sees next has him running for the nearest exit. Guaranteed goosebumps on this one for sure.

Ghost in a Shop

In an Egyptian pharmacy, a ghost decides to have some fun and wreak havoc. Flickering the computer lights, it’s possible this ghost was a computer scientist. Or maybe it’s new to technology. Either way, this surveillance footage is sure to leave a shiver down your spine.

 

Going Swimming in Puerto Rico

You may not want to go swimming after this. In 2018, a woman captured a terrifying video while floating on the Isabela River Canal. This video shows some people riding the river rapids in Puerto Rico, when you can suddenly see what appears to be a ghost woman dressed in white swimming with them. She must have been too hot in the Puerto Rico sun.

Ghost Pub Glass Attack


It’s a busy night at a crowded pub in Belford, Northumberland. The patrons are naturally jam-packed around the bar, as many pints of ale are served. Overhead surveillance camera footage was able to capture what happened to one man’s ale pint glass. Students of paranormal activity have not been able to spot anything that would signify the glass being tampered with. Set up in the real-life haunted Salmon Inn, this rambunctious ghost behavior is nothing new.

Ghost Stretcher


Security camera footage from a hospital courtyard in Rosario, Argentina shows an unattended stretcher begin to move around and for the briefest of moments seem to actually levitate. While the paranormal activity it displays is eerie enough, what happens at the end of the video is really scary and shows that whatever is pushing the stretcher isn’t nice.

Haunted Pub

Owners at Tyler’s Kiln, located in Canterbury, England, have recently experienced an uptick in paranormal activity. This haunted bar has doors opening and closing, mysterious shadows flying by, and security alarms going off in the dead of night. To try and capture who might be setting off the security alarms overnight, they set up a surveillance camera. What they captured next was completely unexpected.

Black Shape Bridge


Two men out for an evening drive near the Haunted Governor’s Road Bridge in Davidson, Maryland. One of the most haunted places in all of Maryland, the pair capture a sinister black shape on camera that scares them so badly, they speed away in a panic.

 The Screaming Ghost

On September 14, 2003, a hotel employee named John was sent to investigate sounds of screaming coming from an unoccupied room. As the video progresses, viewers can audibly hear the sounds of a distressed woman screeching. We then see John enter the hotel room. What happens next? You’ll have to watch the video and find out…

Villisca Axe Murder Ghost

Inside the home of the real-life shocking Villisca Axe Murders of 1912, the current owners were experiencing some paranormal activity in one of the children’s bedrooms. A camera was set up, and one of the owners confronted the ghost child themselves.

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The sleepover is one of the most important adolescent rites of passage that can ever be experienced. Gathering up an assortment of your best and most personal close friends, you engage in a virtually sleepless overnight binging on prank phone calls, wanton gossip, horror movies, and junk food to the point of unbridled hedonism. However, at some point, these youthful conversations run dark and deep. Ghost stories are interjected with seriousness until someone proposes to play a supernatural game. Six Sinister Sleepover Games……that we don’t recommend you ever play!

Ouija Board

Ouija Board

Known throughout the world as a spirit board, this communicative board has served as an unholy pathway to contacting the spirit world for centuries. It wasn’t until 1901 when an American businessman named William Fuld acquired the patent rights (that eventually ended up in Parker Bros. hands), to the Ouija Board. Using a spate of numbers alongside the alphabet and “yes” or “no” commands, people ask virtually anything of the spirit world. Despite the harmless appearance, the Ouija Board has done more harm than good, causing untold numbers of demons and paranormal havoc to come through! This dangerous sleepover board game has been labeled as “highly dangerous” by Catholic exorcists for a reason!

Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board

Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board

Popularized in the 1995 cult film, The Craft, this scary sleepover game is wholly physical. One person lays on the floor as four other people surround them. Using only two fingers each underneath the person’s limbs, the volunteer is asked to visualize being dead in a coffin. Then the group chants, “Light as a feather, stiff as a board” and ever so slowly begins to raise the person from the floor and soon the person is completely levitated as if weightless! The origin of this bizarre scary sleepover maneuver actually has a history dating back to the late 1600s, when a British naval commander witnessed a group of young French girls performing this mock levitation!

Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary Game

The “truth or dare” portion of the sleepover is always an expected one. Rather than tell the truth, most insist upon the dare and the Bloody Mary dare is almost always used. The unlucky participant must enter into a bathroom or any other where a mirror is positioned with only a candlelight to accompany them. With their back to the mirror, they then begin calling up on Bloody Mary by chanting her name thirteen times. After the last utterance, you blow out the candle, then turn around and face the mirror only to have Bloody Mary’s twisted screaming corpse-ridden face looking back at you!

The Cat Scratch Game

The Cat Scratch Game

This game is very bizarre and its origins are still a complete mystery today. The Cat Scratch game is traditionally played with just two people. One person sits cross-legged on the floor and the other person lays down with the back of their head resting on the other person’s crossed legs. The person sitting has them close their eyes and they begin to slowly massage their temples. As they massage a poem is recited and dependent upon one of many versions:

There once was an old lady who owned a cat. The cat was very nice it meowed and purred. One day, the cat got hit by a car and died. Cat scratch, cat scratch, cat scratch. The old lady got a new cat and it was very mean. It hissed and clawed. Cat scratch, cat scratch, cat scratch. One day the cat got hit by a car and died. The old lady decided not to get another cat. Cat scratch, cat scratch, cat scratch.

At the conclusion of the poem and temple massage, the person lying down then stands up and raises their shirt to find a mysterious cat scratch raked across their abdomen!

The Red Book

The Red Book Game

This one’s sleepover origin comes from deep within the heart of Mexico and it is an otherworldly fortune-telling game. The concept is simple with the first step being to acquire a red book. Next, go into a dark room and light a candle as you and your friends are seated around it on the floor. Then you ask aloud, “Red book may I enter the game?” You close your eyes and ask a random question before turning to a random page and placing your finger on a random sentence. You then open your eyes and read the sentence aloud and your question is answered. Players must always ask permission to enter and leave the game or rumored negative consequences could occur.

The Triple Mirror Game

Triple Mirror Game

Terrifying and dangerous, this one requires the use of salt lines to be placed across windows and doorway thresholds in a candlelit room. Three mirrors are then used in the darkened room with the first mirror reflecting off the doorway and then the two subsequent mirrors reflecting back off of it. In the third mirror, it is said that any spirits that are nearby will actually appear in the mirrored reflection. Want to know just how many ghosts are in your house, this game will certainly tell you and all your sleepover friends!

Drive-thru car washes are something that everyone has in their part of town. Most of them cost $8 or $10, and you can drive your car right up to the conveyor built, slip it in neutral, and feel the weight of your car being pulled inside the wash tunnel. Some use neon lights while others utilize near-total darkness, but overall people find this oddly claustrophobic trip to be therapeutic at times. It is only natural that some car washes have upped their game by adding terrifying and gruesome clowns to the experience. Here are three spooky clown car washes that can help get those bloodstains out……or do they?

GFY Car Wash – Houston, Texas

Located at 20615 Kuykendahl Road, the GFY Car Wash is once again providing the scares along with a rinse and wax to customers looking for a Halloween fright with their wash. This location is providing extra late hours so as to make use of every drop of nighttime goodness that they can. Expect to be given free candy before your wash, but stay alert because at any moment gruesome-looking clowns and spooks of all types can appear at your window! Ghostface from Scream, Pennywise from IT, and even Jason Voorhees are scaring things up in any car wash capacity you can think of. Be sure to get there as the sun goes down as the lines are known to be long, and above all else keep your windows up and doors locked!

Rain Forest Car Wash – Brunswick, Ohio

Situated at 3365 Center Road, the Rain Forest Car Wash is looking to get all those pesky bloodstains off your car. During the Halloween Season, the Rain Forest extends their hours into the late evening so that victims…er…customers can come in for some cleaning up. Approach the misty, and fog-filled wash tunnel as a cavalcade of sinister-looking clowns offer to squeegee your windows and others prowl and tap on your windows. Never before has terror been so close, and cleansing to your car at the same time. Get there early to avoid late-night lines.

Rich’s Car Wash – Daphne, Alabama

If you’re in the Mobile area of Alabama and looking to get your car washed as you’re terrorized by some ghastly ghouls, then get on over to 28823-US98 in Daphne to Rich’s Car Wash. For the second year in a row, the “Tunnel of Terror” is back. Have your pre-wash check conducted by a machete-wielding psychopath before you enter the fog-filled, red-lighted wash. Was that blood that just sprayed across your windshield? Or perhaps a cleaning solution used to get all those streaks off? You’ll never truly know because some frightening fiends will pound and tap on your windows hoping you may be their next victim. Rick guarantees you’ll drive away with a cleaner car, but can’t guarantee you to be nightmare-free!

Mastermind horror author extraordinaire Stephen King has made it known that he intended to write a magnum opus piece at some point in his career. While he has officially dubbed The Dark Tower series as that piece if you were to ask his fans they would largely refer to The Stand as the real magnum opus. Powerful and hard-hitting, his 823-page novel burst onto bookshelves in October 1978 and horror fans instantly blessed it as a classic. Now, forty-one years later one of the most read horror novels of all time is making a big-time comeback.

The Stand Novel Becomes A Miniseries

The origins of the novel are routed loosely around George R. Stewart’s Earth Abides novel, in which nearly all of humanity is wiped out. King built upon this by having an influenza-style virus that’s immune to antibiotics and vaccines, wipe out 99.4% of humanity on Earth. Collectively two groups of survivors are left with the more heroic characters being inspired by a group dream to create a free zone of democracy. The other group which is morally bankrupt descends upon Las Vegas at the behest of semi-Dark Tower resident villain Randall Flagg. King’s novel was raw and visceral with the struggle against what was left of humanity being an epic showdown.

The Stand 1994

In 1994, the ABC network along with former Masters of Horror showrunner Mick Garris put together a Stand four-part miniseries which starred an assortment of Hollywood character actors including Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Miguel Ferrer, Laura San Giacomo, Jamey Sheridan, and Rob Lowe. For a long time now the miniseries has held up well, but a much-needed remake is on the way.

The Stand 2020 Cast and Crew

Fresh for 2020 will be an updated miniseries for The Stand. The premium CBS All Access streaming service will be the producer and streaming platform behind this production. The showrunner for the miniseries will be director Josh Boone, alongside veteran horror executive producers Roy Lee and Richard P. Rubinstein. Writing episodes alongside Boone will be none other than Stephen King and his own horror novel writing son Owen King.

The Stand 2020 Cast

James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgard, Odessa Young, Whoopi Goldberg, Marilyn Manson

As for the leads, veteran X-Men actor James Marsden will play the titular role of Stu Redman. Playing the coveted bad-man role of Randall Flagg will be none other than everyone’s favorite vampire kingpin from the horror show True Blood, Alexander Skarsgård! Rounding out this already star-studded cast is set to include, Greg Kinnear, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg, Henry Zaga, Daniel Sunjata, Odessa Young, and even shock rocker Marilyn Manson!

This sprawling ten-episode series will premiere sometime in late 2020, and even Stephen King himself has promised that the ending to this version of The Stand will extend beyond what he originally ended his novel with and is set with a new, and far-reaching ending that horror fans just won’t see coming.

Congratulations to our grand prize winner Brittany Doerfler! Thank you to everyone who entered.

Win Over $800 in Halloween & Holiday Digital Decorations from AtmosFX in FrightFind’s Just in Time for Halloween Sweepstakes

Win two AtmosFX Holiday Digital Decorating Kits as well as several of AtmosFX’s Digital Decorations. This includes a projector, tripod, remote, projection material and 14 pre-loaded scenes. Valued at over $800 in digital decorations for both Halloween and Christmas, this is a must-have for any home haunter or Halloween enthusiast.
Details on entry and prizes below.

How to Enter

Go to Facebook and share, like, or comment on this post. For every action you take, you get an entry. On October 21st, 2019, FrightFind will randomly select and notify the first and second prize winners. Don’t have Facebook? That’s fine, simply comment on this post and you’re in like Flynn.

First Prize Details

One first prize winner will take home 2 AtmosFX Digital Decorating Kits, 2 Window Projection Materials, 1 case (50) Gourdy the pumpkin plushies (for the coolest giveaway for your trick or treaters!) plus all of our new 2019 digital decoration collections. Only 1 first prize will be awarded at random on October 21th, 2019.

The AtmosFX Digital Decorating Kit Includes:

The AtmosFX Digital Decorating Kit

  • Projector
  • Professional mounting tripod
  • Remote control (2 AAA batteries not included)
  • UL power adapter
  • Projection material (4′ x 6′)
  • Digital Decorations SD Card with 14 pre-loaded scenes

Digital downloads for all 3 new for 2019 AtmosFX Halloween digital decorations (Halloween Moon, Creepy Clowns, Ghostly Apparitions 2):

2 Window Projection Material XL:
Window Projection Material XL

1 case (50) of Gourdy the pumpkin plushies for trick or treaters or party guests:
Gourdy the pumpkin plushies

Second Prize Details

AtmosFX Creepy Clowns

10 Second prize winners take home a digital download of the Creepy Clowns.

“The circus left town, but three peculiar clowns have stayed behind to amuse the neighborhood. Or perhaps, abuse the neighborhood? Mischievous one moment, malevolent the next – the intentions of these wayward jesters are not always clear. Full of ominous pranks, Creepy Clowns even includes Art the Clown from the ‘Terrifier’ film series.”

10 second prize winners will be awarded at random on October 21st, 2019.

Contest Rules & Terms and Conditions

No purchase required.
Enter as many times as you like.
Sweepstakes only open to legal residents of the United States of America
Prizes will be awarded at random on October 21st, 2019.

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