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Haunted Attractions in the USA

Ticketed and seasonal scare experiences, presented as entertainment rather than evidence of a haunting.

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Editorial basis: cards use each listing's short description and are ordered by haunting level, then views. Approved community reports are counted separately.

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Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, PA

An 1829 Philadelphia penitentiary that operated until 1971 — its regime of complete solitary confinement is considered one of the most psychologically severe in American prison history. Now a year-round historic museum with ghost tours; its seasonal haunted event each fall is among the country's largest.

2 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Extreme

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Pennhurst Asylum

Spring City, PA

A former state institution with a troubled history, now known for both reported paranormal activity and one of America's largest Halloween haunt attractions.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Extreme

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Bates Motel & Haunted Hayride

Glen Mills, PA

A famous haunted house at Arasapha Farm and the centrepiece of one of Pennsylvania's best-known Halloween attractions.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) High

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Field of Screams

Mountville, PA

Field of Screams at Mountville, Pennsylvania, is a four-attraction scream park built around its famous Haunted Hayride and the Nocturnal Wasteland outdoor trail — a Lancaster County family farm transformed since 1993 into a perennial national top-ten haunt across three decades of October seasons.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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The Basement: A Live Escape Room Experience

Sylmar, CA

The Basement in Los Angeles pioneered the horror escape room — players 'abducted' into the fictional lair of cannibal killer Edward Tandy, hunted by live actors through Hollywood-grade connected rooms. It has been the genre's benchmark and origin point since opening in 2014.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Scream Acres at Bloomsbury Farm

Atkins, IA

Scream Acres turns Bloomsbury Farm's Iowa cornfields into the state's premier haunted attraction each October — scare actors stalking the standing stalks across haunted corn-maze trails and barn walk-throughs, the working family farm by day becoming Scream Acres entirely after dark.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Erebus Haunted Attraction

Pontiac, MI

Erebus fills four storeys of a former downtown Pontiac parking garage with time-travel horror — a Guinness-record haunted attraction where the building drops, buries and swallows its visitors. Brothers Ed and Jim Terebus have run Michigan's biggest scare since 2000.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm

Homer Glen, IL

Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm at Homer Glen is Chicagoland's premier fall festival — a family farm since 1981 grown into 50+ attractions of hayrides, pumpkin chucking, a family-friendly Haunted Barn and a billion-gazillion pumpkins, an autumn tradition for four decades of families.

0 approved community reports

No approved photo available

Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Netherworld Haunted House

Stone Mountain, GA

Netherworld is America's most decorated haunted attraction — an Atlanta-area monster factory founded 1997 by film-industry veterans, famed for Hollywood effects, stunt actors and creatures that follow you to the car park. Its address says it all: 1313 Netherworld Way.

0 approved community reports

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate
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About haunted attractions in the USA

This page gathers haunted attractions reported across the United States — drawn from local history, published folklore and visitor reports. Many are open to the public, and several offer tours or overnight stays.

Stories are recorded as accounts rather than established fact. Browse by state above, or open the full map to explore everything near you.