Sponsor Spotlight: HellsGate Haunted House

We are very grateful to HellsGate Haunted House for being a 2024 Featured Attraction and Sponsor of Haunted House Chicago! HellsGate Haunted House is open on multiple evenings remaining in the 2024 season. Please check our their website for dates and tickets. Make sure you don't miss out on a chance to experience and interact with many of their well-known characters throughout your haunted adventure at HellsGate! HellsGate Haunted House 3101 Canal Street Lockport, IL 60441 https://www.hellsgate.com/ Vital Signs: Opened: 2016 Number of attractions: 1 (but a 3-part adventure) Size: 2 acres (trail/cemetery) and 14,000 square feet (mansion) Number of actors: 150+ Setting: Outdoor/Indoor Parking: Free,...

Haunts Open This Weekend: October 18-20, 2024

Haunts Fans... we are in the "sweet spot," as we like to call it. From now until Halloween, all of your favorite attractions are open and ready to make you scream! Looking for some suggestions? Take a look at the haunts we have visited and are planning to visit this season here. This has all of our visitation breakdowns and notes as well! AND make sure to check out the 2023 Top 13 here. Pro Tips: 1. There will be larger crowds for this and next weekend, so please be patient. (All actors and actresses want your attention!) 2. Pre-purchase...

Days of the Living Dead 2024 Episode 4

HellsGate Haunted House is celebrating Shark Week this week or, perhaps more accurately, SHARKY Week! On this special spotlight episode of Days of the Living Dead, we're highlighting Alex "Sharky" Woday, one of HellsGate's most recognizable icon characters. Watch as John and Alex chat about what it takes to be a front-of-house actor, and how Alex went from being a teenaged fan of Statesville Haunted Prison, to becoming Sharky at Statesville, and how Sharky became one of the main ambassadors of HellsGate Haunted House! We love you, Alex! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1nb9ft8 Find Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daysofthelivingdead Follow Us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/daysofthelivingdead...

Haunts Open Tonight: Monday, October 14, 2024

Whatever the reason for today's holiday, the great news is that we all get a special Monday night of scares! Here’s who open TONIGHT, Monday, October 14, 2024, to tantalize and terrify! (In Alphabetical Order) 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago in Schiller Park, IL Basement of the Dead Haunted House in Aurora, IL Disturbia Haunted House in Downers Grove, IL The Old Joliet Haunted Prison in Joliet, IL Find more yard displays and home haunts near you with our friends at Chicago Haunt Builders: https://chicagohauntbuilders.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_CHB_List_Full.pdf #SpreadTheScream #SupportYourLocalHauntedHouse

Haunts Open This Weekend: October 11-13, 2024

As Bruce Buffer says, "It's Time!" Friends, THIS is the time of year we dream about all year long. Haunt Season is on! Nearly all haunted attractions and home haunts are rocking and rolling! AND today is National Haunted House Day! (Wait, isn't everyday that?) What better way to celebrate than with some screams at a spook house near you! Here's a handy list of those waiting to make you scream: (In alphabetical order) Friday, October 11, 2024 13th Floor Chicago Haunted House in Schiller Park, IL 5 Points Haunted House in West Chicago, IL Abandoned Haunted House Complex in...

Haunts Open Tonight: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Haunt Fans: The time of the year we have been waiting for is almost in full swing! Here's a great chance to visit some amazing attractions AND with significantly shorter wait times! Here's who open TONIGHT, Thursday, October 10, 2024, to tantalize and terrify! (In Alphabetical Order) 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago in Schiller Park, IL Basement of the Dead Haunted House in Aurora, IL Canyon Trail Cemetery Home Haunt in Carol Stream, IL Disturbia Haunted House in Downers Grove, IL Greenbriar Cemetery Home Haunt in Gilberts, IL HellsGate Haunted House in Lockport, IL The Old Joliet Haunted Prison in...