Welcome to the All New HAUNTED HOUSE CHICAGO!
We at DarkChicago.com are very pleased to present the all-new HauntedHouseChicago.com, just in time for the 2009 Halloween and haunted house season. Please bear with us as we get the site set up today - you may see some weird listings or wonky elements, but they'll be very temporary.In the meantime, go ahead and create your user account, which will let you rate and review haunted houses during the season.HAUNTED HOUSE OWNERSWe are starting the Haunted House Listings over from scratch this year, so please read the following carefully. YOU MUST ADD YOUR HAUNTED HOUSE YOURSELF. We've made it super-easy...
Clive Barker Reinventing Halloween!
Legendary writer/director/artist/bon vivant Clive Barker announced on his Twitter account this evening that he is working with Disguise to create his own line of Halloween masks, a line he intends to expand each year:I'm starting to get full-size sculpts for Halloween masks and costumes developed to give a wild, edgy look to my favorite holiday! In 2010 we'll start with The Dark Bazaar. Then we'll add characters to the mythology year after year - my designs for a whole new Halloween, with not a pumpkin in sight. I originate the characters as oil paintings. In 2011 we will get even...
HAuNTcon Pre-Show Haunt Tour!
Time is running out for this CAN’T MISS pre-show tour!Visit Six different Wisconsin Haunts in Two days on the HAuNTcon Pre-show Haunted Road Trip Bus Tour! April 29-30All inclusive ticket price includes:6 Different Haunted Attractions and a 4-D Theater! A ride on an antique passenger train! Bus Transportation! Hotel, Meals, Photo Op at Lambeau Field! Free beer, soda, and snacks at the Terror on the Fox!! And more!The Pre-show tour leaves at 8am on Wednesday April 29 from the Wyndham and returns to the host hotel at 6pm April 30. The current list of Haunts for this overnight bus trip...
HALFWAY to HALLOWEEN Haunted House Tours at HAuNTcon!
HAuNTcon, the Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow & Convention, takes place in Milwaukee April 29 - May 4. Milwaukee is only 1 1/2 hours north of Chicago. Haunted House enthusiasts can check out the tradeshow itself, but there's an added benefit to having HAuNTcon so close to Chicago - the Haunted House Tours!April 29-30, May 1st and 3rd each feature a different tour of some of the Midwest's best haunted houses!WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY PRE-SHOW TOUR: Terror on Rural Street, Terror on the Fox, Shawano Manor and Dominion of TerrorTHURSDAY: Realm of TerrorFRIDAY: Wisconsin Feargrounds, featuring Morgan Manor, Morgana's Torment and the all-new UnstableSUNDAY:...
Second Annual Chicago Ghost Conference
"The dead say nothingAnd the dead know muchAnd the dead holdUnder their tonguesA locked-up story."-Carl SandburgOne of the city's most beloved poets, Carl Sandburg, knew a thing or two about being haunted. Each October, we attempt to unlock the "locked up stories" of the spirits of Chicago--and beyond--at the Midwest's premier ghost hunting event of the season. The first Chicago Ghost Conference went down in history as the first ghosthunters' convention ever held in the city of Chicago. For the first time, field investigators, authors, historians, folklorists, artists, sensitives, and enthusiasts from every walk of life came together in one...
HAuNTcon 2009 : Right Next to Chicago!
Join Haunters from across the country for the Sixth Annual Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention, April 30-May 4, 2009 at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention Center with a pre-show Haunted road trip April 29-30, less than an hour and a half drive from the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago!Open to the general public, HAuNTcon is a convention and expo that packs in everything a Haunter could possibly want or need to make the next Halloween season the best it can be! Designed by Haunters, for Haunters of every age and level of experience, HAuNTcon brings people together...