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The Weekend's Hottest Attractions in Chicago!

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There's just one weekend of October left and Halloween is a couple days away! Celebrate the end of the Halloween Season by spending the weekend checking out some of Chicago's Haunted Attractions, including Haunted Houses, Spook Walks and Trails, Haunted Corn Mazes, Hayrides, Escape Games and more! No matter what type of frightening fun you're looking for - ChicagoHauntedHouses.com has the end of your spooky season covered!

Once you've visited any of the attractions on our site, be sure to come back and leave a review on ChicagoHauntedHouses.com to let others in Chicago know how your haunting experience was!

Edge of Insanity
Kokomo, IN
Open Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
In the quiet farm country on the outskirts of small town Indiana, not everything is what it seems. Here, in what used to be acres of farmland, remain the vestiges of what was once a privately owned and operated asylum.
Midnight Terror Haunted House
Oak Lawn, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
Midnight Terror is a horror driven unique haunted attraction on the South-side of Chicago. Located in the Town of Oak Lawn, It features two terrifying haunted houses with over 30+ rooms and 60+ actors directly from your worst nightmares.
Basement of the Dead Haunted House
Aurora, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 2 other dates
Basement of the Dead: In the late 1920’s, Walker Laundry opened at 42 West New York St. and became Aurora’s largest laundry Company.
Undead Acres
Monee, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Join us on a zombie hunting safari, wielding your trusty paintball gun against the legions of undead. WILL YOU SURVIVE???
House of Torment
Morton Grove, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
HOUSE OF TORMENT IN CHICAGO! House of Torment introduces a new brand of fear in Chicago this Halloween Season! One of the biggest, baddest haunted house experiences in the country is here to chill, thrill, and horrify you.
Haunted Hayride & Trail at Cedarburg Creek Farm
Cedarburg, WI
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Looking to have a little spooky fun this fall? Come to Cedarburg Creek Farm for our infamous haunted hayride! “The Haunted Swamp” is one of the best family friendly haunted experiences around.
Cicero's Town Hall of Horrors
Cicero, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 4 other dates
Located at the Old Town Hall and Police Station, Cicero's Town Hall of Horrors is filled with haunting demons and monsters ready to excite the whole family!
Statesville Haunted Prison
Lockport, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
The Prisoners have rioted, the guards have fled, a darkness has seized control of this Maximum Security Prison and our Warden has opened the gates for visitors.
Creepy Hallow Halloween Park
Frankfort, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Terror Trails Haunted Cornfield & Woods: Take a hayride into the darkness of Creepy Hallow’s Terror Trails... where you are dropped off at The Haunted Cornfield, and left to find your way out of the corn with the creatures of the night!
Legendary Dungeon of Doom
Zion, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
Come Celebrate our 20-Year Fear-Union! Located at the old Briquette Factory in Zion, DOD has has engraved its name in the Hall of Shame because year after year, the sickest minds in the industry take the chill to new heights.
Disturbia Screams In The Park
Rosemont, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
MB Financial Park’s acclaimed interactive horror experience “Disturbia: Screams in the Park” will return to the basement level of the MB Financial Park parking garage (5501 Park Place) Friday, Sept.
The Massacre Haunted House
Montgomery, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 4 other dates
Ghastly horrors prowl Massacre Haunted House in search of new victims and fresh screams. Inside, 75 actors in full makeup startle wary explorers navigating more than 60 rooms strewn with gruesome scenes that would strike fear into the heart of any adult, teen, or amnesiac zombie.
Fear Forest
Galena, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Join us for a suspenseful walk through our haunted trail with only the light of the moon to guide your way. Brave souls beware, for the creatures of the night lie in wait and they are just dying to meet you!
Torment at Twelve Hundred
Orion, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
'Torment at Twelve Hundred' the Theatrical Haunted Attraction. 2016 enters Chapter 13 of the daunting saga where true Torment originates.
13th Floor Haunted House Chicago
Melrose Park, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
CHICAGO'S LARGEST HAUNTED HOUSE, THE 13TH FLOOR! Horror in the Heart of Chicago! This Halloween Season, explore the legend of the 13th floor at one of the most horrifying haunted house experiences in Chicago, the 13th Floor Haunted House!
The Haunt - Cedarburg
Cedarburg, WI
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Celebrating 10 years of scaring you silly. Terror. Plain and simple, and it's OK to scream. After 10 years, we know exactly how to create a haunted house that will get your heart pounding and your skin crawling.
Haunting History
Evanston, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Haunting History returns, with new history, mystery and magic What do you get when you combine a spooky turn-of-the-century mansion with the impish imagination of magician David Parr?
DEAD Rising Haunted House
Crestwood, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
D.E.A.D. RISING is a haunted Attraction. Built by the crew of D.E.A.D. INC haunted Attractions. We would love to scare the heck out of you.
Hayride of Horror
Lockport, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Dellwood has always been a family destination for recreation and entertainment. We invite you to ride our Hayride of Horror through the heart of this great park while the spirits of the long forgotten welcome you home.
Cairo Ale House Zombie Prom
West Chicago, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
WELCOME FRIENDS, FOOLS, AND GHOULS! ...To the Annual Zombie Prom! Come enjoy a night of nightmarish and haunting art, costume, food, FULL BAR, and NATIVE CHICAGO HORROR PUNK!
Jonamac Orchard Haunted Corn Maze
Malta, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Our 10 acre cornfield and 3 miles of winding pathways will take on a Halloween makeover and will cater to families during daylight hours, but watch out…adventure seekers should prepare to be scared when they challenge the maze during the Haunting!
Orland Park Lions Club Haunted Woods
Orland Park, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Experience what happens after dusk as you trespass past the old iron park gates and witness what lurks in the darkness. If you are lucky enough to make it to the edge of the park, a glimpse of the Park View Hotel can be seen and the hotel always has vacancy for new guests or should I say victims.
St. Pat's Haunted High School
Kankakee, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
St Pat's Haunted high school is going on their 15th year for putting on the largest haunted house in Kankakee. Located in the old school and St Pat's convent, this haunted house will take you through four floors of terror and more.
Bengtson's Pumpkin Fest
Homer Glen, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Pumpkin Fest is fun for the whole family! From pumpkin picking and pumpkin chucking to the Haunted Barn and plenty of kids' rides, you'll find a whole to to do at Bengtson's!
Scream Scene
Skokie, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
With its chainsaw maniacs and insane clown maze, Scream Scene has been terrifying visitors since 1997! At this time of year, the abandoned for the season Skokie Water Playground becomes host to the most frightening experience in Skokie.
Nightmare at the Terrace
Worth, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Are you brave enough to walk through the shadows of your worst fears? The nightmare begins the moment you step into the Terrace Centre and does not stop until you weave your way through 12 rooms of night terrors.
Six Flags Fright Fest
Gurnee, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Six Flags has been transformed by the Halloween Season once again! Come enjoy all the fearful frights!
Spider Hill
Chillicothe, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
ALL HORRIFYING EVENTS Massacre Mansion 'Within the confines of the Massacre Mansion you will experience dread such as you have never known.
Whoosh Witch
Schaumburg, IL
Open Sunday 10/30
Dark themes for Whoosh Witch have been banished. A great rallye for the kids as you will see homes with great Halloween decorations.
Karnival of Karnage - Gates of Hell
Belvidere, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
As Lucifer awoke from his fall from grace he uttered, “Behold I see the GATES of HELL!” He knew that he was home, he turned as he stood in front of the gates and said welcome all you damned, you shall not escape my grip but if you do you shall be changed!
Excursions Into The Unknown
Chicago Ridge, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 13 other dates
Halloween is a special time of year and why not celebrate this scary season by seeing some of Chicagoland's most haunted locations from the comfort and safety of a luxury motor coach!
Siegel's Cottonwood Farm Pumpkin Fest & Zombie Hunt
Lockport, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Over 30 attractions included in your General Admission! Harvest your Family Memories on our 40 acres of 'Affordable Fun on the Farm.
Odyssey Fun Farm
Tinley Park, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Zombie Safari Hay Ride Opens on Friday September 26th! Join us every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from September 26th - October 31st, 7:00pm - Midnight (open 'til 11pm on Sundays).
Tom's Farm Market Fall Festival
Huntley, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
It’s an all-day event at Tom’s Farm Market Fall Festival! Get the family together and stop by for a bunch of activities for kids of all ages (and grown-ups too)!
The Sycamore Pumpkin Festival
Sycamore, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Annual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival downtown. What started out as an idea by Wally Thurow in 1956 to offer something creative for the students of Sycamore, has grown from a neighborhood display on his front yard into the towns biggest city wide event beginning on Wednesday witht the Opening Ceremony and
Dark Shadows Home Haunt
Orland Hills, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Dark Shadows is a home haunt that has been running since 2000! Every year getting bigger and better, we have a full animated cemetery as our yard display with over 15 animated props.
Harvest Moon Hayrides & Halloween Egg Hunt
Sandwich, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
HARVEST MOON HAYRIDES Enjoy a family night of fall fun. Free hayrides, hot chocolate, cookies and a campfire are provided at Knights Park, 1001 N.
Reaper's Realm
Hammond, IN
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Do you DARE TO ROAM THE REALM? Find yourself within the walls of this eerily HAUNTED 1920’s Stone Mansion with its 3 FLOORS OF TERROR.
Psychosis Haunted House
Antioch, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Psychosis Haunted House is proud to be located in Historical Downtown Elgin. A portion of our proceeds and all pet food donations going to The Buddy Foundation.
Heap's Haunted Corn Maze & Moonlight Hayrides
Minooka, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
Legend has it that....... 150 years ago the Heap Family purchased a Healthy plot of farm land. It has been told, that the previous owner was a peculiar eccentric old chap who grew several acres of corn to trade with local farmers.
Frightmare Haunted House at Haunted Trails Family Amusement Park (Burbank)
Burbank, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 4 other dates
Frightmare Haunted House is our annual haunted attraction, open each October. It's a two-story, dark and scary maze that you must survive or you may become a 'permanent' resident.
Canyon Trail Cemetery
Carol Stream, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
It started with a few pumpkin leaf bags....... Then some corn stalks....... Next we added some spider webs on the bushes.
McHenry Area Jaycees Haunted Barn
McHenry, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
In the dark of night, comes the howls and snarls from the barn on the hill. This year the ghouls, and creatures are especially excited because this year is their 30th year to get free!
Death Toll: A Drinking Game
Chicago, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
They say dying is easy and comedy is hard. At Corn, we say both are easy…especially when booze is involved! Back again like the Bird Flu, the original drinking show returns to the Cornservatory stage for the sixth installment of everyone’s favorite hor-omedy sketch show Death Toll – A Drinking Game P
Fables Fright Nights
East Dundee, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
After the sun sets, the ghosts and ghouls will come out to scare in this immersive, expansive Halloween event! Make your way through multiple haunted attractions, featuring highly detailed, Hollywood-quality sets where monsters and boogeymen are lurking in the dark, ready to make you their next victi
Sonny Acres Farm
West Chicago, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Sonny Acres Haunted Wagon Ride lasts approximately 18 minutes. Tickets go on sale at 5:30 p.m. on evening of Wagon Ride. The sturdy hay wagons are pulled by our own lovingly restored tractors.
Camp Tuckabatchee Haunted Camp
Ottawa, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
Prepare yourself for a night of terror at the Camp Tuckabatchee Haunted Camp! Concessions with great homemade treats will be available every day.
Goebbert's Farm Fall Festival
South Barrington, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Goebbert's Fall Festival starts September 14th, 2015 and runs through Halloween. We are a great place for families to come and have a great fall day.
Halloween Happenings
Genoa, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
Enjoy this family event featuring games, rides, food and much more. A costume contest will be held and awards will be given.
Realm of Terror
Round Lake Beach, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Encounter one of the Nation's most immersive and entertaining Haunted House attractions. The Realm of Terror Horror Experience is a haunted attraction like no other.
D.O.A. Room Escape
Addison, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 15 other dates
D.O.A. Room Escape is a 'REAL LIFE', affordable, interactive escape from a room game where the participants actively determine the outcome!
Midway of Madness Haunted Attraction
Urbana, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and 1 other date
The Midway of Madness is taking over the Champaign County Fairgrounds for its fifth season of fright. Join us for terror and trepidation at the Midway of Madness Haunted Attraction.
Trilogy of Terror
Roselle, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Walk thru three 20x10 foot enclosed rooms of horror. Although this event is enclosed, we are not open in inclement weather.
Zombie Invasion at Space Golf
Orland Park, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
It happens every year around this time. Each October, Space Golf gets invaded by the dearly departed. ZOMBIE INVASION is back!
Sandwich Halloween Walk
Sandwich, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
Calling all ghosts and goblins! Join the Sandwich Chamber for the Annual Haunted Halloween Walk in downtown Sandwich. Children and adults of all ages are invited to trick or treat at our downtown businesses.
Hoppers Haunted House
Rockford, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 3 other dates
Your Fears Come To Life at Hoppers Haunted House. You Will Enter A World Where Life and Death are Meaningless. Fear Like You Have Never Felt Before.
St. Sym's Haunted Attic
Chicago, IL
Open Friday 10/28 and Saturday 10/29
The St. Symphorosa Parents have put together a spooktacular haunted house! Experience chills and thrills as you walk through the attic of the Sharp Center!
Halloween Hustle 5K
Palatine, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
The 10th Annual Halloween Hustle 5k Fun Run & Walk will take place on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. This CARA Runners' Choice Circuit Race runs through historic downtown Palatine.
Haunted Trails Family Amusement Park (Joliet)
Joliet, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 30 other dates
Haunted Trails of Joliet is a unique, year-round “Halloween-themed” family amusement park. Open year-round, Haunted Trails specializes in family-fun, birthday parties, group celebrations, company picnics and events for all occasions and ages.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Naperville, IL
Open Saturday 10/29
A malevolent serial killer, horrifically scarred and with a hand full of metal claws, is stalking the teenagers of Elm Street.
Richardson Farm Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch
Spring Grove, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
World's Largest Corn Maze! Many farms have cool cornmazes, but none can live up to the size and detail of the Richardson Farm Corn Maze with it's 5 separate maze games winding through 33 acres of live corn.
Haunt 31
Lake in the Hills, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
The display is free but donations are always appreciated. Donations can be sent via paypal to haunt31@sbcglobal.net or dropped into one of the donation boxes located throughout the haunt.
The Ghost Tour of Naperville with Kevin Frantz
Naperville, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
An historic Naperville street. A stately old house. A porch swing sways empty in the breeze... Charming? Indeed. But, don’t let this innocent façade fool you for a moment, this is the bone-chilling world of Naperville's unrested dead.
Shenandoah Pumpkin Patch
Galena, IL
Open Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
NEW THIS YEAR!! Welcome to the Midwest's best destination for old-fashioned family fun, group and family outings, picnics, school field trips, birthday parties, and more!
Haunted Chicago Segway Tours
Chicago, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and Sunday 10/30
This Haunted Halloween Tour is the first of its kind in Chicago. Our Ghoulish Guides will be your ghost hunters on this guided segway tour.
The Kill On Old Mill
Lake Zurich, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
Things just haven’t been quite right here since the elderly, slightly deranged, pumpkin farmer disappeared. We reckon he shouldn’t have planted his crops so close to the old, run down cemetery.
Clinton's Terror On Washington Street Haunted House
Clinton, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29 and 1 other date
Strange things happen when October comes to Clinton, Illinois. Spooky, yet intriguing events encircle the town. Lonely wailing.
Halloween Town
Algonquin, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
HALLOWEEN TOWN is a free interactive haunted display that is located in Algonquin Illinois during the month of October. Halloween Town was first created in 2006 by homeowner Jim Haupert.
Evil Intentions Haunted House
Elgin, IL
Open Friday 10/28, Saturday 10/29, Sunday 10/30 and 1 other date
The abandoned Elgin Casket Company has a sordid history of murder, disappearances, and occult activities. Now the Elgin Ghost Society is spending the night to make contact with the reported ghosts that still walk its hallways.

       

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