LOUISVILLE HAUNTED HOUSES
AND HALLOWEEN EVENTS

As most of you know, other than the Danger Run there are a ton of haunted houses, haunted event, shows, and Halloween parties around Louisville. We thought we would give you all the low-down on all of the Louisville area haunted attractions and Halloween happenings so that you know everything that there is to offer. We also included the admission price of each event around town so that you can compare prices and get an idea of what to expect at each Halloween event in the Ville. So, browse through and pick out the events you want to hit around Louisville.

Louisville Area Haunted Houses

Below is a list of Louisville, Kentucky and Southern Indiana haunted houses. Which ones are on the Danger Run? Only those that dare to take the Danger Run challenge will know!

The Danger Run

Kidding, we aren't that egotistical. Of course, the Danger Run has been a Louisville Halloween tradition and has been scaring people for 15 years. AND it is the BEST VALUE in town since you get the Danger Run game, two terrifying haunted houses below, free food, free fangs, and free gas! Don't believe us, see for yourself! It is definitely the Most Fun You've Ever Had In Your Car!© A Halloween staple in this town! If you want to know more about us just browse through the rest of this website and make sure to do the Free Test Drive! Dangerrun.com has all the information you need!
LOCATION: 3 Convenient Locations: Lowes Hurstbourne Pkwy, Lowes Dixie Hwy, and Lowes Veterans Pkwy
ADMISSION: $15.95 BUY TICKETS (INCLUDES TWO HAUNTED HOUSES - $30 VALUE!)

The Haunted Hotel

The only haunted attraction to be around as long as Danger Run, the Haunted Hotel is a haunted house in Louisville, KY. The Haunted Hotel starts out with an elevator that takes you on a nightmarish ride to the 13th floor. On your way, a ghoul comes out of the wall and scares you into the haunted house. The Haunted Hotel is known for its extreme scares, blood curdling effects, and detailed scenery. For the 2008 season, the Haunted Hotel even featured a suicide room where a guy fired a shot gun into his mouth and splattered his brains on the wall! Definitely one of the goriest haunts in the Ville. Can't wait to see what Haunted Hotel has in-store this season!
LOCATION: S Fourth St Louisville
ADMISSION: $15

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

If you are from Louisville, then you are VERY familiar with Waverly Hills. Waverly Hills Sanatorium is an old TB Hospital that has seen thousands of deaths in its day. Waverly has been featured on World's Scariest Places and it is definitely one of the scariest places that I have ever laid my eyes on. The building alone is menacing and that is before you even step foot inside the haunted house. Little do you know that the creatures in the corridors of this haunted house aren't actors. These are the ghosts that haunt Waverly Hills.
LOCATION: Off Dixie Hwy Louisville
ADMISSION: $20

The Baxter Avenue Morgue

The Baxter Avenue Morgue has quickly become a Louisville legend in the haunted house industry. The Baxter Morgue haunted house features a very descript storyline with a cast of characters that are some of the most creepy people that you will see in a haunted house. You are greeted at the Morgue in a funeral parlor by Warren Vanderdark. As he walks you through the opening corridor, he sends you off into the deepest recesses of Baxter Morgue where you will encounter ghosts and zombies who have been imprisoned by the Morgue haunted house.
LOCATION: Baxter Avenue Louisville
ADMISSION: $20

Nightmare Forest

The legendary Nightmare Forest is a haunted attraction in Louisville that is known for miles. Nightmare Forest haunted event is known for bringing the movies to life and they have always lived up to that motto. It has featured such movies at Halloween, Jurassic Park, Alien, and much more. It is a haunt to be feared, but unfortunately it hasn't been around in a few years. This year Nightmare Forest appears to be featured at Nightmare at Otter Creek at Otter Creek Park. See the listing below for details.
LOCATION: N/A
ADMISSION: N/A

Field of Screams

The Field of Screams is an outdoor haunted attraction outside of Louisville that features a haunted corn field, a haunted barn, and a haunted trail in the woods. As rumor has it, the Field of Screams was cut by a fiendish farmer. Evidently he had more in store than just the field! After wandering through his field of horrors that you have to see to believe, you then encounter an enormous barn haunted house. The inside of the barn is packed full of great effects and scares. Just when you think Field of Screams is over, you are thrown into a forest of fright with ghouls behind every tree.
LOCATION: 1 mile past Otter Creek Park near Fort Knox
ADMISSION: $20

Nightmare at Otter Creek

Nightmare at Otter Creek is a forest of terror that is no ordinary haunted forest in Louisville. You step onto the property at Otter Creek Park and you are suddenly immersed in your worst nightmare. After watching one of your favorite horror movies in line to build up your fear, you are then sent through the door of a massive and daunting facade. After entering, you see sights that you have never seen before in a haunted attraction. Several very cool haunt effects. Although Otter Creek Park has been abandoned, Nightmare at Otter Creek will still be open for 2009. They will also feature 3 new haunted events: Nightmare Forest, Witch's Woods, and Little Goblins Galore.
LOCATION: Otter Creek Park near Fort Knox
NIGHTMARE FOREST ADMISSION: $20
WITCH'S WOODS ADMISSION: FREE w/ Nightmare Forest
GOBLINS GALORE ADMISSION: $8

Darkness Falls on Asylum

Darkness Falls is a newer outdoor haunted attraction to the Louisville haunted house pallet. Unlike most haunted forests, Darkness Falls haunted attraction makes good use of air powered paint ball guns. Let me tell you, you would swear that you were really being attacked! There are scares around every bend and most of the scares come right out of the darkness. Hence the name! Darkness Falls is one of the most startling new haunts in Louisville and we look forward to see what it will produce in the coming years.
LOCATION: Pond Station Rd Louisville
ADMISSION: $15

Blackacre Terror Trail

Blackacre Terror Trail is another haunted forest new to the Louisville area. Blackacre is a frightening forest is in Jeffersontown and made quite an impact with its inception. They had a cannibal tribes and rat infestations and scares through your entire hike through the woods. You go through a cemetery and past a gallows, you see about everything you expect to see in a haunt at Blackacre Terror Trail. Plus to get the heck scared out of you. It is quite an addition to the Louisville haunted forests.
LOCATION: Blackacre Conservancy Jeffersontown
ADMISSION: $15

Psychomania Theater of Terror

Psychomania Theater of Terror is a new haunted house to the Louisville area, Psychomania is located in Clarksville, Indiana. It is only a hop, skip, and a jump from Louisville. The story goes, the Theater of Terror was constructed on top of an old cemetery. Years after in operation, the horror movies being played in the Theater of Terror awoke the spirits from their graves. Now, the Theater of Terror is alive in ghostly energy and it is ready to show you what a REAL haunted house is. New for this season, Psychomania Theater of Terror will also feature a secondary haunted house called Quarantine. It looks like a pretty intense haunted house to add to the Psychomania Theater of Terror complex. Quarantine is exactly what it sounds like...a biohazard Quarantine where all of the people inside have been infected. Be careful not to get infected yourself!
LOCATION: Greentree Mall Clarksville, IN
PSYCHOMANIA ADMISSION: $15
QUARANTINE ADMISSION: $15
COMBO ADMISSION: $25

Industrial Nightmare Complex

Industrial Nightmare has been deemed the Mother of all haunted houses, and rightfully so! Industrial Nightmare is a massive haunted house in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is actually multiple haunted houses all in one location. The Industrial Nightmare haunted attraction consists of 4 separate haunted houses: Industrial Nightmare, Dementions, Pitch Black, and the Cage Maze. All of these haunts are big haunts alone, but combined they are a monster of a haunted attraction. It has state of the art special effects, sound, and costumes. The Industrial Nightmare complex has earned its rank as the Mother of all haunted houses! New this year, they have given the museum a makeover and added a ton of new scenes and surprises!
LOCATION: Jeffersonville, IN
INDUSTRIAL NIGHTMARE ADMISSION: $17
PITCH BLACK ADMISSION: $15
COMBO ADMISSION: $25

Culbertson Mansion

The Culbertson Mansion is a Southern Indiana legend. The Culbertson Mansion is a haunted house in New Albany that is held in the carriage house of the old Culbertson Mansion. Culbertson put together an incredible haunt with creatures that you have only seen in your nightmares. It is rumored that the Culbertson Mansion is actually haunted and the ghosts of the mansion have over ran the carriage house. It wouldn't be surprising because there are shocks around every turn in this haunted house! The Culbertson Mansion is an Indiana classic!
LOCATION: New Albany, IN
ADMISSION: $12

The Haunted Chop Shop

The Haunted Chop Shop was new to the Louisville area in 2008. Chop Shop is a haunted house is located in Jeffersonville, IN. It is said the Joey Carmen owned a Chop Shop and suddenly went mad and started killing people and cutting them up at the Chop Shop at night. Now, Joeys Chop Shop is back in business and at night, they do bodies! Despite the interesting story, it appears as though The Haunted Chop Shop will not be back for the 2009 season. We hope that we get a chance to welcome them back in the future.
LOCATION: N/A
ADMISSION: N/A

The Trail of Tears

Trail of Tears is a new haunted forest to Louisville for the 2009 season. However, it appears that due to a death in the family Trail of Tears will not be open for 2009. They look to be open in 2010. We look forward to seeing what they come up with.
LOCATION: N/A
ADMISSION: N/A

Nightmare At The Fair

Yet another newer event to the area, Nightmare At The Fair looks like it could have some great potentional. Although Nightmare at the Fair is only open for 4 days, I am certain they have quite a terrifying show in store for its customers. Hope to make it out to Nightmare at the Fair!
LOCATION: Charleston, IN
ADMISSION: $8

Wolf Creek Haunted Forest

New for the 2009 Season, Wolf Creek Haunted Forest is looking to be an exciting new outdoor haunted attraction in the Louisville area. Wolf Creek Haunted Forest has been showing pictures to give hints on their social pages, but they haven't released any big pictures of what we may expect from their haunt. We do know that Wolf Creek Haunted Forest is in Shepherdsville, KY behind the Denny's and supposed to be an interactive haunted forest and the path you choose is up to you. They claim that the haunted forest sits on 76 acres of land and it even has a lake! The haunted trail at Wolf Creek is supposed to be 1 mile long! It is supposed to include horror scenes from Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Jeepers Creepers. They are also suppose to have a zombie orphanage, chaos clown house, and the hellish pumpkin patch. We can't wait to see this new haunted event!
LOCATION: Shepherdsville, KY
ADMISSION: $20

Hysteria Haunted House

Also New for the 2009 Season, the Hysteria Haunted House at the Jefferson Mall. Not much is known yet about the Hysteria haunted house, but by the look of it the Hysteria haunt has themed their event off of horror movies. We always love a great horror movie based haunted house. Unfortunately, you don't see them around much any more. The Hysteria haunted attraction has a killer commercial, but other than that and the location that is all that is known about this new haunted house. We look forward to seeing what Hysteria has in store...aside from its great name!
LOCATION: Next to Jeffeson Mall
ADMISSION: $13

13 Fears

Yet another newbie for 2009 is the 13 Fears Haunted House. Unfortunately, we don't know a lot about 13 Fears at this point, but they claim they have been working in this business for some time now. As soon as we know more we will let you know!
LOCATION: Shepherdsville, KY
ADMISSION: $20

Terror at the Fun Farm

New for the 2009 Season is Terror at the Fun Farm. Terror at the Fun Farm is a 3-D haunted house located at the Fun Farm in Lanesville Indiana. It even comes with a haunted corn field maze for free! Being new, we don't know entirely too much about the event, but you can be sure we will give you all the info as it comes available.
LOCATION: Lanesville, IN
ADMISSION: $15

Cobb's Haunt - Haunted Corn Maze

Cobb's Haunted Corn maze has been around for the last couple of years. It is an 11 acre haunted corn maze fille with spooks and goblins throughout. This is a somewhat new haunted corn maze and we have yet to experience Cobb's Haunt. As soon as we know more we will get the info to you!
LOCATION: Louisville
ADMISSION: $15

Kentucky Kingodom Fright Fest

How could we forget Kentucky Kingdom's Fright Fest? Six Flags turns their entire park into a haunted event for the month of October. Fright Fest has everything from monsters roaming the streets to multiple haunted events that you can walk through to get the heck scared out of you!
LOCATION: Kentucky Kingdom
ADMISSION: $29.99

I am certain that there are more haunts to come and I will update you with all the latest haunted houses, haunted trails, and corn fields as soon as I know about them. In the meantime, I am going to leave you wondering..which of these haunted houses are included with Danger Run? All of them are great haunts and I can tell you that two of them are on the Danger Run.

Louisville Halloween Parties To Check Out

Louisville has a variety of huge Halloween parties at the local bars and night clubs that if you are 21 you should not miss. Of course, most of these parties are costume parties accompanied by other fun quirks that you can only find in Louisville. After going on the Danger Run, make sure you check out one of these local venues for the best in Louisville Halloween nitelife.

The World's Largest Halloween Party at the Louisville Zoo

Where their moto is "Be Seen. Not Scared," the Louisville Zoo offers an event for the little ones. The Louisville Zoo knows that being scary is no fun for kids, so they have made the sweetest party in town. It is an evening of not-too-scary Halloween fun for the whole family with costumed characters and fanciful storybook scenes all over the Zoo. Plus there’s trick-or-treating for kids 11 and under. This is a great family-oriented Halloween Event in Louisville.
LOCATION: Louisville Zoo
ADMISSION: $8

Little Goblin's Galore at Otter Creek Park

This is yet another not so scary event for the kiddies. Little Goblins Galore is a family-oriented Halloween event hosted by Nightmare at Otter Creek. Goblins Galore is a not so scary Halloween event mainly designed for the kids. The event will include activities such as face painting, pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, and even a haunted house designed especially for kids! Plus, it is during the day which makes it even less scary and more fun! Little Goblins Galore is a blast for the entire family!
LOCATION: Otter Creek Park near Fort Knox
ADMISSION: $8

Hallowfest at Fourth Street Live

This is Halloween event for those that are 21 or older. It is a HUGE Halloween party down at Louisville's #1 Party Place...4th Street Live. You can party in your hottest and scariest Halloween costume at all of your favorite bars including: Angel's Rock Bar, Louisville Sports and Social Club, Tengo Sed Cantina, Hotel, Sully's, Red Star, and more! All of the details regarding this Halloween Party at Fourth St haven't been released yet, but as soon as they are we will be sure to let you know!
LOCATION: 4th St Louisville
ADMISSION: FREE (Individual bars may have a cover)

The 34th Annual Halloween Costume Ball at Pheonix Hill Tavern

Dress in your best costume and check out this Louisville tradition on Halloween. The Pheonix Hill Tavern has been producing one of the best Halloween Parties in Louisville for the last 33 years and this year is sure to be one of the best year's yet! They even have prizes on best costumes!
LOCATION: Baxter Avenue Louisville
ADMISSION: Nightly Cover

More to come in this section as more event details are released! Stay tuned!

Louisville Halloween Shows and Attractions

Louisville has grown to have a nice collection of Halloween shows and attractions that are a bit outside the scope of parties and haunted houses. Listed below are the things we know of, we will be sure to update with any others we find.

Caufield's Halloween Parade

The only parade in Louisville that is dedicated to Halloween. Check out all of the ghouls, goblins, and creatures of the night at the Halloween Parade in Louisville, KY. The Parade is October 9th on Baxter Avenue. It is a great event to take the entire family or even your friends to see to get yourselves in the Halloween spirit. Best of all...it is FREE! You can't beat free Halloween entertainment...especially a haunted parade right here in Louisville!
LOCATION: Baxter Avenue Louisville
ADMISSION: FREE

Dracula at Actor's Theatre

A FANTASIC Halloween-time show in Louisville, KY that has been around for quite some time is Dracula at Actor's Theatre. The show has incredibly detailed sets and the show itself is very well put together. It is complete with blood splattering, explosions, and other amazing special effects that occur right before your eyes. Dracula generally sells out quicky, so make sure to get your tickets early!
LOCATION: Actor's Theatre Main St Louisville
ADMISSION: $41

Evil Dead The Musical

New to Louisville this year is Evil Dead The Musical. We have heard great things about this show prior to it coming to town and we can't wait to see what they have in store for us. C'mon...Ash and zombies singing and dancing, it just sounds hysterical! PLUS Evil Dead The Musical even has a SPLATTER ZONE which you have to wear splatter gear! We will definitely be there to check it out!
LOCATION: Alley Theatre Louisville
GENERAL ADMISSION: $20
SPLATTER ZONE ADMISSION: $25

More to come as we get it!