Chi-Town is a metro area that’s infamous for a lot of things. Everyone knows the history of organized crime back in the day, with folks like Capone leaving the joint carpeted with corpses. It’s been known in recent decades for being, shall we say, more than a little prone to political shenanigans. In the land […]
The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is famous. Only word for it. We’ve all seen it. It’s been in movies, TV shows, documentaries, you name it. It might be the most famous prison in the nation not named Alcatraz. Wherever you may know it from, the reality is darker. Bad men were housed here. Bad […]
The Haunted Attraction Association is the only association in the haunt industry. They’re it. The only official “voice” of the haunted attraction world. Lead by long-time veterans of the haunt industry, the organization’s members represent the cream of the crop of haunted attractions of every kind around the world. That includes haunted houses, haunted hayrides, […]
Halloween is approaching, and that means HAUNT season is here! Haunted attractions across the country are opening, and I’m here to tell you about a very unique experience over in Ohio. In Lewisburg, between Dayton and the Indiana border, lies a limestone Cavern where things aren’t quite right. This is Lewisburg Haunted Cave, a haunted […]
Between Baltimore and Philadelphia, near where the Susquehanna River empties into the Chesapeake Bay, there’s a farm. In the Fall, that farm gets covered with thick fog most nights, often so thick you can’t see far in front of you. Nobody knows why, not even the owners. That farm and that fog are the location […]
Aura: The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place. The aura emanating from the Pollak Hospital Building of the Old Peoria State Hospital District in Peoria, Illinois: ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. Aura Haunted House is a relatively new attraction built inside that building that is part of […]
San Francisco. The city by the Bay. The place that guy left his heart. Then there’s the Zodiac, the Church of Satan, Jim Jones, and a few other assorted cults. Now, there’s Insight. They’ll open ALL your eyes…if you survive their Initiation. Few do. That, my friends, is the brand new show at the legendary […]
Into The Dark Productions, lead by the (in)famous Peaches Christ, has brought their Terror Vault experience to the San Francisco area for years now. A clever mix of theater, haunted attraction, and interactivity, it’s set in the historic San Francisco Mint building and has an entirely new story every year. To read more about this […]
We’re here again: Halloween season has arrived, and with it, haunts around the nation are bringing the spooky sights for us to enjoy! As usual, we here at Scary Overload have been crawling all over these mazes of mayhem to sniff out the best and boo-tiful amongst them. Here you’ll find the MUST-SEE HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS IN […]
The season is upon us again, and so is Scary Overload’s TOP 13 SCARIEST HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS FOR 2023! We’ve wandered across the entire country braving the scariest, most terrifying, most stomach-churning haunted attractions out there this year to bring YOU this list of the UNLUCKY 13 best we could find. Don’t enter any of these […]