StreetTalkin – Best Haunted Attractions in Philadelphia

Now that it’s mid-October, Halloween is just around the corner! Here are some fun haunted attractions in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.

“Terror Behind the Walls” (Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia PA)

Ranked number 1 in 2008 by AOL’s City Guide, “Terror Behind the Walls” is the haunted destination for you to go in Philadelphia. “Terror Behind the Walls” is a massive haunted house in a real prison, and is made up of five separate haunted attractions inside the 11 acre complex.

Tickets are on sale now. They are reserved in 1/2 hour time slots. (The first time slot each evening is 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. The next time slot is 7:30 to 8:00…)

Weeknights: 7pm-10pm, $20

Fridays: 7pm-11pm, $25
Saturdays: 7pm-12am, $30

Sundays: 7pm-11pm, $25

Children under the age of 7 cannot be admitted to the site.

Visit www.easternstate.org/) for more information, coupons, and to purchase tickets.

Ghost Tour of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

Experience the chilling tales of America’s most historic and most haunted city on a Candlelight Walking Tour of Society Hill and Independence Park! There is also a Haunted Trolley Tour where you will hear up to twenty spooky tales from Old City and Society Hill.  In addition to the two haunted tours, there is also a Ghost Hunt, where you will see for yourself why Philadelphia is known as the spookiest city in America.

The Ghost and Trolley Tours runs year round. www.ghosttour.net/ for dates and times.

Ghost Hunt:

Sunday October 19, 9pm

Monday, October 26, 9pm

Friday October 30, Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1: 9pm

Monday, November 2: 9pm

Friday, November 13: 9pm

Visit www.ghosttour.net for more information and to purchase tickets.

Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride (Glen Mills, PA)

The “Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride,” located just outside Philadelphia, offers three terrifying Halloween attractions including: a frightening Haunted Hayride, the Bates Motel haunted house, and a walk through the Haunted Corn Maze.

“Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride” runs through Sunday, November 1.

Sundays-Wednesdays: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Thursdays-Saturdays: 6:30pm-10:30pm

Visit www.thebatesmotel.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Scream Mountain at Spring Mountain PA (Spring Mount, PA)

Experience the icy fingers of fear in the Haunted Ski Lodge.  Learn first hand of the Moutains early tragic history on the Haunted Hayride. In the late l800’s, stone was quarried on the Mountain. Those quarrymen and their families lost their lives to fire of an unknown (but suspicious) origin. It has been said that the quarrymen still roam the mountain seeking revenge! It is not safe to go there after dark…BEWARE!!!!

Sundays-Thursdays: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Fridays-Saturdays + Thursday October 29: 6:30-10:30pm

Visit www.springmountainadventures.com/ for more information and to purchase tickets.

Haunted Halloween Trains (New Hope, PA)

Take a ride on the dark side onboard the Haunted Halloween Train. Do you trust yourself to be at the mercy of your own nightmares? When this ghost train leaves the safety of the station, you are tossed into the hands of the unknown.

Friday, October 23: 7pm, 8:30pm

Saturday, October 24: 7pm, 8:30pm

Sunday, October 25: 7pm

Friday, October 30: 7pm, 8:30pm

Saturday, October 31: 7pm, 8:30pm

Visit www.newhoperailroad.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Active Acres Haunted Farm (Newtown, PA)

This haunted farm features a Sleepy Hollow Hayride and Midnight Productions Haunted House in the Hollow, and a Field of Fright, where visitors walk through a frightening corn field.

Open Fridays-Sundays 7-10pm

On Sundays and Thursday, October 29, last hayride at 9pm

Visit www.activeacresfarm.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Lu Lu Shriners House of Horror (Plymouth Meeting, PA)

The spooky Haunted House includes a wagon ride through the haunted woods and across the deadly graveyard.  You will travel through the dead of night to the door of the House of Horror, and back again….if you survive.

Thursdays and Sundays: 7pm-11pm

Fridays-Saturdays: 7pm-Midnight

Visit www.lulushriners.org/hauntedhouse/ for more information and to purchase tickets.