13 of the Scariest Haunted Houses in America

1. McKamey Manor, San Diego, California 

This haunted house has a 24,000+ wait list and can only accommodate 2 visitors at a time. The experience is filmed and is streamed online for others to watch. No visitor has ever finished the entire haunted tour and visits have taken up to 8 hours.

2. Netherworld Norcross, Georgia 

Film and television professionals come together each year to put on this changing theme haunted house. Some films have actually uses props from the haunted house because they are so lifelike.

3. Terror Behind the Walls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Set up in an actual prison, located inside the Eastern State Penitentiary which is supposedly already one of the most haunted prisons in the world.

4. Thrillvania, Terrell, Texas 

Over 50 acres wide, 20,000 people gather each year to see this haunted house spectacular originally engineered by Disney imagineers. It is said to have the most props per square foot than any other haunted house

5. The Haunted Hotel, San Diego, California 

Set in a hotel, you can travel through the "hellevator" and into a clown ridden subway system. You can also book a tour of the hotel

6. Dent Schoolhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Based on urban legend about a psychotic janitor, this haunted house is set inside an old school. The legend says that after kids would make fun of the janitor they would mysteriously disappear. 

7. Woods of Terror, Greensboro, North Carolina 

Set in the foothills of a haunted trail, this attraction brings in 20,000 people a year that wander around 20 acres of woods.

8. Bennetts Curse, Jessup, Maryland 

The only medieval vampire themed haunted house in the world

9. Erebus, Pontiac, Michigan 

Once known as the largest haunted house walk through in the world, this massive attraction stretches over 4 stories

10. The Beast, Kansas City, Missouri 

The largest haunted house in america, ending in a 4 story steep slide.

11. Blackout NYC, Manhattan, New York 

You have to be 18+ to enter. You can only go in alone and there a bunch of rules. You are given a safety word in case you can't make it through because of fear.

12. This Is Real, Brooklyn, New York 

In this haunted house you have to escape your own abductor. You have the run through this haunted house and it usually sells out quickly because of its nontraditional nature.

13. Strangling Brothers Circus, American Fork, Utah

A circus-themed haunted house full of clowns just in time for IT to fuel your fears

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