Best Haunted Houses in the Bay Area 2015
Is your creeky, dusty apartment only not scary enough? For those brave enough for a good scare, the Bay Area is crawling with festive scare zones this Halloween. Effort your all-time to not scream — or if getting spooked is your thing, have a thou ole time.
SAN FRANCISCO
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Mayhem Mansion
(2007 Franklin St // Pacific Heights)
Looking for a heart-racing Victorian scare this spooky flavour? Mayhem Mansion is offering up a spooktacular feel within the hallways of the Haas-Lilienthal mansion and the swanky "Spookeasy." This gem is just open for the last 2 weekends in October, so jump on those ticket reservations.
Haunted SF: Ghosts, Murder and Mystery
(Around SF)
San Francisco's past is grim if yous look in the right places: The Haunted SF tour brings you on an after-dark journey through the most haunted alleys, mysterious hotels, and historic street corners. Ghost stories well-nigh infamous figures like the Zodiac Killer tin can be fun, just walking down the same streets is a arctic you lot won't forget.
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Terror Vault
(88 fifth St // SOMA)
Take a trip to the haunting San Francisco Mint and Into the Dark where spook-searchers are sure to get their ready in these immersive atmospheres including The Immortal Reckoning, Fang Blindside Vampire Bar, and the Terror Ball.
The San Francisco Dungeon -- TEMP. Airtight
(145 Jefferson St // Fisherman'southward Wharf)
The San Francisco Dungeon is open twelvemonth-round but there's no better time of twelvemonth to learn almost all the grimy history of our beloved metropolis. Mayhap you'll laugh, perhaps you'll scream, but you'll definitely take a glimpse into the Bad Old Days.
Eastward BAY
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Fright Overload Scream Park
(15555 E 14th St // San Leandro)
Monsters and demons and depths, oh my! This Halloween, explore two nightmarish, honour-winning haunted houses dressed upward by Fear Overload, featuring live actors and ghoulishly created sets. As they say, take a trip to Dreading, California.
Piedmont Pumpkin Patch
(4414 Piedmont Ave // Oakland)
For the fainter of middle, entering this pumpkin patch gives you options for ii different haunting experiences: The "scary version" and the "less scary version." Experience chilling movement in the frames of the hallways as mysterious voices guide you — hope you're not afraid of the dark.
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Pirates of Emerson Haunted Business firm
(2100 Valley Ave // Pleasanton)
Celebrating xxx years of fear, Pirates of Emerson is back with a vengeance. It's going down at the Alameda County Fairgrounds this Halloween (and plenty of other dates throughout the month), so traverse all half dozen acres of terror, just don't say we didn't warn you.
Brentwood Historic Ghost Tours
(Multiple Locations)
This experience is just most as immersive every bit information technology gets — bring your ghost detection equipment, it'south about to get spooky. Gather a group for i of these faBOOlous tours, which traverse through antique saloons, brothels of history's by and even spend the nighttime at a haunted hotel.
SOUTH BAY
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Winchester Mystery House
(525 South. Winchester Blvd // San Jose)
This is one to check off your bucket listing — the Winchester Mystery House is world-famous for its unexplainably eccentric architecture. Stop past for the mansion's Unhinged Halloween attraction, where suspense and surreality come up together for some trickery and some treachery.
Haunted House of Moss Beach
(601 Kelmore St // Half Moon Bay)
Get eerie by the beach at this brusque and not-so-sweetness attraction. Lucky for y'all, the maze is free, only suggested donations go straight to UNICEF. This maze is tight, so bring your best buddy and try your best to survive — if you cartel.
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Great America's Halloween Haunt
(4701 Great America Pkwy // Santa Clara)
On select nights, this world-famous amusement park is setting up dizzying mazes, horrifying haunted houses and alive shows certain to keep your lungs scream-ready. Say hi to the monsters walking around at every plough — they're friendly, we remember.
Lemos Farm
(12320 San Mateo Rd // Half Moon Bay)
This family-friendly locale doubles as an autumnal pumpkin paradise AND a chilling haunted firm feel. While the kids are living it upwards at the petting zoo and taking pony rides, get your kicks at the recently-updated haunted barnyard. At that place's a scary version and a non-scary version, so you've got an escape if you demand one.
Dead Time Dreams
(2501 Tully Rd // East San Jose)
Don't shut your optics just even so — Expressionless Time Dreams is back with two frightening houses to scream through this year. Themed "The Midway of Terror" and "The Meat Factory," these sets are designed to put you lot correct in the heart of a horror picture show. Clear your calendars, this allure is open near every day leading up to Halloween.
NORTH BAY
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SKreamZ Haunted Attractions
(1795 Pennsylvania Ave // Fairfield)
Be prepared to be scared at the "Karnevil" equally you lot encounter creepy clowns and astounding oddities. Open every weekend in October, this traveling circus is sure to put on quite a sight. As the poster says, "Come up feel what it's similar to be burned alive." We can't really explain that one — see for yourself.
Napa Metropolis Ghosts & Legends Walking Tour
(825 Brown St // Napa)
If you lot're into some scary sophistication, join this paranormal tour grouping as you explore the vicious vineyards of Napa Valley. Acquire the history of vino country while you trip the light fantastic in the dark with local legends and dizzy ghouls. Bottoms may be up, but the hauntings are surely going downwardly.
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Six Flags Fright Fest
(1001 Fairgrounds Dr // Vallejo)
Walk around the park with all your favorite gals and ghouls — just make sure to lookout man your dorsum. Not everywhere in the park is listed as a scare zone, but wander off and you lot might get tricked.
Blind Scream Haunted House
(98 Santa Rosa Plaza // Santa Rosa)
Swoop deep into the woods or dare to enter the funhouse for these two thrilling haunted houses. Blind Scream has been around for the last decade, making children and adults alike question their threshold. Make certain to sign your death certificate at the door — you lot might not be coming back.
Test your fate at any ane of these spooktacular venues — yous never know what could be creeping in the dark.
Written by Skylar De Paul
Too spooky for y'all? Bank check out our guide to the Bay's Best Pumpkin Patches!
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