2013 is Finally upon us and in 2013 the Halloween industry from retail to haunted attractions are hoping the THIRTEEN creates additional interest in finding and visiting local scary haunted houses!  2013 also features a Friday the 13th in September which means most haunted houses will open their doors early this year!  Additionally with no presidential elections and with the year being 2013, the media should turn its attention to more Halloween related stories thereby creating more buzz for attending Halloween Attractions.

2013 should be a HUGE year for the Haunted House Halloween Industry! 

Many HUGE events are coming soon such as the Transworld Halloween and Haunted House Tradeshow (March 7-10, 2013) which brings over 6000 haunt owners together with hundreds of haunt vendors!  Most of the big seminars will also be held during the Transworld Show along with events such as the biggest single haunted house tour for industry professionals the annual Darkness Haunt Tour!  Learn more about the Haunt Show at www.HauntShow.com

The single biggest haunted house tour of the year will be held in St. Louis during the Transworld Show at The Darkness Haunted House which will be celebrating its 20th Year of Fear.  Get your tickets now at www.TheDarkness.com

Hauntworld Magazine will also publish several more issues of the magazine on releasing Mid-January, the second just before the Transworld Show, and another issue in early June.  Make sure you get your subscription now at www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

Lastly we wanted to announce that the team behind Halloween Productions has created several new how to create the ultimate haunted house DVD's which you can find now at www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com.  These videos really help haunt owners learn how to build and create the best haunted houses within the industry.  Lastly Halloween Productions has recently updated their website learn more at www.HalloweenProductions.com

Hauntworld Magazine will be releasing VERY SOON!  Check out the new video line and get ready for a whole near year of fear! 

Keep Checking Back to Hauntworld for more industry news! 

In 1994 the start of a haunted house legend emerged in St. Louis Missouri called 'The Darkness'.  2013 will be the 20th year of fear for The Darkness which is one of the industries best and most famous haunted houses.  The Darkness is one of if not they most covered haunt in the industry as featrued on Travel Channel, National Geographic Channel, Modern Marvels, USA Today, Today Show and many more.  Over the last 20 years The Darkness has been a haunted house on the cutting edge introducing computer generated FX to the industry, cutting edge one of a kind animations and amazing set design and detail.  The Darkness has undergone a crazy amount of renovations for the last four straight years each November to March for the haunted house industries one and only buyers tradeshow.  

This will be the fifth straight year The Darkness haunted houses is renovated for the haunted house show in March and it will be the most massive renovation yet!

To honor The Darkness haunted houses 20th season the team and crew behind The Darkness will renovate the attraction one last time and open its doors to the entire haunted house industry in March 2013.  This will be the biggest haunted house tour of the year and haunt owners from around the WORLD will be able to tour the Darkness, take photos, videos, and explore a massive haunted house during the tradeshow.  The Darkness isn't just one haunted house but two in one location... The Darkness also features Terror Visions the World Best 3D haunted house which will also be renovated for the show.  The Darkness tour will include a Dead Parade presented by Gore Galore, outdoor sliders, monsters and an entire cast of ghouls ready to make you SCREAM! 

The tour will offer a behind the scenes tour, and a live tour with actors... during the behind the scenes tour people who buy tickets will get to see not only The Darkness, Terror Visions but also The Haunting of Lemp Brewery as well.  Get all the information about the tour at www.thedarkness.com

Tickets will go on sale in early January and again visit their website at www.thedarkness.com or join their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TransworldHauntedHouseHalloweenTradeshowTours

Tickets are limited so make sure you purchase your tickets early!  Below watch the video from the Darkness 2012 haunted house tour. 

Are you looking for a haunt location like no other than follow this list of haunted houses and you’ll find the scariest real haunt locations in America.  Beware what you wish for because you just might encounter a real demon, ghost or something supernatural.  These are the scariest real haunted houses, places and attractions in America.  They are unique because are they not only a commercial haunted house but also a location for REAL ghosts with haunted history.  When you visit these attractions you get a double whammy of SCREAMS

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1. The Haunting of Lemp Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri
www.scarefest.com

The haunt industry toured this event during a Halloween show and deemed it the best location they have ever seen for a haunted house.  It is deep underground and turn of the century caverns built in the 1880’s.  You must take a spiral staircase down deep where no one can hear you scream. 

2. Pennhurst Asylum in Philadelphia, PA
www.pennhurstasylum.com

This attraction is inside a real abandoned asylum filled rotting hallways, and the souls of the forgetting. 

3. The Mortuary in New Orleans, LA
www.themortuary.net

The Mortuary is inside a real turn of the century funeral home with one of the biggest and scariest graveyards in the backyard.  IF you’ve ever seen the movie Phantasm this attraction is a LIVE version!

4. Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA
www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

What better place to operate a haunted house than inside the largest real haunted house ever built!  Live the legend and experience the never ending home at Winchester Mystery House.

5. Terror Behind the Walls in Philadelphia, PA
www.easternstate.org/halloween/

Again nothing can top a real haunted prison built over a hundred year ago!  The place is very very scary!

6. The Haunted Prison Experince at the Ohio State Reformatory
www.hauntedx.com

This old haunted prison located in Mansfield OH will send chill down the spines of all who enter!

7. USS Nightmare Haunted House in Newport, KY in the Greater Cincinnati OH area
www.ussnightmare.com

We’ve all heard stories of haunted ships, but this one takes the cake and you’ll know why when you enter USS NIGHTMARE!

8. The Haunted Cave at Lewisburg, Ohio
www.hauntedcaveatlewisburg.com

Near Dayton OH, this haunted attraction is located inside a real cave 80 feet below ground in a real abandoned mine.  Enough said?

9. Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, TX
www.cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com

This haunt is located inside a building built 100 years ago, inside a REAL meat packing plant.  It’s the perfect place for a good old fashioned haunting!

10. House of Torment Haunted House in Austin, Texas
www.thehouseoftorment.com

Once running classic horror movies, this old abandoned movie theater has horror secrets that just won’t die!

11. The Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, OH
www.frightsite.com

The Dent Schoolhouse is a haunted attraction that takes place inside an actual historical schoolhouse with a haunting history from the 1950’s when a murderous janitor took the lives of multiple school children and the hauntings continue today at The Dent Schoolhouse haunted house in Cincinnati.

12. Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern in Chattanooga, TN
www.hauntedcavern.com

Ruby Falls is a natural wonder featuring an unreal natural cave system, down 26 stories underground, just near the depths of hell. 

13. Necropolis 13 Haunted House in Baton Rouge, LA
www.necropolis13.com

One of the World’s biggest catacomb haunted houses with REAL haunted catacombs and tombs.  The spirits of the undead are alive at Necropolis 13.