Haunted Houses

2023 Guide to Local Haunted Houses

Boo! Get ready for scary fun at a local haunted house in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana, Dayton and Springfield, Ohio. Here’s our list for 2023!

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Haunted Houses in Northern Kentucky

Bobby Mackey’s Ghost Hunt
Private tours
44 Licking Pike, Wilder, Kentucky
Overnight access, seances and ghost hunting

Covington Haunted Tour
Covington, Kentucky
Learn all about Covington’s scary past

Haunted Trails of Whispering Woods
Georgetown, Kentucky
Hayrides take you deep into the back woods

Newport is Haunted
Newport, Kentucky
Evening walking tour with a guide who tells scary stories

Sandylandacres Haunted Hayride and Farmers Revenge
4172 Belleview Road, Petersburg, Kentucky
Voted best haunted hayride! Masks to be worn at all times.

Underworld Fright
1103 North Main St., Williamstown, Kentucky
A 25-room maze!

USS Nightmare
101 Riverboat Row in Newport, Kentucky
The 30-minute tour on a steamboat has two very scary levels

VFW House of Horrors @ VFW Post 2734
3177 AA Highway, Maysville, Kentucky

Haunted Houses in Southeastern Indiana

Aurora Ghost Walk
October 26–27, 2023
Aurora, Indiana
Tour Aurora after dark

Clifty Falls of Fear Haunted House
October 27–29, 2023
Clifty Falls State Park at 2221 Clifty Drive, Madison, Indiana

Nightmare on 5th Street
October 13, 2023
Hillforest Victorian House Museum at Fifth Street, Aurora, Indiana
Ghostly presentation

Haunted House Lost Soul Asylum
Aurora Fireplace at 5950 Dutch Hollow Road in Aurora, Indiana

Haunted Tour of Metamora
19042 Main Street, Metamora, Indiana
1.5 hour walking haunted tour — learn about the history of Metamora

Horror Hike Haunted Trail
1415 E. Eads Parkway, Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Half-mile hike that will make you scream!

Haunted Houses in Cincinnati, Ohio

All Hallow’s Eve Terror Town
1449 Greenbush Cobb Road in Williamsburg, Ohio
Haunted trail, food, drinks, live music and horror games. (Not recommended for young children)
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Area 13 Project
6557 Todd Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056
Haunted military base

Brimstone Haunt 
472 Brimstone Rd., Wilmington, Ohio
Located at the grounds of the Ohio Renaissance Festival. Three scare options: hayride, forest trail and an indoor haunt.

The Demented Manor at Orchard Lane
September 29 – November 4, 2023
2185 SR 235, Xenia, Ohio
A scary old house

Dent Schoolhouse
5963 Harrison Avenue, Dent, Ohio 
Promoted as Cincinnati’s scariest haunted house! The site has been known to be haunted. (Their website is pretty scary!)

Halloween Haunt
September 22 – October 28, 2023 
Kings Island in Mason, Ohio
6300 Kings Island Drive, Mason, Ohio
Scare zones include a backwoods bayou, cemetery drive, freak street and nightmare alley.

Haunted Poasttown Elementary School
6600 Trenton-Franklin Road, Middletown, Ohio
Book a group tour

Haunted Village
October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28, 2023  (6–10pm)
Heritage Village Museum at Sharon Woods, Cincinnati, Ohio
Family-friendly, slight-fright event!

Jack O’Lantern Junction
September 23 – October 31, 2023
7379 Squire Court, West Chester, Ohio
Kid-friendly venue with treats

Land of Illusion Scream Park
8762 Thomas Road in Middletown, Ohio
This haunted scream park has 4 haunted houses and 1 trail.

Main Street Ghost Tour and Quaker Hill Ghost Tour
Tour begins at the gazebo on the corner of Miami and Main Streets, Waynesville, Ohio

Mt. Healthy Haunted Hall 
7700 Seward Avenue (45231), Cincinnati, Ohio
House, 5 tents, a back yard and a giant vortex. This is the oldest continuously running haunted attraction in the area! Facebook

Nightmare Manor
1601 S. University Blvd., Middletown, Ohio 45044
A bone-chilling house

Queen City Is Haunted
American Legacy Tours presents an outside 3/4-mile walking tour about murder, death and other scary tales. Limited tickets for each tour.

Haunted Houses in Dayton and Springfield, Ohio

Brimstone Haunted Hayride
Friday and Saturday evenings October 2022
472 Brimstone Rd, Wilmington, Ohio
Hayride and forgotten forest

Barnhill Haunt
3026 W. Barnhill Place, Xenia, Ohio
Drive or walk by venue

Dayton History, Mystery, Mayhem and Murder Tour
Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays (various dates) – check the calendar
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum at 118 Woodland Ave., Dayton, Ohio
Tales of bank robbers and murderers

Dayton Scream Park
5117 Valley Street, Dayton, Ohio
Haunted trails, 40 live monsters, hay ride

Face Your Fears Hotel of Terror
1291 Cold Springs Road, Springfield, Ohio
1858 Haunted house with four stories of terror
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Haunted Castle of Carnage
1213 Harshman Rd., Riverside, Ohio 45431
Longest-running haunted in the Miami region
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Haunted Halloween Drive Thru
October 20, 2023
George Rogers Clark Park at 936 S. Tecumseh Rd., Springfield, Ohio

Haunted Wagon Rides at Young’s Dairy
Friday and Saturday evenings in October 2021
6880 Springfield-Xenia Road, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Scary stories while on the wagon – stories designed for families with kids

Hell’s Dungeon
3866 Linden Ave., Dayton, Ohio (rear of Eastown Shopping Center)
Fridays and Saturday evenings

Horror Acres
6995 Springfield Jamestown Rd in Springfield, Ohio
This haunted attraction has won a lot of “best of’s”…Best Queue Line Entertainer, Best Freddy Krueger, etc…

Jaycees Haunted Castle of Carnage Trail & Maze
Mid September – Mid October  (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays))
1213 Harshman Rd., Riverside, Ohio

Lewisburg Haunted Cave 
4392 Swishers Mill Road, Lewisburg, Ohio
Be prepared to get scared 80 feet below the ground in a limestone cave!

Sidney Haunted Woods
Mid September  – October 31, 2022)
2232 W. Russell Rd., Sidney, Ohio
Half-mile trail of terror.

Terror Maze
Mid September – October (Fridays and Saturdays)
6988 Springfield Jamestown Road, Springfield, Ohio
Outdoor maze
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Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride
1261 W. Dalton Road in Wilmington, Ohio
Enjoy (??) a haunted bus ride through a forest of monsters and more. And there’s more: nightmare penitentiary, slaughter hotel and terror in the corn!

Young’s Haunted Wagon Rides
October 2023 (Friday and Saturday evenings)
Young’s Dairy at 6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd., Yellow Springs, Ohio
Ride is meant for children with no grabbing

Updated: August 23, 2023