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Haunted Wisconsin wishes everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean the scares have to end. Splatter Haus will be open this Friday and Saturday! Splatter Haus moved a new location in 2008 and are located at 1912 Columbus Street in Two Rivers. They now have over 32,000 sq. ft. to make your nightmares come true. Don't worry about waiting in the cold, they have a 6,000 sq. ft. waiting area. Don't miss it! Click here for more information.
Perhaps you are a Wiccan preparing to celebrate the New Year, bless the Guardians of the Watchtowers in a Samhain rite and give thanks for the harvest... Perhaps you're a haunt fan preparing for a night of scares and screams... Perhaps you are a parent of a family of four searching for trick or treat times and last minute party ideas... Perhaps you are a haunt owner checking in on your web page and reviews... Perhaps you are discovering this site for the first time because you heard our radio ad or saw our promo material at a Halloween Express... Perhaps...
Congratulations to Charlotte, Renee, Kayla, Lacy and Rebecca! **************************************************** Another haunt season is coming to a close. Don't miss your chance to win free tickets to the final weekend of terror. We'll be giving five (5) lucky people a pair of tickets to The Haunted Barn in Stoughton. The Haunted Barn will be open this Friday and Saturday until midnight! Many changes have been made including the addition of the all new Blood Shed! Want to win? Send an email to [email protected] and let us know how you discovered HauntedWisconsin.com, by Thursday, October 29.
UPDATE (2010-02-20): This feature is temporarily disabled. Do you like Haunted Wisconsin but wish it traveled with you everywhere? Well, now it does.Send a text message with a city name or event name from your phone to [email protected] and Haunted Wisconsin will send you back the name, location, and phone number of the first event that matches your search.This feature is still in development so it won't be perfect. We don't charge anything for the service but your cell phone carrier's standard text messaging rates apply. Give it a try and let me know what you think.Example:Text 'The Dark Side'...
After three days and 385 miles I have attended my four assigned haunts for the 2009 Review Crew. Please keep an eye out for them as they should be posted early this week. As a sneak peak, let me tell you Neenah's Most Haunted, The Haunted Mansion, Oconto Jaycees Trail of Terror, and Terror Trail provided my fiancee and I the best weekend of haunting in recent memory. Please check my reviews to see what I thought of each individually!
I want to extend a belated thank you to a few haunts for the hospitatlity and good times given to myself, my friends and family:Spooky Stalks was great again this year. We went on a moonless night which made the Milwaukee County corn maze that much scarier. Bruce, the owner, put on a fantastic show (even though they aren't that scary, right Bruce?) and even mustered a a yelp out of a veteran like me. Good job guys, that's not an easy task! The maze has new scenes and scares for 2009 and is definitely worth the short drive up...
The Halloween classic, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will be on ABC next week Wednesday, October 28th at 7pm.
If you attended Terror on Rural Street this past Saturday, please see their notice regarding a power outage below. "Terror on rural street experienced a power outage on Saturday October 17th which resulted in a complete shutdown of the facilities causing us to close early. The power outage included several city blocks and although unfortunate was not anticipated nor under our control. Anyone who purchased tickets on Saturday October 17th and were not able to go through Terror on Rural Street or had left the premises early may use their tickets on any of the remaining nights of operation. We...
AMC's website is now updated with Fear Fest '09 info! Check it out:http://www.amctv.com/fearfest/
Check out the full schedule for the ABC Family's "13 Nights of Halloween" now posted:http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Specials+13-Nights-Halloween/page_Schedule
The giant pumpkin at the state fair grounds off of highway 94 was taken down by high winds last night. The clip I just saw on TMJ4 said they will try to get that Halloween Express location back open by Saturday.http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/63660897.html
Win tickets for you and a guest to see an advance screening of "The Stepfather" on Thursday, October 15 starring Penn Badgley, Sela Ward, Dylan Walsh and Amber Heard. Select grand prize winners will also receive a movie prize pack including poster, magnets and more! The film opens nationwide on Friday, October 16, 2009. Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who...
We finally got to get out to some haunts this season! The staff of HauntedWisconsin.com along with our Biggest Fan contest winner and guest headed out for a night of haunting. Our first stop was Paulo's Pizza where we shared an enormous pizza and a huge bowl of garlic bread. We then headed to Monster Mayhem, right in the basement of Paulo's Pizza! We met with the friendly staff and got a quick behind the scenes tour. They really put a lot of work into their haunt and it shows! This is only the second year of Monster Mayhem, but...
I'm sure you will be hearing more details from Johnny shortly but here is a quick summary of tonight.Our biggest fan contest winner, Teri, may actually travel farther and to more haunts than we do! I'm feeling a little pressure to step it up and travel farther and to more haunts so as to not be outdone. Jenny and I have often wondered who the other people are when we are working on the site in February and see the counter read "12 visitors online." It's nice to be able to put some faces to the numbers.We met for pizza...
I just refreshed the reviews page and noticed four new reviews. Thanks everybody!We will be heading out to meet the contest winner in a few minutes. I hope there will be a ton of reviews waiting when we get back late tonight :)This year we are trying a new system where every review you post goes online automatically (updated hourly). We are leaving the moderation to you, the HauntedWisconsin.com community. Vote up the best reviews with a 'yes' vote and vote down the bad reviews with a 'no' vote. At the hourly update, your votes will be counted and the...
Ever want to see reviews from previous years? Well now you can without digging through our archives. Event operators have been asking for this feature for quite a while and we finally made it happen.Jenny and I over the past couple weeks did quite a bit of sorting through the last seven years of reviews, importing everything to the new site, and connecting the reviews to the correct events. The intent is to make the new URLs permanent so if you link to a review using the new year URLs, that link should keep working for a long time.The historical reviews...
This is just a quick note to anyone who missed Hubertus House of Horror last year. The haunt season is just starting so now is a great time to visit those big name haunts that fill up past capacity towards the latter half of October.Jenny and I have visited Hubertus House of Horror many years in the past but when we went last year, the event was already sold out at 7pm! The operators took us on a tour of the house and it was easy to see why. They have really stepped up the effects with some big and...
which means more haunts and Halloween are opening this weekend. Over 40 events in fact, and the list grows every week! Don't like big crowds and long lines at haunts? Then this is the weekend for you! Get out and visit your favorite haunts and have a better chance at visiting multiple haunts in one night! Want to meet the staff of HauntedWisconsin.com? C'mon, you know you do! We'll be out with the winner of our 1st ever biggest fan contest this Saturday at Monster Mayhem and Gilly's Haunted House. We may even be scaring YOU! Want to know what...
Okay, it's time for a rant. What is wrong with some communities in Wisconsin (and elsewhere)? Do they not know when Halloween is? It's on the calendar! October 31st, always. Even so, some communities have decided that having trick-or-treat is safer on a Sunday before Halloween. This year Halloween falls on a Saturday. So I thought, great! Trick-or-treat will finally be held on Halloween everywhere, right? WRONG! There are still some communities that have decided to hold trick-or-treat the Sunday before the 31st. I think this takes all of the fun out of Halloween. Once trick-or-treating is over, many kids...
Big Daddy here - here are the details to the contest I promised! Are you "Haunted Wisconsin.com's BIGGEST FAN?" contest! There are two requirements to enter: 1. Be 18 years of age or older 2. In 50 words or less, submit details of why you are Haunted Wisconsin's biggest fan by September 30, 2009! Tell us why YOU are HauntedWisconsin.com's BIGGEST FAN! That's it! Simple, hey? If chosen, the winner and a guest will receive an evening out with the MOST AWESOME HauntedWisconsin.com staff (including Big Daddy, Jenny Jen, The Amazing Andy, and Grampa!) which will include: 1. Dinner (at our...
Waiting until October to visit a haunt? Why wait? The Terror Trail in Wautoma will be OPEN this Saturday and Sunday, and every weekend through November 1st. Click here for more information.
Stay tuned; Big Daddy has a very exciting contest coming soon. . .BD
Here is another submission - thanks to Larry from The Haunted Barn for this one!One night, my wife decided to go out to the Barn to make sure there was nothing left in the refrigerator that may freeze since it was winter time and the Haunted Barn had closed for the season. As she walked toward the barn she noticed some lights running. She found it strange since everything is unplugged after we close down. So, she went and shut off the lights and removed a few things from the refrigerator. She told me about the lights and it made no sense...
Here is the first of many ghost story'/paranoramal events that I have received - Thanks to Pamela for this one! As promised, I would post the best:"My youngest son was 3 at the time of this event! The year was 1995. My son woke up about 2 AM screaming, “The man in the overalls was going to hurt the woman in the checkered dress.” My son was crazy with fear. I, doing the mom thing, told him it was just a bad dream. I rocked him in my arms as he was shaking with fear. No matter what I said, he...
Halloween Express is NOW open at the State Fair Park grounds. Actually opened yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised to see the throngs of people parked outside, going in and out.Makes me feel that I am somewhat normal in my obsession with Halloween and everything orange and black. . .GIGGITY!Big Thanks to Todd, whose source about HE opening on the 12th, rather than the 15th, was CORRECT!WORD. . .
Big Daddy here - Thanks and mad props go out to those of you that have submitted your ghost stories! I will be posting some of the stories I have received shortly.Please feel free to continue to send your ghost stories, paranormal experiences, unexplained events, etc.Big Daddy likey!
We're working hard on My Fright Finder and hopefully we can make it a useful tool for remembering haunts you want to visit and planning scary nights out.I added some basic functionality tonight and plan to start adding the good stuff in the coming days and weeks. Right now you can add events from the list or the event pages and delete events from your list. Route planning, notes, and sharing are up next.
Ok - the freakiest thing just happened to me - wifey and I, after putting our son to bed, were sitting in the living room.All of a sudden, a glass on the table in the next room . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . SHATTERED! No one was near it, no one was touching it. The glass just shattered!Being a fan of Ghost Hunters, I immediately began to ask questions such as, "Are there any spirits with us" and "If there is someone present, please make a banging sound." This REALLY freaked...
I just got the email that Caribou Coffee now has NEW Fall Wild Drinks available.The flavors are:Hot Wild PumpkinWild Pumpkin CoolerHot Wild Caramel AppleWild Caramel Apple CoolerHopefully the pumpkin drinks are as good, if not better, than last year. They weren't too tasty a couple years ago but improved last year. Click here to get a $1.00 off coupon!
Wifey, Mrs. Big Daddy, just told me that the pumpkin is now up at the fair grounds. Seeing that she has me on house arrest for being naughty, I have not yet seen it - but will see it tomorrow!GIGGITY!
Just visited the website for Hauntfest - the haunted house, located on the state fair park grounds. The first thing that caught my eye; this year's theme (and I quote):"Hauntfest welcomes Never Land: (a Michael Jackson Tribute)"Hmm. . .very interesting to see what this entails. . . Owner/operator - my curiousity is DEFINITELY piqued!Johnny
The website for Harvest Fair 2009 is now up and running! Check it out - and if you have the chance, please visit Harvest Fair, located at the state fair park grounds.Fun, food, pumpkins, and make your own scarecrow - what more can you ask for?http://www.wistatefair.com/09_harvest_fair/index.html
Johnny here - just wanted to officially say thank you to the staff of HW.com for making me one of their own!I am truly humbled and excited to be a member of the family!Your Senior Editor and Special Operations Advisor, Big Daddy
The HauntedWisconsin.com team met yesterday to look over the applications for new Review Crew members. It was a tough decision, but we decided to add thee new members. Welcome to Pete, Ted and Christopher! Thank you to everyone who sent us applications to be part of the Review Crew. We have also added a new staff member, Johnny Ramos! Johnny was part of our very first Review Crew and has been a great asset to Haunted Wisconsin. He will be helping with the RC as well media relations and anything else we can throw at him. We hope everyone has...
I want to take a minute to welcome the HauntedWisconsin staff's newest team member, Johnny "Big Daddy" Ramos. Johnny is an RC OG, meaning he's one of the four original founding members of the Review Crew from year one. He has contributed greatly to the success of this site, behind the scenes, for several years. Well now he'll be on the front lines as a full time staff member. Besides myself, Johnny is the only other full time slave to Jen and Andy, I mean employee. Mr. Ramos' unique sense of humor and literary skills have proven...
Attention Pumpkin Spice Latte lovers! Today is September 1st which means pumpkin spice latte's are now back at Starbucks. Yum! Never had a pumpkin spice latte? What's wrong with you? According to Starbucks.com they are "a delicious blend of pumpkin and traditional fall spice flavors combined with our signature espresso and freshly steamed milk, and topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices". To me, they are the delicious taste of fall and unofficial drink of HauntedWisconsin.com. Be sure to stop at your favorite Starbucks location and pick one up today!Caribou Coffee should have their pumpkin drinks out in a couple of weeks....
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If you want to be part of this years Review Crew, you only have ONE WEEK LEFT to submit an application! Do you LOVE haunted attractions? Do your friends ask you for advice on what haunts to go to? Do you visit at least five Wisconsin haunts every October? Do you have good writing skills? Would you like to be a part of HauntedWisconsin.com? If you answered YES to all of the above, then you should fill out an application to be part of our Review Crew! We're looking for just a couple more haunt lovers to join our Review...
Just checked the Wisconsin State Fair Park website and saw two exciting things: 1. Halloween Express will be open on September 15th; 2. Harvest Fair is September 25th -27th Check it out: http://www.wistatefair.com/event_calendar/sept.html
My son just celebrated his first birthday! He was born at the end of July. Last year, he was way too young to appreciate the Halloween season (even though I still took him trick-or-treating! I ate the candy. . .)It will truly be awesome this year to see Halloween thru his eyes. . .I will share my findings and my re-discovery of the holiday thru my son's eyes!Big Daddy
I journeyed over to Bartz's today on highway 100. They are starting to put out their Halloween stuff, but only had about a half of an aisle out. Literally, as I looked, the clerk was putting stuff out.Give 'em a few days and it will be loaded with our favorite Halloween stuff!
Do you LOVE haunted attractions? Do your friends ask you for advice on what haunts to go to? Do you visit at least five Wisconsin haunts every October? Do you have good writing skills? Would you like to be a part of HauntedWisconsin.com? If you answered YES to all of the above, then you should fill out an application to be part of our Review Crew! We're looking for just a couple more haunt lovers to join our Review Crew, so if you think you have what it takes to be a great reviewer fill out an application by Friday,...
The word on the streets, and by streets I mean from an employee at the local Waukesha Starbucks, says the nectar of Autumn gods will make its triumphant return on September 1st. Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks locations near you, 09.01.09. Mark it on your iPhone, PDA, calendar or tattoo it on your forehead.
Hey Halloween freaks, Big Daddy here! Halloween is in the air - especially after today's high is only in the upper 60's. . .MMM can almost smell the scent of cooking pumpkin seeds. . .Been making my way to the usual stores to check out the Halloween merchandise. . . I have endured the funny faces and odd stares when I ask when the merchandise will be out. . .but there are a couple of stores that are already getting into the "spirit". . . Luckily, I now have someone to take with me - my one year old son....
We added drop-down menus to the site on Sunday. We're hoping this will make it easier for everyone to find information on the site. Let us know what you think and if you have any suggestions.
So I wanted to let everyone know that the Yankee Candle store in Brookfield Square has an assortment of limited edition Halloween candles and accessories in stock. The on-hand stock is quickly depleting and the guy working today said when it's gone it's gone. They have everything from tealight holders to votives to their signature large jar candles. Yankee Candle has released Halloween themed scents including Moonlight Harvest, Patchouli, Candy Corn, Autumn Leaves and various pumpkin spiced candles. Don't miss out on the selection if you're interested, get there soon!!
This is my first blog entry in quite some time and for good reason: I've lost my creative edge lately. However, I practice makes better. I just wanted to say that your favorite Halloween website and staff are hard at work behind the scenes. Site updates, 5 hour meetings, lots of coffee, hidden zombies, Review Crew.09 rising from the grave and plenty of new Haunts across Wisconsin ready to assist to the ICU (Involuntary Cowering Urination). -- Cheers and Fears.
Today we upgraded the sites underlying framework to Django 1.1 and fixed the various bugs that cropped up. Let me know if you run in to any zombies caused by the upgrade.I made comments system to be a little nicer. Try it out and see if you like the new system.Finally, when you log in, you are now taken directly to your account page where you can manage your haunt information, blog, fright finder, etc.Enjoy!
It's that time of year! Over the past week, I received two email ad's from Grandin Road and The Lakeside Collection letting me know that Halloween merchandise was now available on their websites. Grandin Road is the pricier of the two, but has a nice selection and some decorations I haven't seen elsewhere. They also carry Martha Stewart's Halloween line. It seems that sparkle and bling is in for Halloween this year. The Lakeside Collection only has a few Halloween items, but they do have a very spooky standing ghoul that's over 5ft tall and is only $19.95! They also have...
We've added zombies somewhere on the site...Also, we're experimenting with an iPhone interface located at http://www.hauntedwisconsin.com/mobile/.
We recently moved on Facebook and have a new fan page. Please click here to see our page and be our fan!
Jenny and I made lots of small updates to the site this weekend. Some of the changes are:Added e-Ticket info for eventsSome cosmetic changes to the event pagesUsing your message board account on the rest of the site should work betterMake it easier for event operators to update their listingsAdd sharethis links to news, blogs, and events pagesWe have lots more planned for the next few months. Let me know if there are some changes you would like to see (post to the comments below or send me an email).
October is only three months away, so now is the time to start getting ready for Halloween. No, it's not too early! According to employees at several local Michaels craft stores, shipments of Halloween merchandise will begin arriving tomorrow, Thursday, July 2nd! Hopefully other stores won't wait until late September to bring out their Halloween merchandise, and unlike Walmart, will at least bring out Halloween before Christmas!
October may be four months away, but now is the time to submit your 2009 Halloween event! Submitting your event information is FREE! If you have a haunted attraction, corn maze, hayride, home haunt or other Halloween event in Wisconsin, submit your event information as soon as it's available. If you submitted your event information last year and provided a user name, you can just go to our login page to update your information.
According to The Muppet Newsflash, Disney is developing the idea of a Muppet Halloween special to air on TV this fall! You may also be able to dress up as your favorite Muppets character for Halloween this year. Disney is working on a line of Halloween costumes based on the Muppets including Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and Swedish Chef.
Zombies will walk the streets and visit nine (9) bars in downtown Manitowoc on Saturday, May 16th. The walk begins at 6:00pm but Saucy's is hosting a brat fry prior to the madness so zombies can eat something tastier than brains. There will be prizes for best costumes and many little prizes along the way. A $5.00 donation is requested, and all proceeds will be given to Lakeshore Weekend for Kids which is a local fund raiser for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Bring the most donation money and win a prize! Zombie Walk Saturday, May 16, 2009 Location: Downtown Manitowoc...
Celebrate Halloween early by getting your pants scared off at the 2nd annual weekend of horror at The House of Bathory. Two weeks later, scare the pants of the living at a zombie walk (pub crawl) in downtown Manitowoc. The House of Bathory - 2nd annual weekend of horror Friday & Saturday - May 1 & 2, 2009 $10.00 8pm to Midnight Zombie Walk Saturday, May 16, 2009 Location: Downtown Manitowoc 6pm – midnight $5.00 donation per zombie Zombies will visit nine bars beginning at Saucy's and ending at Digger Dave's. The walk begins at 6:00pm but Saucy's is hosting...
As mentioned in earlier posts, HAuNTcon is a conference and expo that strives to help you make next October the best season it can be! Designed by Haunters, for Haunters of every age and level of experience, HAuNTcon brings people together who love Haunted Houses and Halloween for a fun filled three days and nights of Haunter Education, Tours of Local Haunted Houses, a packed Tradeshow Floor, Hearse Show and an incredible Costume Ball! Yes, it’s open to the public, but you’ll need to purchase tickets to get in. The show kicked off the week with an overnight Pre-show Haunted...
The Dominion of Terror in Sheboygan will be open this Friday and Saturday (April 24 & 25) from 7-10pm! Admission is $10.00. If you're looking for a hauntingly good time be sure to check them out!
Bloomin' scary Thought you were safe in spring? Dominion of Terror reopens for 2 days to prep for HAuNTcon visitors
October may be six months away, but this year we're lucky enough to have several haunts open their doors in April and May to coincide with HAuNTcon, the haunted attraction national trade show and convention! HAuNTcon is a conference and expo that strives to help you make next October the best season it can be! Designed by Haunters, for Haunters of every age and level of experience, HAuNTcon brings people together who love Haunted Houses and Halloween for a fun filled three days and nights of Haunter Education, Tours of Local Haunted Houses, a packed Tradeshow Floor, Hearse Show and...
I came across a great site today, Design Bliss, which has over 150 links to free clipart, spooky photoshop tips and other Halloween design resources. Even if you don't have a website, the clipart would be very handy when creating party invitations or cards. Hope it comes in handy!
Ticket prices for HAuNTcon will be going up on April 1st. Be sure to buy your tickets now for all of the spooktacular events taking place at HAuNTcon! Click here for more information.
The sixth annual HAuNTcon (Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention) will be held in Milwaukee this year at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention Center. This event takes place from April 30-May 4, 2009 with a pre-show tour April 29-30. Open to the general public, HAuNTcon is a convention and expo that packs in everything a haunter could possibly want or need to make the next Halloween season the best it can be! If you love haunted houses and Halloween, be sure to attend for three days and nights of educational seminars, workshops and demonstrations, tours of local haunted...
If you're interested in advertising with HauntedWisconsin.com, please contact me for further information. We do not currently have any Featured Event spots available, but we are taking names for our waiting list. Please note: We have cleared the waiting list, so you'll need to contact us again to be added.
We'll soon be clearing out all of the 2008 information for the new year! We took a short break for the holidays, but we're back to working on HW. We've been working on the look and functions of visitor reviews and we're cooking up some more ideas for the site. Our advertising options/prices for 2009 will be out soon. We're making some tweaks to give you more bang for your buck! If you have any suggestions, be sure to let us know! We'll do our best to implement your ideas this year.
The HW team will soon be getting back to work with updates for 2009. We look forward to all the Halloween and haunt happenings this year and hope everyone's having a great 2009 so far! Be sure to let us know what you'd like to see on the site this year.
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