Spooky season is well underway and if you’re looking to get scared, you are in the right place! Here are some of the highest-rated and award-winning haunted attractions in and around Louisville, Kentucky. All are open every Friday and Saturday through the end of October, and a few are even open on Sundays as well as Halloween night, so make sure to check each site for details. You may even find a coupon on their site! For your convenience, each attraction is marked whether the actors are allowed to touch you.
Baxter Avenue Morgue ($20+, may touch)
Stroll this Highlands morgue located just blocks from Cave Hill Cemetery.
American Horrorplex ($25+, no touch)
Terror waits around every corner at The American Horrorplex where the cure is the disease, near downtown Louisville. They also have an “escape room”, food, gift shop, and more!
The Devils Attic ($25+, no touch)
Old Louisville’s famous haunt that brings many of your childhood demons to life!
Black Orchard Haunted House ($25+, may touch)
Located at Red Orchard Park in Shelbyville, see if you can figure out what’s in the barn!
Grim Trails ($25+, no touch)
The longest walkthrough attraction in Louisville plunges you deep into the dark, twisted, and spooky world of fairy-tales and folklore.
The Haunted Hotel ($25+, extreme haunt—will touch)
See if you can “check out” alive from this “hotel” in Louisville!
Malice Manor ($25+, no touch)
Over 10,000 sq. ft of indoor horror, see if you’re brave enough to endure this dreamland of thrills located in Clarksville, IN.
Field of Screams ($30+, no touch)
One of the largest experiences in KY, you can take a Hayride to Hell, venture through the 6 acre corn maze, or try to make it out of the two story haunted barn and forbidden forest alive!
Nightmare Forest ($30+, no touch)
Four attractions in one, you can walk the Trail of Terror, Nightmare Forest, Demented Hills, or watch the Circus Bizarre, in Otter Creek Park.
Legend at Pope Lick: Escape Goatman ($30)
A blend of a haunted trail, escape room and horror theater—this private experience is reserved only for your group. Because times are reserved, there is no line to wait to get in like a traditional haunted house.
If haunted houses aren’t your thing, check out one of these “ghost tours” instead:
The Spirits of LaGrange Ghost Tour ($18)
Combining a historical aspect to introductions of the “spirits,” you can learn all about haunted LaGrange on the two-hour candlelit walking tour.
Louisville Ghost Tours ($27.50)
Join a guide for this nightly tour that introduces you to the ghostly past and paranormal hotspots in “America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood”.
And, if your house happens to be haunted, let me find you a new one!
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