If you love a good scare and dodging evil clowns, demented dolls and chainsaw-wielding psychos, Greater Cincinnati is home to quite a few top-rated haunted houses and attractions.
Dent Schoolhouse in Green Township is a popular choice, with hours-long lines snaking around the outside of the building on weekends. This haunted house takes you through the story of an abandoned school where the janitor was responsible for kidnapping and killing students, all of whom now haunt the school.
Kings Island’s
Halloween Haunt is another popular choice and features several immersive scare mazes and scare zones, spooky live entertainment and more, plus some of the most popular roller coasters will be open. In Newport, be sure to also check out
USS Nightmare, a haunted ship run by a ghastly crew of ghouls and manned by none other than the evil Captain Mitchell.
For a more kid-friendly experience, check out Heritage Village’s
Haunted Village, which offers a slight fright that won’t leave your kids with nightmares until Christmas. This recreated 19th-century village features “ghosts, witches, a fortune teller, a monster, and a cursed archaeologist along the way." Activities include a walk through a haunted wood or cemetery, plus balloon art, games and a "creepy critter" zoo.