Image: Courtesy Nate Watters
horror is everywhere these days. Why not take control of the spooks? Schedule a tidy dose of adrenaline with these haunted Seattle-area attractions, from terrifying corn mazes to creepy cocktail parties. If you’re seeking more PG happenings, check out our roundup what to do across the state in October.
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through nov 7 | Georgetown | $38–135
The Morgue distinguishes itself from other haunted houses with its world-building and theatrical panache—here there’s no rifling around, blindfolded, in bowls of cold spaghetti. A slurry of unconfirmed, sensational rumors of real life murder and supernatural sightings surrounds the building itself, which was the site of a former mortuary and crematorium.
oct 2–31 | Rainier Chapter House | $60.25–103
Step into a historically haunted venue for a terrifying free-roam cocktail party experience, with live performers mingling about, interactive games, a dark fairytale trick-or-treat trail—all based on the chillingly real 1928 Hex Hollow murder. To blend into the immaculately crafted world, dark folklore and Halloween glamour costumes are encouraged.
oct 2–31 | Vaughn | $30
Straddling a very thin line between LARPing, Renaissance fair, and haunted house, this forest trail at Grand Farms in Vaughn promises to be littered with grotesque medieval terrors—and, new this year, flaming fiery effects and explosions. The haunted forest warns that souls cannot survive in the utter darkness of these woods so, you know, buyer beware.
oct 1–31 | Tacoma | $25–45
Tacoma’s iconic house of horrors implores you to leave your everyday existential dread and doomscrolling behind in favor of a much more fun sense of impending doom with story-driven haunts. The concrete basement was once used to store corpses during World War II; ghosts and monsters await.
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oct 3, 4–10pm | capitol hill | $52.38
Experience the Great Pumpkin before Charlie Brown does with a several-hundred-pound gourd overflowing with beer, tapped into a create keg of sorts. This autumnal alcohol festival stars 60-plus pumpkin-adjacent beers on tap, a fierce costume competition, and a pumpkin pie eating contest.
oct 2–31 | Mountlake TErrace | $40–125
One of the campier options, Nile Nightmares at Nile Shrine Center offers a whole fair’s worth of haunted attractions that run the gamut of classic horror tropes—crypts, circus clownery, a cabin deep in the woods, you get the idea—and four five-minute escape room puzzles.
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oct 2–nov 1 | Snohomish | $30.95–80.95
Idyllic pumpkin patch by day, amygdala-tickling horror show by night, the Snohomish farm is part midway, part haunted house. The farm transforms into its spooky alter ego Stalker Farms in the dark; three haunting worlds hawk deranged clowns, slasher families, and demonic farmers of yore.
Oct 8–10 | Georgetown | $15
In place of jump scares along a spooky, immersive walking tour, real macabre history is unearthed: Murder, mayhem, and monologues await in one of Seattle’s spookiest neighborhoods (historically speaking.) Georgetown locals serve as guides through the neighborhood’s shadows.
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Oct 15–31 | Triple Door | $35–75
Can Can Production’s original adaptation parody, running at the Triple Door, features one Jack Skellington who has become disenchanted with his life’s work of scaring people. Burlesque, dark fantasy, and live orchestral music make for a one-of-a-kind haunt.
Oct 31 | MoPop | $43
Space invaders have taken over MoPop to throw the (annual) party of the century. Dance the night away or see if you can spot all the aliens camped out through the museum. Compete in the costume competition and trivia or consult the tarot readings for a shot at winning tricks and treats.
