By: Matthew Oldfield
Freelancer

The fall season comes with pumpkin patches, rain and changing leaves. This is also the time for all the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween to begin showing up out of the shadows, creeping up on those who are unaware. That’s right, the season of Haunted Houses is back and ready to scare anyone daring enough to go inside.

If you’re someone who enjoys going to creepy old houses, or walking along a dark trail, then maybe these sights are for you. For all you haunted house people, The Oregon School of the Deaf, in Salem, is hosting The Nightmare Factory for the 29th year in a row. This year’s theme is the zombie-filled Infected Nightmare. The special haunted tour will be $10.00 from Oct. 7 to 8, however, the rest of the show dates will be $15.00 for general admission. If you’re looking for a really good scare, their $20.00 Pitch Black event will occur on the last two nights of the show, Nov. 4 and 5, will be a truly terrifying experience.

Another haunted house that’s just a little farther north is Milburn’s Haunted Manor, located just outside of Hubbard, Oregon. Guests can face the imaginative horrors of Milburn’s manor in either one of two parts: “The Manor”, “The Dark” or guests can dare to do both. General admission is only $10.00 for one part, or $15.00 for both. For those who wish to go, but feel this might be too frightening, you will be pleased to know that this is more of a PG-13 type of haunted house.

If you’re looking for something closer, with more of an R rating scare, look no farther than Corvallis’ own Haunting of the Majestic. The Majestic Theatre in Corvallis will transform for four nights only into a haunted house at the end of October. The 18+ haunt is on Oct. 28 and 29 with a much more family oriented haunt on the 30 and 31. Prices will be hard to know until those dates come closer, but you can still check out the Majestic’s website for more details as the dates draw nearer.

These are but three events happening on this side of Oregon. There are far more haunted houses around the area if you’re brave enough to find them.

Contact the author at moldfield14@wou.edu