Haunted Houses

Seasonal haunts, hayrides, and corn mazes — the tier where every competitor page is running last year's dates. Ours carry the date they were last checked against the venue, and say plainly when a 2026 season hasn't been announced yet.

• MA · checked July 31, 2026

  Barrett's Haunted Mansion, Abington: Open for Its 35th Season, With Dates That Disagree

  Barrett's is confirmed open and has published its prices — but its own website gives two different dates for each special event, and two different prices for the same upgrade.

• ME · checked July 31, 2026

  Best Haunted Attractions in Maine 2026: Fort Knox's Halloween Lineup Has Changed

  Maine's Halloween attractions checked at source — Fright at the Fort is not on the fort's published 2026 calendar, but four other dated events are.

• CT · checked July 31, 2026

  Best Haunted Houses in Connecticut 2026: What's Confirmed and What Isn't

  Connecticut's major haunted attractions checked against their own sites — one confirmed returning, one running off-season events, and the biggest one that won't let anybody verify it.

• MA · checked July 31, 2026

  Best Haunted Houses in Massachusetts 2026: Who's Open, Who's Closed, Who Hasn't Said

  Massachusetts haunted attractions checked against their own websites — including one that has closed, one that has quietly become a cinema, and one whose dates contradict themselves.

• NH · checked July 31, 2026

  Best Haunted Houses in New Hampshire 2026: Confirmed Dates and What's Still Unannounced

  New Hampshire's major haunted attractions with 2026 dates checked against each venue — only one has published a full season so far, and we say which.

• New England · checked August 3, 2026

  Corn Mazes in New England 2026: The Big List, With Real Dates Where They Exist

  Every New England corn maze we could verify at source, with the two that have published full 2026 seasons marked — and the ones still showing last year.

• NH · checked August 3, 2026

  Corn Mazes in New Hampshire 2026: One Is Already Open

  New Hampshire's corn mazes checked at source. One has published a full 2026 season and is open now; the rest have confirmed they're returning but haven't set dates.

• New England · checked August 3, 2026

  Family-Friendly Halloween in New England 2026: Not-Too-Scary Options

  Halloween attractions in New England that won't terrify a six-year-old — with the ones that have actually confirmed their 2026 dates marked, and the age limits that catch people out.

• RI · checked July 31, 2026

  Field of Screams, West Greenwich: The Haunt Whose Website Became a Plant Nursery

  Rhode Island's haunted hayride has no working haunt website — its old address now sells Christmas trees and shrubs for the host farm.

• ME · checked July 31, 2026

  Fright at the Fort: Maine's Best-Known Haunt Isn't on the Fort's 2026 Calendar

  Fort Knox's multi-night haunted tour does not appear on the fort's published 2026 events list — and the dates circulating for it line up perfectly with 2018.

• NH · checked July 31, 2026

  Fright Kingdom, Nashua: The Only New England Haunt You Can Book Right Now

  Fright Kingdom has published its full 2026 calendar — opening September 25 and running into December. Almost nothing else in New England has.

• VT · checked July 31, 2026

  Haunted Attractions in Vermont 2026: Two Haunts, Neither Confirmed

  Vermont's two major Halloween attractions checked at source — including a published schedule that can only describe last year, and how we know.

• New England · checked August 3, 2026

  Haunted Hayrides in New England 2026: Three Rides, No Confirmed Dates

  Every haunted hayride we could verify in New England — one showing last year's calendar, one whose website became a plant nursery, and one that only takes cash.

• RI · checked July 31, 2026

  Haunted Houses in Rhode Island 2026: Nothing Is Confirmed, and Here's Why

  All three Rhode Island haunted attractions checked at source — one has no dates on sale, one's website is now a plant nursery, and one is still showing last year.

• NH · checked July 31, 2026

  Haunted Overload, Lee NH: The Best-Looking Haunt in New England, and the Least Readable Website

  Haunted Overload builds thirty-foot monsters out of hand-cut timber in a New Hampshire wood. Its website is a frameset that returns no readable content at all.

• NH · checked July 31, 2026

  Screeemfest at Canobie Lake Park: Six Haunts Inside a Working Amusement Park

  Canobie has confirmed Screeemfest returns in autumn 2026 but has not published dates or prices — and the costume ban catches families out every year.

• NH · checked July 31, 2026

  Spooky World, Litchfield: The Name Changed and the Website Didn't

  New England's largest haunted attraction trades as Spooky World now, not Nightmare New England — and when we checked, its site was still advertising last season.

• CT · checked July 31, 2026

  The Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce: The One We Couldn't Check

  Connecticut's biggest Halloween event, and the only attraction in our audit whose website refuses automated access entirely. Every roundup lists its dates confidently. None of them got those dates from the park.

• New England · checked August 3, 2026

  The Scariest Haunted Attractions in New England, Ranked by What They Admit

  A ranking built from what the venues say about themselves — age limits, waivers, contact policies — rather than from how frightened a reviewer felt.

• New England · checked August 3, 2026

  We Checked Every Halloween Attraction in New England. Two Have Published Their 2026 Dates.

  An audit of 29 Halloween attractions across all six New England states, checked against the venues themselves. What we found says more about the internet than about Halloween.