Ghost Towns in Texas

In the mood for a real fright? Spend the month of October spooking yourself from visits to some of the scariest ghost towns in the state of Texas. You are sure to be frightened  by the dilapidated, eerie ruins that are left in these towns.

Indianola, Texas:
Business was booming and Indianola, Texas was one of the most prosperous cities on the Texas coast. Now, most of the city is located underneath the bay. Residents of the city thought that they were protected from hurricanes, but in 1875 a giant hurricane took place and wiped out the town. There are faint remnants of the town, such as pieces of the town courthouse that remain and can be seen by visitors. A visit to Indianola is eerie as there is a clear understanding that a bustling town with a booming economy used to exist there.

Helena, Texas:
Helena was a busy city until the town made the decision not to pay a bonus to the railroad. City officials made this decision to avoid having the railroad go around the town. During this time, any town without access t to a railroad had a difficult time keeping business afloat. In response to not paying the bonus to the railroad, the president of the railroad company re-routed the train to be even further away from the town. Residents began moving away and in a flash, it became a ghost town. Plenty of ruins from the town still exist and are certainly worth a visit.

Thurbur, Texas:
This coal-mining ghost town was once a booming town but today has a population of 25 people. With over 10,000 people in 1886, this town specialized in mining coal and was known as one of the largest coal-mining towns in all of Texas. In 1903, the mining employees unionized and the mines closed down. Thurber then became a ghost town. A cemetery still exists which has over a thousand graves to see. Other buildings also remain standing, such as homes, a church and old businesses.

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Welcome to our Texas Haunted House and Halloween Attraction page where you can find all sorts of haunted houses in Texas. Some of our favorite haunted houses in Texas are located on this page.  Listed below are some of the best haunts you can find in the state of Texas.  If you know of a haunted house, haunted hayride, ghost tour, real haunted house, haunted attraction, scary attraction, or Halloween attraction in Texas please refer those attractions to our site so they may create a FREE listing.  If you you would like to review one of the attractions we have listed please create an account.  Once you create a user account you may post your reviews and rate any haunted houses on our system.

One of the scariest haunted houses in Texas is in Fort Worh The Cutting Edge Haunted House. This haunted house is so intense that the visitors who survive are thankful they can live to tell about it and warn others. You are surrounded by complete darkness and creatures you only dreamed about as a child are crawling all over waiting to claim their next victim to try to escape. Think you are brave enough? www.cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com

Also in the Forth Worth area is Hangmans House of Horrors haunted house Four haunted attractions in one location where you will be submerged by the dead and their vicious deaths will be replayed for you and you see them slowly mutilated by the tormented souls that inhabit these haunted houses. New victims are always being saught out. Don't look back or you could be next www.hangmans.com

The House of Torment in Austin, Texas featured in Hauntworld the Magazine in 2008 is one of the best in the nation known for its innovative and over the top scares. You will come face to face with monster dropping from above and illiousions that will make you question your sanity. Monsters have rage that they take out on guests or should we say VICTIMS. Click here to see more www.houseoftorment.com

Another Austin scare can be found at Mansion of Terror two gorey haunted houses that will keep you awake for nights with the gruesome sights you will see and experience.  Featuring Death Asylum-zombie Carnage where you will witness some of the most mentaly ill zombies who are seeking fresh blood to keep themselves alive. Click here to see more www.mansionofterror.com

In Houston there are several spectaular haunted house one of those is ScreamWorld, three haunted attractions in one loaction. Some of the things in this top notch haaunted house are alive but many are not. The Edge of Darkness haunted house is an old fashioned haunt with cold and damp in your face scares that will make you cry for your mommy. Want more? click here www.screamworld.com

Also in Houston is Heart Stoppers Fright where creatures will scare the crap out of you and your friends. You will fall into the depth of fear when you eneter the 150 foot snake pit. You thought the Boogey man only scared you as a child but he is back and ready to take your soul to the other side this time. Once inside you won't know whats real and whats not...till its too late. Visit them online at www.heartstopperfright.com

Another great Houston haunted house is Phobia NINE seperate attractions in two different locations where you are invited to enter upon your own free will but you may not make it out. The sick and twisted things that you will see are enough you make a grown man become ill. Mental Asylum patients will chase you, Clowns will try to eat you...RUN! Run as fast as you can to survive the dark. Click here for more details www.darke.com

Another must see haunted house in Houston, Texas is Nightmare on the Bayou located next to a Cemetery the ghost of those that have laid to rest are creepy into this haunted house where sometimes.even the employees are scared to be there alone. These aren't just people dressed like ghost. they are realy paranormal inhabitiants lurking the grounds who never wanted to be disturbed. Click here to see more www.nightmareonthebayou.com

Dr. Haunts Chamber of Fear in Gainsville, Texas a haunted house that thrives on tortured souls. Once you enter the darkness you will beg for your life as monsters bring to life your worst nightmares. You will hear blood curdling screams from those who are trapped inside, see savaged killers who are looking for their next victims and witness unspeakable acts that will make you scream for mercy. Click here to see how you can go www.drhauntshouse.com

The Slaughterhouse in Dallas, Texas is home to some of the most horrifying scares you will ever experience. You are brought face to face with ax carrying madmen who seek to behead the weakest souls. Once you are inside these walls you will be begging for your life but no one will hear you because they too have all been slaughtered to death. Check out there website here www.weslaughter.com

The Haunted House in Caddo Mills, Texas is sure to have you screaming once you are inside the dark that awaits. Look ahead or you might not make it out alive, and don't fall down or you will be pulled into the darkness never to be seen again. See more here www.hehaunthouse.com

Fear at Kaska Farms in West, Texas inhabited by visitors to the farm who never made it out alive and their murders have never been solved. When the sun goes down their sould creep from the ground to make those who have disturbed them pay for their horrific murders. Besides the cornfield haunt at Kaska Farms there are also child friendly activites click her for details www.kaskafamilyfarm.com

Texas Scare Grounds in Kennedale, Texas offers a frightful experience for all ages. From a low scale fear to an INTENSE haunted house-The Asylum where you will see things that you only thought existed in your worst nightmares. There is also live entertainment, food and more check them out here www.texasscaregrounds.com

At the Horror Haunted House in Austin, Texas you will enter into a world of flesh eating zombies, muntant cannibals and the maggot coverd dead who were not able to make it out alive before you. Watch where you step as the undeads bodys are resting beneat you as their souls are lurking in the walls. Visit them online for more at www.thehorrorhauntedhouse.com

Vampire Inc in Waco, Texas a haunted house based at the location of The Texas Chainsaw Massacure where your worst nightmares are walking in the darkness waiting for you to arrive. Where you will never make it out alive. Click here to see if you have what it takes to survive, www.hauntedhousetexas.com

Texas loves to scream so please be our guest and click on the profiles for Halloween attractions in Texas listed above.

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When you live near Salem, Massachusetts, Halloween isn’t just a day; it’s a way of life. We residents do not get scared easily because we simply can’t. When there is a witch, monster, ghoul, or demon around every corner, you learn to enjoy terror rather than let it scare you. In that spirit, we’re willing to follow any cobblestone path to take a short tour of the nearest haunted house. Given the astonishing number of haunted houses in Salem, we get through all of them and think we’re invincible. But once in a great while, we realize that the Halloween capital of the world is not synonymous with the scariest place in the world. Sometimes we come across something so terrifying that our natural Salem bravado melts into a puddle of trembling, heart pounding fear. And for this writer, that already melted puddle evaporated into an impenetrable fog of terror upon seeing the Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas.

Located in a 100-year-old abandoned meat packing plant in a section of Fort Worth historically dubbed as “Hell’s Half Acre,” the Cutting Edge Haunted House is built upon a foundation of horror. Originally infamous gangsters like Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, Doc Holiday and Jesse James frequented the last stop on the cattle drive, Hell’s Half Acre. As notorious as he may be, even Jesse James would tremble if he saw what that former cattle stop looks like now. The meat packing equipment from the Old West is still in use, but now it is a two-story human processing area. Realistic looking human mannequins are hoisted up to the second level and brought through the entire meat packing process until the conveyor system brings the butchered corpses back to the first level. If visitors did not know that it takes over 100 people to make such a startling Haunted House, they might not be able to calm their quaking nerves by telling themselves it’s all for show.

Filled with 22 highly themed sets, 32 animatronics, a Monster Hearse on 44 inch tires, an award winning sound system, and an exploding bus, the Cutting Edge really is a show. This haunted house even features a Stomp-like drum segment that is as entertaining as it is scary. Cutting Edge owner Todd James describes this part of the haunted house by saying, “We have these top notch cats that perform in a sort of apocalyptic industrial alley way. They play on bumpers and all sorts of metal objects throughout the whole night. These guys are running around in costume while they’re scaring people, but they never stop playing.” Between the beat of the metal, the unbeatable wardrobes and makeup, and the elaborate sets, it is impossible to walk through Cutting Edge without your instincts screaming for you to run.

Of course, with the world’s largest walk-through haunted house, running wouldn’t help. It takes approximately 55 minutes to walk through every perfectly executed section of Cutting Edge, so this is not like the five minute horror spree that awaits guests in traditional haunted houses. On the contrary, Hell’s Half Acre is even larger than it sounds and once you’re in, you cannot help but wonder if you will make it out alive.

And just think – that 55 minute walk through the interior does not include the outdoor world.  The outside is adorned with Hollywood Premier style search lighting, an array of characters, and a 35 ft tall gargoyle busting through the roof named “Jr.”  Even more impressive is the Cutting Edge’s 30,000 square foot maze competition where guests brave enough to embark on the journey wander through the masterful maze with a four inch glow stick to light the way. They race through one of the largest, most elaborate mazes in hopes of being the first to find their way. These courageous people are not just in a hurry because their blood is pumping so hard throughout their veins. They also know that those who exit first will be rewarded with the opportunity to return and vie for an all inclusive trip to Mexico.

Even putting that generous vacation aside, visiting the Cutting Edge is a reward in itself. With its eerie setting and haunting scenes, Cutting Edge deserves every bit of the success it has achieved. Its 20th anniversary marks the beginning of even more adventures, more scares, and more history. When asked if he ever thought Cutting Edge would ever see this level of success, James responded, “No! This started off as something I did for fun. I retired from being a high school teacher because it turned out that I loved Halloween more. Sometimes the team and I look at each other and say, ‘Really? Has it been 20 years?’ It’s been an awesome ride for all of us and we couldn’t have done it without each other.”

It looks like the awesomeness is just beginning, too, because James and his team are in the process of making Cutting Edge a haunted house and full film studio. James described his future plans by saying, “We want to do this in a Robert Rodriguez-esque style. We already do designs, animatronics, and special effects. Now we’re learning about the shooting and post-production aspects. Our five year goal is to have some films made.” Always broadening its horizons and pushing itself past conceivable limits, it is hard to imagine that Cutting Edge could create anything but an instant classic.

And if Cutting Edge had to be described in one word, classic would have to be the one. This haunted house is not just about blood and gore, nor is it about cheap thrills. It is about the classic and unimaginable fears that make people human. Having witnessed the difference between a haunted house that makes people’s hearts pound for five minutes and a haunted house that resonates under the skin for days, one thing is clear. Cutting Edge has spent the past 20 years making people’s nightmares feel like a reality and will undoubtedly spend the next 20 years making people’s realities feel like a nightmare.

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