The 21 Best Haunted Houses Near Boston

Get ready for a spooktacular season of scares. Now that it’s October, there’s no better way to prepare for All Hallow’s Eve than to meet some ghouls, goblins, and ghosts. If you’re a thrill seeker, look no further than these 21 haunted houses within two hours of Boston. Scaredy cats, beware— these eerie experiences aren’t for the faint of heart. Haunted houses listed by our ranking, starting with our favorites.   1) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/boston-s-wicked-haunt-fest-three-haunted-attractions-spooky-festival-grounds-weekend-beer-garden-boston-1005144">Boston's Wicked Haunt Fest</a>  Where: Charlestown, MA | In Boston When: Starting Sep. 29; Wed-Sun, Times Vary, select Mondays and Tuesdays Cost: $25-90 Info: Boston’s newest haunted attraction sprawls across Hood Park in Charlestown (and it’s T accessible). Enter, if you dare, three different haunted attractions with in-depth storylines, visit three themed cocktail bars on site, plus check out photo opportunities, activities, and more. 2) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/haunted-overload-2023-lee-393740">Haunted Overload</a> (pictured) Where: Lee, NH | 68.3 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct. 10; Main Event: Fri-Sun, times vary (and Halloween) Cost: $12-36 Info: This freaky horror show has won awards for a reason. Embark on a journey through an eerie New Hampshire forest, and walk the cursed trail, leading into the depths of the night. Bizarre jack-o-lantern creatures await you at every turn. Check out their no-scare day walk if you’re not into super-chilling attractions. 3) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/fright-kingdom-haunted-house-2023-nashua-nh-nashua-359437">Fright Kingdom </a> Where: Nashua, NH | 42.9 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 27; Fri-Sun, 7-10pm (and Halloween) Cost: $36+ Info: Fright Kingdom is guaranteed to chill your bones. With five haunted attractions to choose from, you’ll be running away in terror by the end of the night. Explore the haunted Bloodmare Manor, survive the Psycho Circus, escape the pitch-black darkness of Grim, avoid the contamination of Apocalypse Z, and make it out alive from The Abandoned farmhouse. 4) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/gallows-hill-presents-the-lost-museum-2023-salem-393754">The Lost Museum </a> Where: Salem, MA | 15.3 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 28; Open Sept. 28, 29, 30 and in Oct. Mon-Sun, 10am-5:45pm Cost:  $15-18 Info: Heading to Salem is scary enough. But entering The Lost Museum is downright horrifying. At this old abandoned museum, ghosts and monsters are hiding in the shadows. This experience is part haunted house… and part escape room. Good luck.  5) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/count-orlok-s-nightmare-gallery-2023-salem-360930">Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery</a>  Where: Salem, MA | 15.2 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 17; Mon-Sun, 10am-6pm, Fri-Sun in Nov and Dec Cost: $8-$15 Info: At Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery, prepare to see the spookiest of the spookiest up close and personal. At this museum experience, you can roam gallery halls of over 60 Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Demons, and more.  6) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/screeemfest-2023-salem-393755">Screeemfest</a>  Where: Salem, NH | 34 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 21; Fri-Sun, Hours vary Cost: $36-64 Info: Prepare to howl and screech at Screeemfest this year. With 5 haunted houses, spooky games, live shows, and more, you’re guaranteed to shriek in fear.  7) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/13th-world-haunted-house-2023-cumberland-393757">13th World Haunted House</a>  Where: Cumberland, RI | 39.2 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 28; Fri-Sun, 6-10pm Cost: $25-45 Info: Some of the most blood-curdling screams are heard from the outdoor grounds of 13th World Haunted House. Arrive at dusk for a truly terrifying time.  8) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/13th-world-fright-park-2023-palmer-431430">13th World Fright Park</a> Where: Palmer, MA | 75.2 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 13; Fri-Sun, Hours vary  Cost: $30-50 Info: 13th World Fright Park debuted their haunted experience in Massachusetts last year. Now it’s back, featuring three more terrifying haunted attractions, a killer midway, and more!  9) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/barrett-s-haunted-mansion-2023-abington-393756">Barrett’s Haunted Mansion</a> Where: Abington, MA | 18.4 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 20; Fri-Sun, 7-10/10:30/11pm; Open select Wed, Thu, and Mon Cost: $20-65 Info: After 31 years of fear, Barrett’s Haunted Mansion is back and scarier than ever. Here, you can run from the Coulrosapiens, terrifying creatures that survived a Nitrogen Oxide leak. After all that racing away, you’ll work up an appetite to enjoy their Bite and Fright dinner. If you really want to be scared, buy tickets for the <a href="https://bhmansion.com/buy-tickets/">Devil’s Night on October 30</a>, a terrifying night of physical contact from the site’s spooks. 10) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/fear-town-2023-seekonk-393759">Fear Town</a> Where: Seekonk, MA | 56.4 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 27; Fri-Sun, 7-10pm, Hours Vary Cost:  $25-35 Info: Take a trip to Fear Town– only the brave can make it through. You can enjoy over 45 minutes of pure fear and three haunted houses on the property.  11) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/witch-s-woods-haunted-hayride-and-halloween-screampark-2023-westford-393758">Witch’s Woods Haunted Hayride and Halloween Screampark</a>  Where: Westford, MA | 28.6 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 27; Fri-Sun, 7:00-10:00pm Cost: $52 Info: The Blair Witch project is a fairytale in comparison to Witch’s Woods. There are 6 haunted attractions on the property, including a spine-tingling haunted hayride. Also, don’t miss out on the sinister Vampire Passage or the Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree.  12) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/spooky-world-2023-litchfield-393762">Spooky World</a> Where: Litchfield, NH | 50.8 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 20, Fri-Sat, 7-11pm; Select Sun, 6:30-10:00pm, Select Mon, Tue &amp; Thu Cost: $49.99-$59.99 Info: Step into a whole new world of Spooky. This haunted realm covers over 80 acres. You’ll have a ghoulish good time exploring 5 haunted attractions, including the Haunted Hayride and Asylum; zombie paintball; a beer and wine garden; and fire pits to warm up after the chill. 13) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/the-dark-manor-haunted-house-2023-baltic-393763">The Dark Manor</a>  Where: Baltic, CT | 93.9 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct. 4; Fri-Sun, 6:30-11pm/12pm, Open select Wed &amp; Thu Cost: $25-33 Info: Enter at your own risk. The Dark Manor houses tormented beasts, ghastly entities, and terrifying creatures from the depths of your nightmares. If you aren’t driven mad within The Manor, then you’ll go crazy in the Graveyard and labyrinth of The Catacombs. 14) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/chambers-of-terror-2023-salem-393760">Chambers of Terror</a>  Where: Salem, MA | 16.5 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 16, Sun-Thurs, 11/12pm-8pm, Fri-Sat, 12pm-10pm Cost: $10-20 Info: In the Chambers of Terror, it’s Halloween all year long. Enter the darkness and walk through a world of nightmare— filled with demons, ghouls, psychos, and creatures of the night.  15) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/factory-of-terror-2023-fall-river-393761">Factory of Terror</a> Where: Fall River, MA | 51.5 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 13, Fri-Sun, hours vary; Open select Wed, Thu, and Mon Cost: $17-30 Info: A new entity has taken over the Factory of Terror. In this indoor factory setting, you’ll be petrified. But you’ve got to fight the fright… otherwise you may never make it out. 16) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/six-flags-fright-fest-2023-agawam-393764">Six Flags Fright Fest</a> Where: Agawam, MA | 96 miles from Boston When: Starting Sep. 21; Fri-Sun, Hours vary  Cost: $30+ Info: This year, you’ll scream louder than ever before at Six Flag’s Fright Fest. Enjoy a supernatural world of scare zones, night coasters, haunted houses, and more.  17) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/witch-mansion-salem-2023-salem-393845">Witch Mansion Salem</a>  Where: Salem, MA | 16.6 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct.1; Mon-Sun, 12pm-9pm Cost: $10-13 Info: Prepare to be bewitched at Witch Mansion Salem. In this mystical mansion, you might just get hexed before escaping. Bring on the banshees! Open every day in October. 18) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/the-salem-wax-museum-haunted-neighborhood-2023-salem-393837">The Salem Wax Museum Haunted Neighborhood</a> Where: Salem, MA | 18.3 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct.1; Mon-Sun, 10am-10pm Cost: $14 Info: Step back in time at The Salem Wax Museum’s Haunted Neighborhood. Revisit gothic horror at Dr. Frankenstein’s castle and dungeon, or wander through the Haunted Witch Village to see ghouls and goblins.  19) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/the-terror-of-abbadia-mare-inspired-by-the-pen-of-john-hays-hammond-jr-gloucester-1006083">The Terror of Abbadia Mare: Inspired by the Pen of John Hays Hammond Jr.</a> Where: Gloucester, MA | 38.5 miles from Boston When: Oct. 21, 22, 23, 25 Cost: $25 Info: For just four nights this October the historic Hammond Castle turns into a haunted house with a spooky live performance inspired by some of the true and terrifying legends of the castle. If you can’t snag tickets to this event, they also run <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/candlelight-spiritualism-tours-at-hammond-castle-museum-gloucester-1002904">candlelit spiritualism tours</a> every Thursday in October. 20) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/demented-fx-haunted-house-holyoke-1006084">Demented FX Haunted House</a> Where: Holyoke, MA | 89.8 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct. 4; Fri-Sa 7pm-11pm, Su 7pm-10pm; Open select Wed, Thu, and Mon Cost: $35 Info: Take your chances wandering through the post-apocalyptic BioMedCity, a town that’s been ravaged by the despicable BioMedCorp. Monstrosities will greet you at every turn.  21) <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/alden-haunted-house-2024-duxbury-1006085">Alden Haunted House 2024</a> Where: Duxbury, MA | 33.5 miles from Boston When: Oct. 18 and 19; 5pm-8pm Cost: $12 Info: This mildly frightening, family-friendly haunted house at the Alden Historic Site in Duxbury. Tour the spooky house, visit a haunted maze and trailwalk, and try your luck at a themed scavenger hunt.  BONUS HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS:  <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/the-apple-place-corn-maze-2023-east-longmeadow-392628">Flash Light Nights at The Apple Place Corn Maze</a> Where: East Longmeadow, MA | 87.9 miles from Boston When: Oct.5 and Oct.19, 7-9pm Cost: $10-15 Info: All you’ll have is a flashlight and the glow of the moon to navigate your way out of this winding corn maze. Make sure to bring your own flashlight and enjoy an eerie October night under the stars.  <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/hicks-family-farm-corn-maze-haunted-nights-at-the-maze-charlemont-392931">Haunted Nights at Hicks Family Farm Corn Maze</a> Where: Charlemont, MA | 139.2 miles from Boston When: Starting Oct. 12; Fri-Sat, 7-9pm Cost: $15 Info: Do you do well under pressure? Test your escape skills by trying to navigate the Hicks Family Farm Corn Maze– with terrors at every turn. Starting on Oct. 12, you can check out these Haunted Nights– and meet the creatures that lurk within the cornfields <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/ghost-tours-at-the-mount-lenox-1006092">Ghost Tours at The Mount</a> Where: Lenox, MA | 129 miles from Boston When: Starting Sept 27; select Fri, Sat, Sun, Wed, Thu Cost: $25-30 Info: Tour Edith Wharton’s home in The Berkshires with a spooky twist during these seasonal ghost tours. The home takes on a whole new feel after-hours in the dark. <a href="https://www.joyraft.com/event/ghost-tours-at-the-lizzie-borden-house-fall-river-1006102">Ghost Tours at the Lizzie Borden House</a> Where: Fall River, MA | 50.9 miles from Boston When: Daily 7pm-9pm Cost: $25+ Info: If you’re brave enough, take this 60-minute nighttime tour of the Lizzie Borden house and the haunted surrounding area of Fall River.

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