Second Annual Chicago Ghost Conference

"The dead say nothingAnd the dead know muchAnd the dead holdUnder their tonguesA locked-up story."-Carl SandburgOne of the city's most beloved poets, Carl Sandburg, knew a thing or two about being haunted. Each October, we attempt to unlock the "locked up stories" of the spirits of Chicago--and beyond--at the Midwest's premier ghost hunting event of the season. The first Chicago Ghost Conference went down in history as the first ghosthunters' convention ever held in the city of Chicago. For the first time, field investigators, authors, historians, folklorists, artists, sensitives, and enthusiasts from every walk of life came together in one...

HAuNTcon 2009 : Right Next to Chicago!

Join Haunters from across the country for the Sixth Annual Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention, April 30-May 4, 2009 at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention Center with a pre-show Haunted road trip April 29-30, less than an hour and a half drive from the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago!Open to the general public, HAuNTcon is a convention and expo that packs in everything a Haunter could possibly want or need to make the next Halloween season the best it can be! Designed by Haunters, for Haunters of every age and level of experience, HAuNTcon brings people together...

Win The Haunting In Connecticut Passes/Prizes!

Lionsgate Films has a stack of free passes and merchandise to give away for their upcoming film THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT. Contest time!Based on a chilling true story, Lionsgate's THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.Now unspeakable terror...

HALLOWEEN in MARCH at THE ORPHANAGE

For years, this South side gallery gem known as "The Orphanage" has been host to artists of all media and performance, regularly featuring showcases every Sunday in it's spacious gallery. This March, the Orphanage acknowledges it being halfway to Halloween with this month long tribute to world's greatest play day. Chicago's own "Annual Halloween Art Exhibit" will bring the best of its national showcase of Halloween Art to haunt the house and horrify the halls. Well known spooky artists include: Scott Jackson (Megadeth, Rock'n'Roll comics), Chad Savage (Sinister Visions), JoJo Baby (Clive Barker documentary), Eric Pigors (Toxic Toons, Disney), Dan...

MySpace Page Shift

The MySpace page for HauntedHouseChicago.com has been terminated in favor of the new DarkChicago.com MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/chicagohorror , which will cover the 4 Dark Chicago sites from now on. If you had added the old HHC MySpace account as a friend, please consider adding the new account.

HauntedHouseChicago.com Now Accepting 2009 Advertisers

HauntedHouseChicago.com has been updated for 2009 and has a set number of Featured Haunt spots available; these spots will run through December 2009 and are first-come, first-served.HauntedHouseChicago.com did 90,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in October 2008*, which translated to major traffic for our Featured Haunts. For more information and rates, visit https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/advertising.php .These spots will fill up quickly - DON'T WAIT.*Source: Google Analytics