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With the most haunted houses of any in the U.S. according to online haunted house directory Scare Factory, which lists more than 130 haunts spattered across the Buckeye State making Ohio a pretty scary state to be in come October! And, some of the best ones are right here in Trumbull County. Here are a few that might scare your socks off.
Haunted Attractions in October
Nightmare in Niles
Originally Nightmare at the Canfield Scaregrounds, this horrifying team is now Nightmare at Niles! Scream your head off at terrifying themed sections from “Caged Insanity” and “The Crypt” to “Sinister Swamp” and “Gore Reformatory.”
Scare Factor Rank: 7.9/10
Maniacs in the Woods | Paradise Lakes Family Campground, Bristolville
Maniacs in the Woods has grown from a humble beginning to a favorite among October thrill-seekers. Going into its nineth year in 2025, the nonprofit haunt is a fundraiser and passion project for Venture Crew 4077 as well as other community organizations.
The walking trail through the woods at the Paradise Lakes Family Campgrounds has upwards of 15 bone-chilling scenes full of lights, decorations, and plenty of things that go bump in the night.
The trail gets more frightening each year as the Troop adds to their collection of props and builds on their scary know-how. An entirely volunteer team of monsters know just which buttons to push and which bushes to hide behind to make the experience truly frightening.
The haunt runs every Friday and Saturday in October and often pairs scares with local vendors or a trunk-or-treat for the little ones.
Scare Factor Rank: 8/10
Fear Forest Haunted House and Hayride | Lordstown
Fear Forest offers plenty of options for a good scare: a haunted house, hayride, and trail, and in true Ohio fashion, a forbidden cornfield. The haunt on Tod Avenue in Lordstown has been operating since 2004, when it started as just a hayride.
Now, it’s four attractions offer something for every kind of thrill seeker.
The Insane-A-Tarium haunted house is considered by some to be the most intense haunted house in Northeast Ohio. The mental institution is loaded with blood, guts, gore, and “treatments” too horrifying to describe.
Keeping with the asylum theme, the outdoor Psycho Path walking trail lets visitors “meet the crazies head on.”
The haunted hayride is most well-known for its dizzying drive-through vortex tunnel, where the tractor will stop long enough to make your head spin.
And of course, if all of that wasn’t enough, you can still take a 10-minute “walk of horror” through the forbidden cornfield, which has “only one way in and one way out – if you can make it out,” according to Fear Forest.
The haunt runs Fridays through Sundays from the end of September to the end of October, so there are plenty of chances to face your fears.
Scare Factor Rank: 8.1/10
Mosquito Lake Halloween Weekend – Cortland
Celebrate Halloween Weekend at Mosquito Lake with Haunted Campground Wagon Rides, Chalk on the Walk, a Halloween Basket Raffle, and more!
The event is on Saturday, September 26th, 2026, from 12PM to 10PM.
Other Spooky Events
Ghosts of Packards Passed | Saturday, October 24th – Presented by the National Packard Museum, The Ghosts of Packards Passed Fundraiser is a spooky museum tour led by the Grim Reaper himself. Meet the ghosts of the Packard family and their friends. Halloween Party to follow the tour!
Night of the Figging Dead | Date TBD – Modern Methods Brewing Company hosts their annual Zombie Party every Halloween that features a fig-based sour ale, a spooky-themed menu from Babcia’s Lunchbox, a customized screening of Night of the Living Dead with additional theatrics, zombie makeup areas and more!
Ghost Walk | October 16, 17, 23, & 24 – A tradition since the mid-1980s, the Ghost Walk is a historic and theatrical walking tour. Hosted by the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County and the Trumbull County Historical Society. Sometimes funny, often spooky, and occasionally tragic, the stories taken from old newspapers and local legends come to life each year here!
