2021 Guide to Haunted Houses in Kentucky
Did you know that Kentucky has 59 haunted house attractions listed for the 2021 Halloween haunt season!? Some of them may be located closer to you than you think…
Below, we’ll break down what types of haunts you can choose from, ranging from spooky hayrides and terrifying trail walks to creepy home haunts and multi-attraction scream parks. We’ll also discuss where in Kentucky some of the most popular haunted houses are located!
The following list totals up each type of haunt in Kentucky, based on how they are listed on our website:
- Amusement/Theme Parks: 1
- Haunted Barns: 6
- Haunted Boats: 1
- Campouts: 1
- Charity Haunts: 6
- Cornfield/Maze: 4
- Haunted Hayrides: 6
- Haunted Houses with Multiple Attractions: 15
- Home/Yard Haunts: 7
- Haunted Maze: 2
- Haunted Ride (Non-Hayride): 1
- Haunted Trail: 19
- Year-Round Haunts: 1
Fun Fact:
The city with the most attractions / surrounding haunts is Louisville, KY.
Each year, we search the internet to find out what these haunts are up to during the off-season. During our 2021 update session for Kentucky, 12 haunts’ information was updated, 8 were removed and 1 haunt was added to the Kentucky Haunted House Directory.
Here are the Top 5 Haunts in Kentucky* according to our local Scream Team’s experiences.
- USS Nightmare – Newport, KY (2019) with an overall score of 9.23!
- The Haunted Hotel – Louisville, KY (2020) with an overall score of 9.19!
- The Devils Attic – Louisville, KY (2020) with an overall score of 9.03!
- Legend at Pope Lick Haunted Woods – Louisville, KY (2019) with an overall score of 8.93!
- The American Horrorplex – Louisville, KY (2020) with an overall score of 8.92!
*Based on all of our Kentucky Haunt Reviews and their most recent, respective scores given out of the past 3 years.
The following are some of the most popular haunted attractions** in Kentucky, based on our website traffic:
Faristons Haunted Forest and Myrtle Manor
370 Shackle Road, London, KY 40744
Summary:
Come see Faristons Haunted Forest and Myrtle Manor. You can choose to do one, or the other, or both!
2024 is our 25th season in operation! Come see what all the screams are about!!
**This information was determined by looking at the haunts’ traffic on our site from the past two years. This is not a top haunts list. The above haunts are listed here in no particular order.
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