2006 News & Updates
HORRORFEST - November 17, 2006
Thanks to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, we've found out "8 Films to Die For: After Dark Horrorfest" WILL be shown at several theaters Friday through Tuesday here in Wisconsin. Click here for more information!
The haunt season is now over - November 8, 2006
The staff at Haunted Wisconsin hopes everyone had a spooktacular Halloween and got to enjoy some ghoulish events. Be sure to keep checking back throughout the year as we'll be updating the site and adding new content.
The haunt season is NOT over yet - November 1, 2006
Two haunts, De Wayne Asylum and Terror on the Fox WILL BE OPEN this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 3 & 4). Get your last scares in while you still can!!
Happy Halloween! - October 31, 2006
We hope everyone had a great Halloween season and got scared at some haunts, had fun dressing up
for trick-or-treat and costume parties, and got to watch some scary movies. Be sure to come back next
year for more spooktacular Halloween information!
Have a spooktacular Halloween!!!!
Zombies on G4 Halloween night! - October 30, 2006
Mark and Mike from "American Movie" will be hosting
"NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD": LIVE FROM WISCONSIN
on G4 Halloween night from 7-10PM. Watch as they try to create the first ever 5 minute live horror
film! Look for Andy, Dan and Jennifer as zombies!
Click here for a picture of Dan and Mike Schank costume shopping at Halloween Express.
Only 1 day till Halloween! - October 30, 2006
There are over 40 events open Halloween night!!
Don't forget, De Wayne Asylum
or Terror on the Fox WILL BE OPEN this weekend
Be sure to check them out!
Listen to the WISN Early Spin interview - October 30, 2006
Click here to listen to Dan's interview this morning with Dan and Nicole from WISN Early Spin.
Interview on 1130 WISN-AM - October 29, 2006
Listen to 1130 WISN-AM 8AM Monday morning to hear a spooktacular interview with Haunted Wisconsin's very own, Dan, live on the air!
Be on the lookout for ghosts and goblins - October 28, 2006
Trick-or-treaters will be out and about today, Sunday and Tuesday. So even though it might not be trick-or-treat night in your neighborhood, be sure to keep an eye out while driving through other communities! Click here for a list of trick-or-treat times and be sure to drive safely!
Only 3 days until Halloween - October 28, 2006
There are 133 events open tonight!!
More than 20 haunts will be open through Halloween night!
Didn't make to De Wayne Asylum
or Terror on the Fox yet? Don't worry! They're open this weekend
AND the first Friday and Saturday in November! Be sure to check them out!
Only 4 days until Halloween - October 27, 2006
There are 128 events open tonight and over 75 of those are haunts!!
One extra hour to party! Don't forget to turn back your clocks on Sunday morning (Saturday night).
Thanks to daylight savings time, TV Land
will have 25 hours of The Munsters starting at 6 a.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday.
TV Specials - October 26, 2006
This Friday your TV will be filled with spooky Halloween movies and specials. Two of these include 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' on ABC at 7PM and America's Scariest Halloween Attractions on the Travel Channel at 8PM.
SAW Trilogy - October 26, 2006
Several Marcus Theaters including the Point Ultrascreen Cinema in Madison and Ridge Cinemas in New Berlin will be showing all three SAW movies tonight! Click here for times.
Only 5 days - October 26, 2006
There's only 5 days till Halloween! Looking for something to do? There are more than 25 haunts open tonight!
Click here to see what's open.
Don't forget! Tonight's your last chance to be part of the next Haunted Media DVD Magazine!
Head over to Terror on the Fox to be part of this special event.
Haunts are open tonight - October 25, 2006
Don't sit at home bored! There are several haunts open tonight. Click here to see what's open!
Last chance ticket winners announced - October 25, 2006
Our final set of contests are over and the winners have been picked. Click here to see the list of winners.
Haunted Media Magazine at Terror on the Fox - October 24, 2006
It may be a weeknight, but you could be part of the next Haunted Media DVD Magazine! Haunted Media Magazine will be filming footage at Terror on the Fox October 24-26 for an upcoming installment of their DVD Magazine. You're invited to visit and be part of these very special nights!
Monsterfest Returns - October 22, 2006
The 10th anniversary of AMC's Monsterfest begins today and runs through Halloween night! Movies include: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Halloween, The Exorcist and Friday the 13th. Click here to view the schedule.
Last chance to win tickets! - October 22, 2006
See our contests/giveaways page for your last chance to win tickets to some of Wisconsin's spookiest haunts! You can participate in the current giveaways through Tuesday, October 24.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Reviews - October 20, 2006
It's that time! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has their annual review of local haunted houses in today's paper and on their website, JSOnline. Click here to read thier reviews and see how many "pins" the haunts got.
Week two winners announced - October 19, 2006
Our week two set of contests are over and the winners have been picked. Click here to see the list of winners. Winners will be sent an email with information on how to obtain their tickets.
13 Days of Halloween - October 19, 2006
ABC Family and SCI-FI
begin their 13 days/nights of Halloween today. Be sure to check them out for some spooky specials.
Don't feel like watching TV? There are over 30 events
taking place tonight!
Halloween Haunts on Today's TMJ4 - October 17, 2006
Starting tonight on Live at Ten and running through Halloween, Today's TMJ4 will be showing Halloween Haunts - local homes decorated for the Halloween season. You may just see our spooky house and its ghoulish decor.
Live From Wisconsin - October 15, 2006
We recently came across some information and a press release about a "live" show on G4 taking place right in Milwaukee with Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank from American Movie. G4 will be showing the 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead and before, during and after the movie, will return live to Mark and Mike while they welcome trick-or-treaters, talk about their new film "Scare Me" and do other things like "take an eventful trip to the convenience store". Watch how it all unfolds Tuesday, October 31 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. CST.
Second week of ticket giveaways - October 13, 2006
See our contests/giveaways page for your chance to win tickets to some of Wisconsin's spookiest haunts! You can participate in the current giveaways through Tuesday, October 17.
Happy Friday the 13th! - October 13, 2006
It's Friday the 13th and there's a lots of ghoulish happenings taking place at
haunts tonight including special guests, live music,
live radio broadcasts and more!
It's cold out, so if you'd rather stay home, turn on the TV for some spooktacular
movies.
Starting at 7PM TCM will be
showing The Uninvited,
The Haunting and
Poltergeist.
After midnight Rob Zombie will host
The Underground with the double feature
Plan 9 From Outer Space and
Bride of the Monster both
directed by
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Then stay tuned for Boris Karloff in
The Old Dark House.
For the kids, Cartoon Network will have
Scary Godmother 2: The Revenge of Jimmy
starting at 8PM.
And of course, what would Friday the 13th be without...
Friday The 13th.
It'll be on Bravo tonight at 7PM followed by
Friday The 13th,
Part VII - Jason Takes Manhattan at 9PM. And if you miss them while you're out
haunting, you can catch them both again when they repeat at 11PM.
Week one winners announced - October 12, 2006
Our week one set of contests are over and the winners have been picked. Click here to see the list of winners. Winners will be sent an email with information on how to obtain their tickets.
The Review Crew page is up - October 11, 2006
This year we put together a group of reviewers together to review Wisconsin haunts. Their page is finally up with their bio's and reviews of haunts they've made it to so far. Click here to check it out!
The Great Pumpkin is back - October 11, 2006
The Halloween classic, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," celebrates it's 40th anniversary this year! Watch it on ABC Friday, October 27 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. CST.
An invitation from TOTF - October 10, 2006
Terror on the Fox invites you to join them for
one of Horror's most anticipated Holidays!
Friday the 13th
Join them for an evening filled with thrills and chills as they offer up some surprises for one of
the most frightening nights of the year! WAPL will be broadcasting
live and Rotting Flesh Radio will be stopping by to
record material for an upcoming broadcast as well!
Terror on the Fox on Friday the 13th, where the
Freaks will be UNLEASHED!
Ticket giveaways are back! - October 9, 2006
Check out our contests/giveaways page for your chance to win tickets to some of Wisconsin's spookiest haunts!
It's back for 13 days and nights - October 5, 2006
ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween is back October
19-31. Movies and shows include New episodes of the Scariest Places on Earth, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, The Sixth
Sense and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Click
here for their schedule.
The SCIFI channel will also be getting into the Halloween spirit
with its 13 Days of Halloween running October 19-31. Movies include Army of Darkness, House of the Dead
and Freddy vs. Jason. The 13 Days of Halloween will conclude with a
Ghost Hunters live Halloween event!
Contests and giveways starting soon! - October 4, 2006
We'll be giving away tickets to Wisconsin area haunts again this year! Check back for an announcement very soon.
Visitor Reviews - October 4, 2006
Our Submit Review page was made available again this past weekend. You can now log in using your message board user name and password. Please be sure to follow the guidelines and enter the date and approximate time you arrived, otherwise your review will NOT be added!
Milwaukee area Halloween Haunts - September 29, 2006
Once again, TODAY'S TMJ 4 and Piggly Wiggly are searching for the spookiest Halloween displays in the Milwaukee area. If your home is decorated for Halloween they may send their camera crew out to shoot some video of your morbid mansion! Just email the location or a photo of your decorated home to halloweenhaunts@todaystmj4.com. Then watch Live at Ten every night from October 17th through October 31st on TODAY'S TMJ 4
10 days of monsters - September 29, 2006
The 10th anniversary of AMC's Monsterfest will be on the air October 22-31! Movies include: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man The Mummy, Halloween, The Exorcist and Friday the 13th. Click here to view the schedule.
Tune in while browsing - September 28, 2006
Rotting Flesh Radio is the first and only podcast and Internet radio show dedicated to the haunt industry. Check them out for weekly interviews and news about conventions, new props, products, haunts, events and more. See their MySpace page or web site for more information.
A haunting we will go - September 28, 2006
Only one haunt was open last weekend but 14 will be open this weekend! We have a listing of
18 Halloween events open on Friday and
22 Halloween events open on Saturday.
Be sure to check out one of Wisconsin's newest haunts,
Morgan Manor at the Waukesha Expo Center.
They will be open this Friday, Saturday AND Sunday! This haunt is brought to you by the
same people who run The House of Darkness
in Elkhorn.
Have a ghoulishly great time this weekend!
A Theater of Lost Souls finds itself back in Oshkosh - September 14, 2006
According to an article in The Northwestern, A Theater of Lost Souls will not be moving to Appleton as previously intended. Instead they will be staying in Oshkosh and will move over to the Sunnyview Expo Center. Click here to read the article.
Green Bay area home haunts - September 14, 2006
The Regency Suites Hotel in Green Bay is planning a haunt tour on their double decker bus, and are currently searching for Green Bay area homes that do yard haunts. Please contact Kari Moody, the Regency Suites Marketing & Promotions Manager if you have a Green Bay yard haunt.
The haunt season begins next Friday!! - September 14, 2006
Looking for something to do next weekend? The Haunted Cornfield at Meadowbrook Pumpkin Farm in West Bend will be open next week Friday and Saturday!
Halloween commercials - September 14, 2006
I heard my first 2006 Halloween radio commercial last night after checking out some Halloween items at Walgreens. As soon as I turned on the radio I heard them say Halloween and listened closely. It was a commercial for Marshalls. They will be having their first annual Halloween event starting today! Being the Halloween geek that I am, I was quite happy. I even saw their TV commercial later at home. I LOVE Halloween commercials, especially TV commercials, so Marshalls is getting a big thumbs up from me. ~webmistress~
Email Problem - September 11, 2006
Anyone who sent emails to jenny@hauntedwisconsin.com during the past few days, please re-send your emails. We encountered a small problem with our email system, but was fixed as of 3pm today.
Wondering what happened to Halls Of Bedlam? - September 10, 2006
They are not D.O.A., but alive and well as the creative force behind the haunted house
that is part of a Waukesha Halloween festival called
"Spooka Minooka". While they only
have one night to scare as many people to death as is inhumanly possible, Halls Of Bedlam
remains true to its actor-based roots and promises the same in-your-face interactivity
they treated you to in 2003.
Want to see them in action? Check out the "Spooka Minooka"
event listing for all the information.
We're looking for reviewers! - August 23, 2006
We're looking for people to be part of our new Review Crew team!
If you're over 16, love haunted attractions and can give thorough,
unbiased, constructive reviews we want you to be part of our team!
Applications
must be submitted by Saturday, September 9th.
Server down this weekend - August 7, 2006
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the internet connection to our server was disconnected this weekend. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Drive-in movies...in Wisconsin?! - August 2, 2006
Okay, so this isn't exactly Halloween related, but I'm amazed by the number of
people who don't know we still have drive-in movie theaters in Wisconsin.
Click here for a site that lists
them all!
The Highway 18 Outdoor Theater in Jefferson,
will be having another Dusk-to-Dawn show over Labor Day weekend. They will
also be showing the independent film
"The Monster of Phantom Lake":
which takes place in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Be sure to check it out!
Submit Your Halloween Event - July 30, 2006
Our submit event page is now available. If you have a 2006 Wisconsin Halloween event, click here to submit your information for FREE!
Online Halloween Shopping - July 28, 2006
Halloween has arrived at Lillian Vernon. Check out their Halloween HauntQuarters for a spooktacular selection of Halloween costumes, unique decorations, party favors, props and more.
Another One Bites the Dust - July 28, 2006
According to their Web site, Wildberry Farm is going out of business. Last October, they had a large selection of pumpkins and a great haunted corn maze. We were lucky enough to visit their "Alien Encounter" haunted corn maze last year and will miss the great set-up they had.
Email Back Up - July 26, 2006
Our email system is back up and running!
Email Unavailable - July 24, 2006
Our email system is currently down and has been for several days. Please wait to send us emails until it's back up. We'll make another announcement when it is. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Scary women, local Halloween shopping and Halloween in Madison - July 19, 2006
The 2006 Midwest Haunters Convention
took place this past weekend and hosted another
Miss Midwest Scary Pageant.
The 2005 winner was Wisconsin's very own Ann Marie Gavinski from
The House of Darkness in Elkhorn. On Tuesday, the
Waukesha Freeman featured an article about Ann Marie and her Angel of Death character.
Click here
to read a portion of the article.
While out shopping on Sunday, Andy and I decided to stop at the Brookfield
Bartz's to see if any Halloween items were out yet.
Sure enough, one aisle was cleared out and had a few Halloween decorations and boxes
of Halloween goodies to be opened.
Be sure to let us know when you see
Halloween decorations at stores near you.
According to The Capital Times and
Dane 101,
this years Madison Halloween bash will include a $5 admission into blocked off areas of
State Street to Library Mall. There will also be food vendors, live music and other activities.
Halloween shopping already? - June 20, 2006
abc distributing has their new harvest catalog online today. They have some fun Halloween decorations including a wall clock, lighted fence and a 50" animated witch. Summer may start tomorrow, but Halloween is in the air.
May 15, 2006
Are you in the haunted attraction industry? Are you a person that would like to work for
a haunt and want to learn more? Join Knowledge 4 The Carnage for a free day of seminars
this Sunday, May 21st! Anyone interested is welcome to attend. For more information click
here.
January 31, 2006
Advertising information for the 2006 season will be up soon.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for the upcoming season, please
be sure to let us know!
