Behind You

 By artist Brian Coldrick.

The Top Haunts? Yes, Please!

 

Sure, it's late in the season, but not too late to visit a top haunted house in your area!

The Haunted Attraction Association has a list of top haunts by state for you to get your spooky on! From their website:

The best haunted houses in America share one mark of distinction: Top Haunt certification from the Haunted Attraction Association. It is the closest thing the haunt industry has to a seal of excellence, and the attractions that hold it include the biggest, longest-running, and scariest haunted houses in the country. This page lists every certified Top Haunt by state, with dates, official sites, and deeper looks at the haunts we have covered and interviewed.

What Is a Top Haunt?

The Haunted Attraction Association is the haunt industry’s trade body, with a mission of protecting customers, promoting haunted attractions, and educating the professionals who run them. To earn Top Haunt certification, an attraction must be an HAA member and meet a ten-point standard covering safety, professionalism, and industry leadership. The 2026 list recognized a record 74 attractions across 27 states, spanning the long-running Iconic tier plus the newer Gold and Silver tiers, up from 67 in 2025. This page reflects that 2026 list, the most recent published.

With certain haunted houses getting a reputation for being unsafe for patrons for various reasons, having a certification from the HAA is truly the gold standard.

Haunt safely, my friends! 

Day of the Faithful Dead

The intricate work of Hector Javier Martinez Mendez and Gabriela Perez de Martinez (Mata Ortiz, 20th century).

I think I need one of these!

Vintage Creepy

 

Tili Tili Bom

Tili-tili-bom! Close your eyes now
Someone's walking outside the house and knocks on the door
Tili-tili-bom! The nightbirds are chirping
He's already in the house to visit who can't sleep

He walks in, he's right there so close!

Tili-tili-bom! Can you hear him coming close?
Lurking around the corner, staring right at you
Tili-tili-bom! The silent night hides everything
He sneaks up behind you and he's gonna get you

He walks in, he's right there so close! 

Click on the pic to listen to this creepiest of Russian lullabies! 

The Littles

When 11 year old Juliet stubs her toe on a loose floorboard, she unwittingly sets off a series of mysterious events.

Click on the pic for a chilly little tale.

Don't be scared...

Horror, Ink

Cryptid - Darkroots77

Frankenstein - Bernie Wrightson

Medusa - Joseph Mugnaini

The Puppet - Eric Shonborn

Edward Gorey

Untitled - Wayne Tully

Can I just mention how difficult it is to find original pen and ink horror illustrations? The AI slop bucket seems to have taken over.

The Hearse Song

Illustration by Stephen Gammell

The Hearse Song

Author Unknown

Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by,
For you may be the next to die
They wrap you in a big white sheet
From your head down to your feet.
They put you in a big black box
And cover you up with dirt and rocks.

All goes well for about a week,
Then your coffin begins to leak.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,
They eat the jelly between your toes.

A big green worm with rolling eyes
Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes.
Your stomach turns a slimy green,
And pus pours out like whipping cream.
You spread it on a slice of bread,
And that's what you eat when you are dead.

Click on the pic for the song in all its icky glory...

Locked in the Attic...

GIFs from Guillermo Del Toro's Crimson Peak.

What a delicious haunted house/locked in the attic story... 

Halloween Party

"Halloween Party" by Sideshow Monkey on Deviant Art.

I love this piece. It's such a great blend of the old, Beistle-style Halloween offerings and the new, more sinister Halloween art...