Salem’s Haunted Attractions
Thousands of visitors flock to Salem during the month of October to enjoy the sights, sounds, events and festivities.
A favorite highlight is getting a good dose of screams at Salem’s many Haunted Houses and Attractions!
Here’s your guide to all that’s ghostly and ghastly in the Witch City.
Don’t miss a single moment of hair raising fun!
Blackcraft Haunt
259 Essex St. Purchase tickets in parking lot behind 259 Essex Street. From Essex Street turn on Barton Square and find ticket booth on the left. Blackcraft’s first haunt is now open to the public! Enter the Chapel of Darkness! Blackcraft Haunt
Chambers Of Terror
59 Wharf St. Pickering Wharf (978) 741-0002 There is a place in Salem where it is Halloween all year long, where you journey into the realm of darkness and scream in delight! Created by professionals with over 20 years experience in the Halloween industry, with movie quality scenes and nightmarish creatures, demons, ghouls, psychos and one very evil clown. The ultimate frightful fun experience – located in the heart of historic Salem Massachusetts. DARE TO BE SCARED! Chambers Of Terror
Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery
217 Essex St. (978) 740-0500
Salem’s only cinematic monster museum. In October, there are two sides to the museum: The DR. JECKYLL MUSEUM side, which is the normal, self guided, easy paced, NO-SCARE, Amazingly Awesome museum portion. Then there is the MR. HYDE HAUNTED HOUSE portion when the museum falls victim to a curse! You don’t quite know what’s real and what’s not until it’s MAKING YOU SCREAM!!! Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery
Gallows Hill Museum Theatre
7 Lynde Street 978-825-0222
Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre Witchcraft & Ghost Experience is an incredible mix of special effects, actors, costumes, story-telling, diversions, exhilarating surprises and jump scares blended with historical facts about the SALEM WITCH TRIALS, ghosts and local legends – interactive, exciting, surprising, and immersive. Show length is approximately 22 minutes, and runs daily every 30 minutes. Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre
Halloween Museum Of Salem
131 Essex St. 978-741-1170
Where Halloween Never Ends! Halloween Museum Salem is a self guided 3D celebration of Fall in Salem every day of the year. Halloween Museum Of Salem
International Monster Museum
Witch City Mall, 186 Essex St. (978) 741-1111. As you start your journey through these macabre halls, your group will be given a lantern to light your way. Take your time, enjoy the frights & sights and take all the photos and selfies you want! Created by artists & special effects experts from all around the world, Salem’s Museum of Myths & Monsters brings you a chilling, interactive adventure featuring monsters, ghosts and ghouls from around the globe! International Monster Museum
Lost Museum
7 Lynde Street 978-825-0222. Legend has it that the museum was originally built by a wealthy Salem Merchant who gathered “strange oddities” and mythical objects from around the world. It was believed lost in the 1914 Salem Fire, but Gallows Hill recently discovered a single room containing artifacts from the Merchants collection, a portrait of the Merchant and some strange oddities. After some preparation, the room is now open for viewing. But beware… for supernatural forces are at work. Many may enter, but not all will leave. The Lost Museum
Professor Spindlewink’s World of Wizardry
194 Essex St. 978-224-2312. Journey to magic realms and discover an enchanted forest, a crystal cave, a room of fantastic beasts and even an Ice dragon. This amazing new attraction brings a fantastic fantasy world to life, including a Dark Magic realm for those brave enough to seek the darker powers – a fantastic place for families, Harry Potter fans, Cosplay visitors and lovers of fantasy magic. World Of Wizardry
Salem Museum Of Torture
50 Federal St. An immersive journey through history’s cruel and unusual punishments. A museum unlike any other. Witness history’s darkest hours. Housing a collection of authentic instruments of torture accompanied by life-size displays, this bloodcurdling exhibit will make you appreciate present days of virtue, wisdom and humanity. Museum of Torture
Salem Witch Village
288 Derby St. 978-740-2929 The Salem Wax Museum and The Salem Witch Village provide entertainment for all at the world famous epicenter of Halloween, “Haunted Happenings” in October. The Haunted Neighborhood is open daily with extended hours on weekends. October Attractions Include: Salem Wax Museum, Salem Witch Village Tour, Frankenstein’s Castle, The Haunted Witch Village, The Candlelit Ghostly Tour, Graveyard Tour, the Witching Hour and Spellcasting. Salem Witch Village
Witch Mansion
186-1 Essex Street, Museum Place Mall 978-825-1300
Witch Mansion claims to be Salem’s scariest haunted attraction. Built by a professional haunted house design firm, this eerie adventure is guaranteed to give you Chills and Thrills along with high-tech animations and creepy ghost illusions in 4D! You won’t believe your eyes as you enter a twilight world of ghosts, beasts and banshees. Witch Mansion
