Do you dare to get scared?

Check out some popular haunted houses during the Halloween season

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Asia Beeler, Alyssa Wombacher, PhoebePotter, Alexis Kensinger, and Toni Burns at the Ravenwood haunted house in 2014.

Corbin Nale, Staff writer

Philadelphia, the big city, gets a whole lot bigger during the Halloween months.

Terror Behind the Walls is an old penitentiary called the Eastern State Penitentiary that was turned into a horror house. It is a museum normally, except for the Halloween months.

But how scary is it? Well who would know best but for Adam Berry from Ghost Hunters, who gave a testimonial on the haunted house’s website and said, “Absolutely amazing night at Easter State. Terror behind the walls is one of the BEST haunted attractions in the country. GO NOW!!”

Terror behind the walls is one of the BEST haunted attractions in the country. GO NOW!

Quarantine 4D– A black room with only glow lights. The scares are glowing too.  This attraction is meant to mess with your head.

Machine shop– Deep within the prison is an old machine shop. You will have to journey there through the cellblocks and tunnels.

Break out– This will put your skills to the test. You will have to escape from the prison and not get caught by the guards.

Detritus– It’s like hide and seek. You can’t get caught. You will be going through the old part of the penitentiary. Everything is decaying. A maze of overgrown shrubs, bushes, and trees.

Infirmary– You will be put through the penitentiary hospital. The nurses, doctors, and patients will be after you. You and your group will travel through and hopefully will not be taken.

The newest attraction is lock down: the upraising. There is an unknown creature in the prison and is hungry for blood. You will have to find your way out without being caught be the mysterious.

One ticket gets you the most fun ever. You get to go through all the attractions. The prices get higher as the night goes on. More fright further into the night.

Some other haunted houses in Blair County include:

  1. Ravenwood Manor: An old Victorian mansion in Beccaria, it’s just up the mountain from Bellwood and a popular attraction among local Halloween enthusiasts.
  2. Baker Mansion: Home of the Blair County Historical Society in Altoona, Baker offers “ghostly” tours on weekends in October.
  3. Camp Anderson: A boy scout camp in Tyrone that runs a popular haunted tour the last two weekends of October.
  4. Leighty’s Farm Market: Its website warns that it is an intense, in-your-face haunt!
  5. US Hotel: – Not a haunted house, but possibly a real haunted restaurant in Hollidaysburg. No, for real.