Illinois' Most Terrifying Haunted House Opens This Weekend

For the record, haunted houses are not my jam. It's not because they aren't cool, I'm just a huge wimp and do not take getting scared well.

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If you fancy yourself a far braver person than I and are always in the mood for a good scare, it sounds there's a haunted house that is opening this weekend, (Friday, September 24), in Aurora, Illinois that you HAVE to check out.

Just How Scary is Basement of the Dead Haunted House in Aurora, Illinois?

According to Basement of the Dead Haunted House's Facebook, they have received several different awards for how dang terrifying they are including;

#1 Rated Haunted House in the World” by BuzzFeed
#1 by Haunted House Chicago Review Team
TOP 13 Haunted House in AMERICA" by Hauntworld.com and Haunted Attraction Magazine!. | Voted #1 Haunted House in Chicago Land Area - Chicago Tribune

Obviously, Basement of the Dead Haunted House has the spookiness thing nailed, but don't just take my word for it. Here's a glimpse of the kind of scary that Basement of the Dead Haunted House is known, and awarded for...

Every season Basement of the Dead Haunted House has a new theme, and this year's theme is called "Shattered 3D" featuring a demented clown on a super evil mission. Yep, I said clown...does it get much scarier than that?

Here's Basement of the Dead's 2021 calendar, and check out the options they have...a tour in complete dark?!? Oh, heck no!!!

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Discounted tickets for this weekend into Basement of the Dead Haunted House are available right now by clicking here.

I also noticed that in past years Basement of the Dead has fired up their brand of scary again for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day, so you might want to mark your calendar for that now too.