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Knott's Berry Farm plans to add a family coaster, a flying scooter and a classic scrambler ride in summer 2013. They will be part of the...
By Ryan Ritchie
Santa Paula's downtown is reminiscent of any Small Town, USA, with its century-old inn, mural-lined walls and neighborhoods with Victorian...
By Brady MacDonald
Halloween is my favorite time of year. And I love to be scared. Over the years, I've been through my fair share of theme park mazes,...
The McKamey Manor backyard haunt in San Diego is known for taking small groups through an extreme maze where visitors are touched, grabbed,...
By Brady MacDonald
Ted Dougherty is an unassuming Glendale paralegal and classical musician with an overt dark side that reaches its...
The authorized but unofficial "Knott's Halloween Haunt: A Picture History" by Ted Dougherty traces the history of the annual event at the...
By Brady MacDonald
Like a slow but determined zombie, Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain continues to lumber in the right direction after years of generic...
By Brady MacDonald
The increasing popularity of Halloween theme park events has spawned a new generation of exclusive reservation-only haunted mazes that...
Horror fans' continuing thirst for more extreme scares has spawned a new generation of reservation-only haunted mazes at Halloween theme...
By Brady MacDonald
After a growth spurt over the past few years, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood has hit its stride as the leader in...
By Brady MacDonald
Knott’s Berry Farm celebrates the 40th anniversary of Halloween Haunt with a crosstown rival threatening to tear the middle-aged...
By Brady MacDonald
By Brady MacDonald
Dark Harbor returns in October with a new haunted maze and a motley crew of morbid characters inspired by ghost stories from the Queen Mary&...
The Dark Harbor haunted event running on select nights from Oct. 5-31 at the Queen Mary cruise ship in Long Beach will feature six mazes...
By Brady MacDonald
By Brady MacDonald
It's always amazing to see the lengths Universal Studios Hollywood goes to scare the living daylights out of its visitors during Halloween...
The triple-launch Full Throttle coaster debuting at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2013 is to feature a record-setting 160-foot-tall vertical...
By Brady MacDonald
The Full Throttle launch coaster debuting at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2013 will feature a record-setting vertical loop that riders...
By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
Maybe you've always suspected that there was more to San Diego's North County than beach towns, rolling hills, expat giraffes and a walled...
By Brady MacDonald
Knott's Berry Farm will add five new mazes for Halloween Haunt 2012, including an up-charge VIP maze that promises to substantially increase...