Whether you yearn for a bone-chilling thrill or crave ghoulishly delightful family Halloween festivities that cater to all ages, What’s Up Fort Worth has your darkest desires covered. From the family fun of Boo at the Zoo to the heart-pounding horrors of the most infamous haunted houses, and an unsettling variety of spine-tingling events that sprawl across Fort Worth and the sprawling abyss of the DFW metroplex, a nightmarish feast of activities awaits to satiate your insatiable Halloween hunger. Whether you seek macabre family fun or dare to embark on an adult-only excursion into the depths of terror, it’s all lurking here for you to savor….here at What’s Up Fort Worth!
Fort Worth Zoo Boo at the Zoo
1989 Colonial Parkway · Fort Worth, Texas 76110
October 27th, 28th, & 29th
Enjoy trick-or-treating, themed entertainment, animal shows and more. This festive daytime event is free with Zoo admission or membership and packed with fun for the whole family. https://www.fortworthzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo
Screams in Waxahachie
2511 FM 66 Waxahachie, TX 75167
OPEN Fridays and Saturdays thru October 28th
Screams Halloween Theme Park is the ultimate Halloween experience in the D/FW Metroplex with 5 Haunted Houses & a whole lot more! Each of the haunted houses has a unique theme and design – they are sure to find what makes you Scream!! And there’s so much more – the Cool Ghoul Boolevard and Rottingwood Cemetery walk-through attractions, exciting live stage entertainment, Scary-Oke, and games of skill for an entire night of Halloween fun.
When you are ready to take a break, partake in some food & drink or shop for some great Halloween merch at the Screams shops. Those over 21 can also enjoy an adult beverage at one of the 5 pubs.
All 5 haunted houses, the Cool Ghoul Boolevard, Rottingwood Cemetery, stage entertainment, and Scary-Oke are all included in your single admission price. To cut the wait times in half, there are a limited number of Fast Passes available each night. Screams is designed for ages 16+ and is not recommended for young children.
Oakwood Cemetery’s Saints & Sinners Tour
October 28th & 29th, 1pm & 3:30pm
Guided walking tours where 6 of Oakwood Cemetery’s “residents” tell their life stories. Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 29th and 30th at 1:00 & 3:30 pm on each day. Oakwood was started at 1701 Grand Ave. by John Peter Smith in 1879. Oakwood has a century old chapel, casket vaults and historic monuments under huge oak trees. Adults $15, students/children $10. 817 5082 for more information.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Oakwood-Cemeterys-Saints-and-Sinners-Tour/100057281987223/
Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth
1701 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76102
2022 Open Dates: September 30th, October 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 26-28, 30-31 & November 4th
Cutting Edge Haunted House, a Fort Worth, Texas Haunted Attraction, is a real haunted house. Cutting Edge is a dark attraction filled with terrifying live actors, amazing special effects and incredible monsters. Cutting Edge Haunted House is an intense, multi-story, multi-themed haunted attraction that is widely considered to be one of the best Haunted Houses in the nation, full of chilling detail and unbelievable scares!
Located in a 100-year-old abandoned meat packing plant in a section of Fort Worth historically dubbed as “Hell’s Half Acre,” the Cutting Edge Haunted House is built upon a foundation of fear. The meat packing equipment from the Old West is still in use, but now it is a two-story human processing area. Realistic looking human mannequins are hoisted up to the second level and brought through the entire meat packing process until the conveyor system brings the butchered corpses back to the first level. The old meat-packing plant in downtown Fort Worth is a great home for the fantastic special effects that our loyal customers have come to expect.
It takes visitors an average 55 minutes to explore Cutting Edge Haunted House. This walk-through haunted house is frighteningly realistic.
Cutting Edge Haunted House has established a reputation for being one of the best haunted houses in the country. Cutting Edge Haunted House, a Guinness World Record holder, is one of America’s best and largest haunted houses. Come see what new horrors lurk in the twisting corridors of Fort Worth’s ultimate haunted house.
https://www.cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com/
Hangman’s House of Horrors
4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76106
Operating Dates and Hours
September 29th and 30th: 8pm to midnight
October 1: 8pm to 10pm
October 6th and 7th: 8pm to midnight
October 8th: 8pm to 10pm
October 13th and 14th: 8pm to midnight
October 15th: 4pm to 7pm (Scaredy Cat)
October 15th: 8pm to 10pm (Regular Show)
October 20th and 21st: 8pm to midnight
October 22nd: 4pm to 7pm (Scaredy Cat)
October 22nd: 8pm to 10pm (Regular Show)
October 26th: 8pm to 10pm
October 27th and 28th: 8pm to midnight
October 29th and 30th: 8pm to 10pm
October 31st: 8pm to midnight (It’s Halloween! ????)
November 4th… encore performance: 8pm to 10pm
Hangman’s House of Horrors has been scaring DFW for over 3 decades. The legend of Hezekiah Jones, aka “The Hangman”, has now taken its place among some of the most popular haunt legends in the Lone Star State. Come see these legends brought to life at Hangman’s House of Horrors as we present “Legends Never Die”
Moxley Manor Haunted House in Bedford
510 Harwood Road, in Bedford, Texas 76021.
Operating Dates and Hours
September 29th and 30th, October 1st
October 6th, 7th, 8th
October 13th, 14th, and 15th
October 19th-22nd
October 26th – 31st
Moxley Manor Haunted House returns this fall, bringing you three haunted houses for one price! In addition to Moxley Manor, we bring you our mind blowing 3D Haunted House Big Top Terror and Regans Revenge. Voted one of DFW’s Scariest Haunted Houses in 2018 & must see Haunted House of 2019.
Fort Worth Stockyards Ghost Tour (Cowtown Winery)
Located in Mule Alley in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards at
128 E. Exchange Ave., Suite 610, Fort Worth, Texas 76164
Every Weekend (year-round)
The Paranormal Activity in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards is one of the most active and written about in the United States.
Our Ghost Tour takes you on a walking tour through the Fort Worth Stockyards, where we will share stories of paranormal activity as well as detailed history of the Stockyards. The Bordello’s, the shoot outs, the hangings and much more!
Some of the stops along your tour will include The Cadillac Hotel, Miss Molly’s B & B (as seen on the Discovery Channel), The Stockyards Hotel and many more.
The tours leave promptly on time, so please allow plenty of time to park and arrive at the winery.
Private tours for 10 or more are available. Call the winery at 817-626-1011 to inquire.
https://www.cowtownwinery.com/ghost-tours-index#ghost-tours
Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Texas
September 15th – October 31st
It’s Thrills by Day, Chills by Night during HALLOWFEST, every weekend through October 31st.
Fright Fest is back and spookier than ever!
Dare to enter the Halloween event of the season, featuring family-friendly attractions during the day…and thrills once the sun goes down.
https://www.sixflags.com/overtexas/events/fright-fest-2023
Trick R Treat Trains
Sunday, October 29th
705 S. Main St.
Grapevine, TX
Knock Knock…Whoooo Whoooo…Halloween fun for all ages! Come celebrate Halloween and practice your trick ‘r treating skills with a trip back in time onboard the Grapevine Vintage Railroad’s Trick ‘R Treat Trains! These do not travel to the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Your Trick ‘R Treat Train experience includes:
– A prepackaged bag of treats
– A Halloween storybook reading
– A fun interactive game
Make sure your little ones wear their favorite costume!
https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/grapevine-vintage-railroad/events/trick-r-treat-trains/
Thrillvania Haunted House Park-Terrell
3 Amazing Haunted Houses / 50 Haunted Acres
Thrillvania Haunted House Park is located about 33 miles east of Dallas, Texas at
Interstate 20 and Wilson Road in Terrell, Texas 75161
Legend has it that Verdun Manor is haunted. You know what they say… a house cannot be haunted unless it has a history… and this haunted house definitely has a history!
In 1901, Baron Michael Verdun, a psychopathic werewolf, built a grotesque house on Voodoo Bayou. Deep within the recesses of his manor, he conducted cruel experiments on travelers, turning them into human-animal hybrids. Together with his vampire wife Lady Cassandra, he hosted fiendish masquerades, serving human flesh to his inhuman guests. Finally, one stormy night, an angry vigilante mob set the manor afire and murdered Verdun and Cassandra.
Verdun’s dying words swore vengeance upon all who dare enter his realm. Haunted Verdun Manor has stood silent for these many years, but folks still whisper about Verdun’s final curse. It is said Baron Verdun and his creatures still haunt the rotted mansion and overgrown cemetery. Those brave enough to enter Verdun Manor must dare both Voodoo Bayou and the old graveyard before reaching the manor itself.
Cassandra’s House of Clowns
Lady Cassandra has been hounding the clowns to pick up their mess at the Labyrinth and tidy up the place. They finally did. In the process they started tearing down walls and uncovered a ghastly sight: a giant, swollen brain hooked up to some diabolical apparatus. The truth has now been revealed: Baron Michael Verdun discovered, through his experiment on humans at the lab in Verdun Manor, the region of the brain that controls madness, mayhem and chaos.
The subject brain is housed in the Labyrinth, and the clowns are affected by it. They have torn everything down, exposing a new dimension to the Labyrinth that twists space and time out of proportion. They are throwing a party to celebrate! Lady Cassandra’s eyes are rolling in her vampiric skull, but Baron Verdun is smiling wickedly with approval. He knows that, as long as she has victims to prey on, she is happy… and so is he! So come, join the party at Cassandra’s Labyrinth of Terror!
Sam Hain’s Trail of Torment
Once bitten by Lady Cassandra, the now delusional and psychotic Sam Hain attempts to lure unsuspecting and curious humans who dare to pass by. Come walk through Sam Hain’s Trail of Torment and see if you can escape his wrath. Decide for yourself what is real and what is delusion.
If you are serious about Halloween and your annual trips around DFW for your annual scare, it’s worth the short jaunt to Terrell, Texas.
