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| Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | | 10:24 pm |
Travel Channel at Dream Reapers on Sept 26th
In honor of their tenth year in Haunting, admission to Dream Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, IL) is only $10 on Sept 25 & 26!! Not only that, but there is more exciting news! The Travel Channel will be filming at Dream Reapers for one of their Halloween programs this Saturday (Sept 26) ! Come down and check out the haunted house and you might get yourself on the Travel Channel! | | Monday, September 21st, 2009 | | 11:41 am |
Haunted Illinois Update: 09/21/09
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Haunted
Illinois Update - 09/21/09
Ghoulish
Greetings From HauntedIllinois.com !
With
only a few days left until October, we just wanted to let you know about
some of the great things that are going on in the upcoming Halloween
season!
HAUNTED
ATTRACTION DIRECTORY
Haunted
Illinois Haunted Attraction directory currently has about 200 events
listed and in the next couple of weeks, we expect the list to get much
larger!
The
directory’s useful sorting & searching features make finding
Halloween events a snap! You can sort the list of events by Event
Name, City or Last Updated date, and you can search by Region, Event
Type, Dates of Operation & Zip Code! If you are looking for
Halloween-related events, be sure to check out our directory:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
Keep
in mind that Haunted Illinois lists more than just Haunted Houses.
Any Halloween-related event, as long as it is in Illinois, is welcome in
our directory. If you run a Haunted House, Hayride, Haunted Trail,
Home Haunt, Yard Display, Festival, Pumpkin Farm, Apple Orchard or other
Halloween-related event, it can be listed!
The
best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you
are hosting a Halloween-related event and haven’t already sent us your
information this season, please submit your 2009 event info here:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/submitform2.php
(Please check
the directory before submitting your event, to make sure it isn’t
already listed. Duplicate event submissions will not be posted.)
DUNGEON
OF DOOM HAUNTED HOUSE – NEW LOCATION
The
Top-Rated Dungeon of Doom Haunted House has moved to a new location for
the 2009 season. Be sure to check them out in Zion, Illinois!
For more information, visit their website:
http://www.dungeonofdoom.com
HAUNTED
HOUSES OPEN SEPTEMBER 25 & 26!!!
The
Haunted House season starts in September this year! Be sure to
check out the following Illinois haunted houses that are open the last
weekend of September:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Dungeon of Doom (Zion, Illinois)
X-treme Hauntings (Fox Lake, Illinois)
Evil Intentions (Elgin, Illinois)
Halls of Madness & Insanity Woods (Paris, Illinois)
Nightmare Alley (Kansas, Illinois)
Raven’s Grin (Mount Carroll, Illinois)
Rich’s Nightmare Haunted House (Oakdale, Illinois)
Sweet Dreams (Alsip, Illinois)
To
find out more about these attractions, including addresses, driving
directions, contact info and more, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
HAUNTED
ILLINOIS HAUNT DISCOUNTS!
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Opening
weekend discount! General admission is only $10 on September 25 &
26, 2009. For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009dreamreapersdeal01.php
Eleventh
Hour Haunted House (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Special
2-for-1 deal when you buy RIP tickets! This is a limited time
offer! For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009eleventhhourdeal01.php
Sweet
Dreams Haunted House (Alsip, Illinois)
Buy
2-for-1 VIP tickets! For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009sweetdreamsdeal01.php
$2
off General Admission at 4 Chicagoland Attractions
Using
Haunted Illinois’ special coupon, you can get $2 off general admission
at each of the following attractions:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Haunted Mansion/Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
Realm of Terror (Round Lake Beach, Illinois)
X-treme Hauntings (Fox Lake, Illinois)
To
print out this coupon, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009fourhauntdeal.php
(Note:
One coupon per person. Not valid with any other offer.)
ONLINE
TICKETING FOR ILLINOIS HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS!
Buy
tickets for some of your favorite Haunted Houses directly from
HauntedIllinois.com, from the comfort of your own home! Buy your
tickets online and bypass the line at the ticket window…
Purchasing tickets for Haunted Houses couldn’t be any more convenient!
Right now you can buy tickets online, through Haunted Illinois,
for the following popular haunted attractions:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Eleventh Hour (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Fear Asylum (Belvidere, Illinois)
Haunted Mansion/Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
Screamatorium (South Beloit, Illinois)
Sweet Dreams Haunted House (Alsip, Illinois)
Trail of Screams (Stillman Valley, Illinois)
Avoid
the long wait and annoying line at the ticket booth! Buy tickets
for these events now at the following link!
Just look
for the ticket icons in our directory:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
VOTE
FOR YOUR FAVORITE HAUNTED HOUSE
Let
us know which Haunted House or Halloween Event is your favorite.
Starting October 1st, you will be able to cast a vote for the
event that you like best, at the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/favoritehauntedhouse.php
SUBMIT
HAUNTED ATTRACTION REVIEWS
Make
your voice heard! With our visitor reviews, you will be able to
tell everyone all about the Illinois Haunted Attractions you visit this
season. Starting October 1st you will be able to submit
reviews, as well as read reviews written by others, at the following
link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/hauntedhousereviews.php
(Note: Keep in mind that you may only write reviews for those
2009 attractions that have already opened for the season. As the season
progresses and more attractions open for business, they will
automatically be added to the list of events to review.)
TRICK-OR-TREATING
HOURS DATABASE - OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
With
more and more communities observing alternate days/hours for
Trick-or-Treating, keeping the information in our Trick-or-Treating
database up-to-date is more important than ever. Many communities
have already submitted their 2009 Trick-or-Treating hours to our
database! To submit your community’s Trick-or-Treating
information, visit the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/trickortreatinghours.php
(Illinois cities only, please)
HALLOWEEN
INDUSTRY EVENT OVERVIEWS
Throughout
the past few years, the staff of HauntedIllinois.com has attended many
off-season events related to the Halloween and Haunted House Industries.
In 2009 alone, we have done write-ups of the following events:
-
Very Bloody Valentine (Chicago, Illinois)
- Fangoria Horror Convention (Chicago, Illinois)
- Transworld Haunt Show (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl (Chicago, Illinois)
- Zombie Army Prom (Chicago, Illinois)
- Terror on the Fox Tour (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
- Midwest Haunters Convention (Columbus, Ohio)
- Chicago Zombie March (Chicago, Illinois)
- East Coast Haunt Club (Nashua, New Hampshire)
- Donny Dirk's Zombie Den (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
To
read Haunted Illinois’ summaries of these events, along with others we
have attended in previous years, visit the following page:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/industryevents.php
Haunted
Illinois also took a trip and recently posted an overview of our
experience in Salem, Massachusetts, home of the infamous Witch Trials of
1692. To see the review, along with more than 200 pictures, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/salemwitchtrials.php
I
hope you have a great Halloween season!!!
Happy
Haunting,
Adam
Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
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| | Sunday, August 30th, 2009 | | 12:44 pm |
| | Thursday, August 27th, 2009 | | 5:12 pm |
HauntedIllinois.com Update 8/27/09
Ghoulish Greetings From HauntedIllinois.com !
With only about a month until October, the Haunting season is nearly upon us! The following is an update, listing some of the great things that HauntedIllinois.com has to offer you this season!
HAUNTED ATTRACTION DIRECTORY
As September approaches, we wanted to update you on haunted attractions in your area. Over the past month, Haunted Illinois’ event directory has grown substantially; there are now more than 100 events listed! In the next few weeks, we expect the list to get much larger!
With all of its useful searching/sorting features, our event directory will make it ultra-easy for you to find your favorite Illinois Haunted Attractions! You may sort the entire event list by the name of the event, city, region or the date the listings were last updated.
Or if you prefer, you can use one of our handy searching features to filter the list of activities, to make it even easier to find the events you are looking for. You can search the directory by Region, Event Type, Dates of Operation of the events or any combination of those criteria. You can also type in your zip code to find events near you!
If you are looking for Haunted Houses, Hayrides, Haunted Trails, Yard Displays, Home Haunts, Fall Festivals or other Halloween-related events, you will find them all in our directory. For more details about these events, visit:
Keep in mind that Haunted Illinois lists more than just Haunted Houses. Any Halloween-related event, as long as it is in Illinois, is welcome in our directory. If you run a Haunted House, Hayride, Haunted Trail, Home Haunt, Yard Display, Festival, Pumpkin Farm, Apple Orchard or other Halloween-related event, it can be listed in our directory!
The best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you are hosting a Halloween-related event and haven’t already sent us your information this season, please submit your 2009 event info here:
________________________________________
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE HAUNTED HOUSE
Let us know which Haunted House or Halloween Event is your favorite. Starting October 1st, you will be able to cast a vote for the event that you like best, at the following link:
SUBMIT HAUNTED ATTRACTION REVIEWS
Make your voice heard! With our visitor reviews, you will be able to tell everyone all about the Illinois Haunted Attractions you visit this season. Starting October 1st you will be able to submit reviews, as well as read reviews written by others, at the following link:
(Note: Keep in mind that you may only write reviews for those 2009 attractions that have already opened for the season. As the season progresses and more attractions open for business, they will automatically be added to the list of events to review.)
________________________________________
TRICK-OR-TREATING HOURS DATABASE - OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
With more and more communities observing alternate days/hours for Trick-or-Treating, keeping the information in our Trick-or-Treating database up-to-date is more important than ever. A number of communities have already submitted their 2009 Trick-or-Treating hours to our database! To submit your community’s Trick-or-Treating information, visit the following link:
(Illinois cities only, please)
________________________________________
HAUNTED ILLINOIS EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS!
Eleventh Hour Haunted House (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Special 2-for-1 deal when you buy RIP tickets for the Eleventh Hour in Elk Grove Village, Illinois! This is a limited time offer! To get this discount, tickets must be purchased online before October 1st. For more information on how you can get this phenomenal discount, visit:
Other Discounts...
Haunted Illinois is currently working on a number of other special offers and we’ll be posting them soon!
________________________________________
I hope you have a great Halloween season!!!
| | Monday, August 24th, 2009 | | 8:09 pm |
Donny Dirk's Zombie Den
Last weekend Haunted Illinois had the opportunity to visit Donny Dirk's Zombie Den in Minneapolis, MN. To see the write-up and picture gallery, go to the following url:
Happy Haunting,
| | Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | | 7:36 pm |
Plague Day at the Bristol Renaissance Faire
Haunted Illinois just posted 3 video clips and more than 75 pictures that were taken at “Plague Day”, at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. You can see them at the following URL:
Happy Haunting,
| | Monday, August 17th, 2009 | | 7:19 pm |
East Coast Haunt Club
Haunted Illinois has just posted a review of the East Coast Haunt Club's "New England Haunter's Gathering", including more than 100 pictures! To find out more, visit the following URL:
Happy Haunting,
| | Saturday, August 15th, 2009 | | 11:03 am |
Submit Your Illinois Halloween Event for FREE
Ghoulish Greetings from HauntedIllinois.com ! Well, Halloween is only 77 days away. Only one more month and many events will already be opening up for the Halloween season! Our directory is starting to fill up nicely. There are already 89 attractions listed! For more information about these Halloween events, visit the following link: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php Not sure if you can list your event with us? Well, keep in mind that Haunted Illinois lists more than just Haunted Houses. If you run a Haunted House, Hayride, Haunted Trail, Home Haunt, Yard Display, Halloween Festival, Pumpkin Farm, Apple Orchard or other Halloween-related event in Illinois, it is welcome our directory! The best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you haven’t already done so this season, please submit your 2009 Halloween event information here: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/submitform2.php(Illinois events only, please.) We look forward to promoting your event! I hope you have a great Halloween season!!! Happy Haunting, Adam Drendel Webmaster – http://www.hauntedillinois.cominfo@hauntedillinois.com | | Saturday, July 25th, 2009 | | 10:11 am |
| | Friday, July 10th, 2009 | | 1:06 pm |
Submit Your Halloween Event for FREE to HauntedIllinois.com
Ghoulish Greetings from HauntedIllinois.com !
HAUNTED ATTRACTION DIRECTORY
We just wanted to send you a quick reminder that Halloween is rapidly
approaching and now is the time to start promoting your Halloween-related
event! Why advertise this early? Two words… web traffic. In the past month,
Haunted Illinois’ traffic has significantly increased, and it will continue to
grow as Halloween gets closer. Think of Haunted Illinois as an online
billboard. The longer you have your event listed, the more people will see it.
People are starting to gear up for Halloween, looking online for information
about events like yours.
Also keep in mind that in the July – October timeframe, our event directory is
the most visited page on the entire website. Let our prominent web presence
work for you! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to get your name out
there and let people know about your worthwhile Halloween-related attraction.
We recently reset our event database & removed all the old listings. Why is
that important, you ask? It means if you listed with us in the past, you will
need to resubmit your event information for 2009, if you want to be included in
the directory this season. To view more information about the events already in
our directory, visit the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
The purpose of this email is to invite you to list your event with us again
this season. Our Halloween Event Directory is starting to fill up and we want to
make sure that you get in on the ground floor. Keep in mind that Haunted
Illinois lists more than just Haunted Houses. If you run a Haunted House,
Hayride, Haunted Trail, Home Haunt, Yard Display, Halloween Festival, Pumpkin
Farm, Apple Orchard or other Halloween-related event, it is welcome our
directory!
The best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you haven’t
already done so this season, please submit your 2009 Halloween event information
here:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/submitform2.php
(Illinois events only, please.)
The staff of HauntedIllinois.com is looking forward to promoting your event,
giving it the online visibility it deserves! In addition to listing your event
with us, please feel free to forward this message to anyone else who may be
running a Halloween-related attraction in Illinois this season.
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster –
http://www.hauntedillinois.com
info@hauntedillinois.com
| | Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | | 8:40 pm |
HauntedIllinois.com's 2009 MHC Review
HauntedIllinois.com’s review of the Midwest Haunters Convention has just been posted online. In the show wrap-up, you’ll find about 400 pictures and reviews of the following:
- The Pre-Convention Haunt Tour.
- Midsummer Monster Bash
- IAHA Masquerade Party
- The Contests: Ms Scary Midwest, Scariest Character and Monster Make-up Wars
- Vendors on the show floor. Most of the vendor pictures are labeled with the company name and a hyperlink to their website, so you can find out more about the products and services they offer the Haunted House Industry.
To check out our MHC review, visit the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009midwesthauntersconvention.php
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
| | Sunday, June 14th, 2009 | | 3:02 pm |
| | Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | | 8:37 am |
| | Friday, May 1st, 2009 | | 12:24 pm |
| | Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | | 9:39 pm |
Zombie Events in Chicago this Saturday 4/25!
Ghoulish Greetings, everyone!
This Saturday, April 25, 2009, there will be not one, but TWO major zombie-themed events in Chicago!
From 2:00 - 8:00 pm Andersonville will play host to the Second Annual Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl! Full information and details can be found here: http://www.chicagozombiepubcrawl.com
Then, from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am, the zombie revelry moves south to The Orphanage for the First Annual Zombie Army Prom! The Prom will be a fund-raiser for the next Zombie Army Productions feature film, and will feature music, dancing, beer & wine, fingers (er, finger foods), King & Queen Zombie Costume Contest, Zombie Dance-Off, the Zombie Army Wheel of Pain and more! For more information, go to: http://www.zombiearmyproductions.com/events.html
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
| | Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | | 1:13 pm |
HauntedIllinois.com's 2009 Transworld Overview Posted!
HauntedIllinois.com’s Official 2009 Transworld Overview has just been posted online. To date, this is the most comprehensive review of any haunt-related event that we’ve ever posted online!
In the overview, you will find:
- Haunted Illinois list / descriptions of some of the great props that were on the show floor this year.
- More than 350 pictures taken on the show floor and related show gatherings.
- More than 20 video clips taken on the show floor
- Review of the Haunter Dinner at Jake’s Steaks
- Review of the Columbia Haunt Tour
- Review of the Darkness Haunted House
- And more!
To check out the Transworld Overview, visit the following URL:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009transworldhauntshow.php
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
| | Sunday, March 8th, 2009 | | 6:44 pm |
| | Friday, February 20th, 2009 | | 5:55 pm |
| | Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | | 11:08 am |
A Very Bloody Valentine! - Feb 14th in Chicago
Hate Valentines day? Love it? Well it doesn't matter because we have an event for you! Come join the loveable Kitty Zombie at Chicago's Neo Nightclub for "A very Bloody Valentine"!
That's right, Kitty is hosting a night of zombies, pin-ups, and love for all on Valentines Day. Dress up as your favorite dead sex symbol/heart throb. Get dolled up and join the
Zombie Pin-up contest brought to you by Sinister Visions inc. The winner will be featured on
http://www.zombiepinups.com
and don't forget the prizes. Join Kitty for a pin up style photo shoot! Pin up contest starts at 1:00 am, so get there early to ensure your place as space IS LIMITED.
So bring your sexy self and enjoy a Valentines evening that you are sure to remember.
WHEN:
Valentine's Day
Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 10:00pm to Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4:00am (contest starts at 1am)
WHERE:
Neo Nightclub
2350 N Clark St - ( map
)
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 528-2622
Event Flyer: ( click
here )
There is a cover charge and this is a 21 and over bar only. Sorry to those not yet old enough. But Kitty has plans for more all ages events soon!
So come early for sexy zombie goodness!!!
For more info go to http://www.neonightclub.com/
, http://www.kittyzombie.com
, or http://www.zombiepinups.com
| | 10:06 am |
Beware! Zombies Ahead!!!
Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead
Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Texas Dept. of Transportation officials confirm a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street in Austin was hacked into last week.
Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead."
Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19.
"It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason — to improve traffic conditions, let folks know there's a road closure." "It's sort of amusing, but not at all helpful," he told FOXNews.com.
• Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Cybersecurity Center. • Got tech questions? Ask our experts at FoxNews.com's Tech Q&A. Tampering with portable road signs is illegal and potentially dangerous to drivers. It is a misdemeanor in Texas, with penalties ranging from fines to potential jail time.
Lippincott said the hacked sign — manufactured by IMAGO — is owned and operated by the city of Austin. Texas Department of Transportation signs have not been affected, he said. "It is always possible that it could occur, but we attempt to prevent hacking incidents," Lippincott wrote in an e-mail. He declined to comment on security measures to protect the state's signs from hackers.
Austin Public Works spokeswoman Sara Hartley said the incident was not initially reported to police, but will be shortly. The sign was reverted back to its original message within hours, according to Hartley, who insisted the signs are tamper-resistant and equipped with external locks.
"This sign was broken into, it was not just a 'walk up and change the sign' kind of thing," Hartley told FOXNews.com. "This is a new one for us, we've never had it happen before."
She said she did not know whether any other signs in the area had been altered.
According to the blog i-hacked.com, some commercial road signs, including those manufactured by IMAGO's ADDCO division, can be easily altered because their instrument panels are frequently left unlocked and their default passwords are not changed.
"Programming is as simple as scrolling down the menu selection," i-hacked.com reports. "Type whatever you want to display …
In all likelihood, the crew will not have changed [the password]." I-hacked.com warns readers not to try to alter the signs, which cost roughly $15,000.
ADDCO Chief Operating Officer Brian Nicholson told FOXNews.com that the company is sending out notices to customers on the potentially dangerous security flaw.
"It's incumbent upon users to change the default password and secure the sign with a padlock," Nicholson said. "We're having our engineers review this information."
In the meantime, if you're driving in Austin, you can rest assured: There are no zombies ahead.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html
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