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| 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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Current Music: Rotting Flesh Radio | | Saturday, December 20th, 2008 | | 10:39 am |
| | Monday, December 8th, 2008 | | 9:25 am |
Zombies on Ice in Chicago - 12/14/08 Zombies... On Ice!
So, you're off from school, work is boring, or you can't stand the throngs of rude people in the frenzy of Holiday Shopping.
You want to get out and DO something....but what? Well, here it is.
December 14th (tentative) at 2:30 (again, tentative) in the afternoon, Kitty will be holding the first Zombies on Ice event at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago!
Kitty has teamed up with Chicago Zombie and others to be named soon to bring you this fun and festive event.
Now, here is the kicker... we are going to try for the Guinness Book of World Records for most zombies ice skating at one time!
There will be swag, pictures, video, and of course, lots and LOTS of zombies!
And don't forget to look for updates on http://www.chicagozombie.com
We have a Facebook event page set up at this link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=38663817131
**Wondering who this Kitty is? Well, Kitty can't talk, so I will tell you a bit about him. Kitty is a shock trooper of Zombie Army Productions. He can not talk, but makes a lot of noise! Don't let him get too close... you never know WHAT he may do. The mind of a puppy in the body of a reanimated killer... he is quite the work, be sure!
A favorite in the haunted house circuit, he's sure to win your heart, too. Check him out at http://www.myspace.com/officialkittyzombie
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
| | Saturday, October 25th, 2008 | | 11:22 am |
HauntedIllinois.com Update 10/25/08 Ghoulish Greetings From HauntedIllinois.com !
Halloween is nearly upon us, so the staff of HauntedIllinois.com wanted to send you this brief update, to remind you of some of the great things we have to offer!
HALLOWEEN EVENT DIRECTORY
The staff of Haunted Illinois has compiled the internet’s most comprehensive and up-to-date directory of Illinois Halloween-related events. If you are looking for haunted houses, hayrides, haunted trails, yard displays or any other Halloween-related event in Illinois, you will find them all in our directory. Currently there are more than 330 events listed, so be sure to visit our directory today to find some fun Halloween activities near you. Remember, there is only one week until Halloween, so visit these events while you can!
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
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OFFICIAL HAUNTED ILLINOIS REVIEWS
So far, the staff of Haunted Illinois has posted reviews of the following events:
• The Texas Chainsaw Musical (Chicago, Illinois)
• Raven's Grin Inn Haunted House (Mount Carroll, Illinois)
• Psychosis Haunted House (Palatine, Illinois)
• The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier (Chicago, Illinois)
• Ditka's Haunted Mansion & Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
• Statesville Haunted Prison (Crest Hill, Illinois)
• Abyss Haunted House (Minooka, Illinois)
• Haunted Sanitarium (Chicago, Illinois)
• Jonamac Orchard's Haunted Corn Maze (Malta, Illinois)
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/reviews/hauntedhousereviewsmenu.php
More reviews will be posted over the next couple of weeks, so check back often.
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VISITORS’ HAUNTED ATTRACTION REVIEWS
Visitors of Haunted Illinois have already submitted more than 425 event reviews, so be sure to check out our visitor review page, to see what they had to say or to post your own reviews of Illinois haunted attractions!
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/hauntedhousereviews.php
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TRICK-OR-TREATING HOURS DATABASE
More than 275 Illinois communities have submitted their official Trick-or-Treating hours to our database! To view the information we have collected so far or to submit your own community’s Trick-or-Treating information, visit the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/trickortreatinghours.php
(Illinois cities only)
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HAUNTED ILLINOIS EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS!
Eleventh Hour Haunted House (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Save $5 off Eleventh Hour VIP passes. For more information on how you can get this great discount, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2008eleventhhourdeal02.php
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BUY HAUNTED HOUSE TICKETS ONLINE!
You can now 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… Buying tickets for Haunted Houses couldn’t be any more convenient! Don’t want to wait IN line ? Then buy your tickets ON-line through Haunted Illinois!
• Ditka Haunted Mansion & Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, IL)
• Dream Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, IL)
• Eleventh Hour & Evil Intentions (Elk Grove Village, IL)
• Fearfest 2008 (South Beloit, IL)
• Lombard Jaycees Haunted House (Lombard, IL)
• Sweet Dreams Haunted House (Alsip, IL)
• Trail of Screams (Stillman Valley, IL)
Buy tickets for these events now at the following link! Just look for the ticket icon:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
The staff of HauntedIllinois.com wishes you a safe and fun Halloween Season!!!
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
info@hauntedillinois.com
| | Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | | 12:34 pm |
HauntedIllinois.com Update 10/07/08 Ghoulish Greetings From HauntedIllinois.com !
Well, the Halloween season is now 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
HauntedIllinois.com's Halloween Event Directory is bigger than ever before!!! There are now more than 260 events listed. If you are looking for Haunted Attractions in Illinois, you will find them all in our directory. For more details about these events, visit:
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 in our directory!
The best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you are hosting a Halloween-related event this season and you haven't already sent us your information, please submit it 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 online.)
OFFICIAL HAUNTED ILLINOIS HAUNTED HOUSE REVIEWS
Throughout the month of October, the staff of HauntedIllinois.com will be posting reviews of the various Haunted Attractions that we visit. So far, we have posted the following reviews:
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 2008 alone, we have done write-ups of the following events:
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Transworld Halloween Show (Las Vegas, NV)
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Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl (Chicago, IL)
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IN-OH Haunter Gathering (New Paris, OH)
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Creatures Crypt Haunt Auction (Bloomington, IL)
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Zombie March Chicago (Chicago, IL)
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Midwest Haunters Convention (Columbus, OH)
To read Haunted Illinois' summaries of those events, along with others we have attended in previous years, visit the following page:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/industryevents.php
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE HAUNTED HOUSE
Let us know which Haunted House or Halloween Event is your favorite. Voting has already started, so cast a vote for the event that you like best, at the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/favoritehauntedhouse.php
VISITORS' HAUNTED ATTRACTION REVIEWS
Make your voice heard! This season we have brought back one of our most popular features, Haunted Illinois' Visitor Reviews. With our visitor reviews, you can tell everyone all about the Illinois Haunted Attractions you visit this season. More than 30 reviews have already been submitted, so visit the following link to submit your own reviews, or read what other people have to say about local Halloween-related events:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/hauntedhousereviews.php
(Note: Keep in mind that you may only write reviews for those 2008 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. Several communities have already submitted their 2008 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)
HAUNTED ILLINOIS EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS!
Eleventh Hour Haunted House (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Save $5 off Eleventh Hour VIP passes. For more information on how you can get this great discount, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2008eleventhhourdeal02.php
BUY HAUNTED HOUSE TICKETS ONLINE!
You can now 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… Buying tickets for Haunted Houses couldn't be any more convenient!
Popular Haunted Attractions like Dream Reapers (Melrose Park), the Eleventh Hour (Elk Grove Village), Ditka's Haunted Mansion (Bolingbrook), Fearfest 2008 (South Beloit) and Trail of Screams (Stillman Valley) have tickets available online now!!! 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 icon:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
I hope you have a great Halloween season!!!
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com/ | | Saturday, July 12th, 2008 | | 10:40 am |
HauntedIllinois.com Update 07/12/08 HAUNTED ATTRACTION DIRECTORY OPEN FOR 2008 SUBMISSIONS!
The staff of Haunted Illinois just wanted to remind you that Halloween is right around the corner and now is the time to start promoting your event! Why the big push to promote your event now? Two words… web traffic. In the past month, Haunted Illinois’ traffic has increased significantly, and it will skyrocket as Halloween approaches. This means that people are really gearing up for the holiday, looking online for information about Halloween-related events. Think of Haunted Illinois as an online billboard. If event listings are posted earlier, more people will see them.
Also keep in mind that as it gets closer to October, 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 event.
Haunted Illinois is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Illinois Haunted Attraction Directory on the internet. To eliminate the possibility of listing old information, every season we reset the directory to zero events and start from scratch. We don’t let the listings roll over from year to year. If you see it on HauntedIllinois.com, you can rest assured that the information is current.
In fact, we just recently reset the event database. What does that mean? It means if you had listed with us in the past, you will need to resubmit your event information for 2008. Our Halloween Event Directory is starting to fill up nicely and we want to make sure that you to get in on the ground floor. To view more information about the events already in our directory, visit the following link:
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 in 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 2008 event information here:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/submitform2.php (Illinois Events Only, Please)
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UPCOMING EVENTS…
Spider Hill Haunter Seminars
Saturday - July 26th, 2008 from 9am -7pm @ Three Sisters Park Route 29 Chillicothe, Illinois
Don’t miss out on the 5th Annual Spider Hill Haunter Seminars! Hosted by Spider Hill, Central Illinois' largest Haunted House attraction, this event has grown significantly since its first year. In 2007 more than twenty different attractions attended. This event will be a day of fun, including seminars & demonstrations, as well as lights-on and lights-off tours of the Haunted House. To see the official event flyer, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2008spiderhillseminarsinfo.php
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(Inter)national Clown Week at Showmen’s Rest
Sunday - August 3rd, 2008 from 1-3pm @ Woodlawn Cemetery 7750 W Cermak Rd Forest Park Illinois
This year we remember the 90th anniversary of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train accident. Come join us at Showman’s Rest (Western End Section of Woodlawn Cemetery), as we pay tribute to those 86 people who died in one of the worst circus train wrecks in U.S. history. This event includes speakers, laying of flowers, circus arts performances, lots of fun stuff for kids including activities and entertainment, PRIZES, snacks and refreshments, and many many clowns. For more information about this event, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2008clownweekshowmensrest.php
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
| | Monday, June 30th, 2008 | | 7:07 pm |
| | Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 | | 5:35 pm |
| | Thursday, June 12th, 2008 | | 4:49 am |
| | Monday, May 26th, 2008 | | 11:56 am |
Creatures Crypt Haunted House Auction - June 10, 2008 Tuesday June 10th, 2008
For the past several years, Creatures Crypt has been known as one of Illinois’ top Haunted Attractions. In fact, in 2007 it was voted the number 1 Haunted House in Illinois by HauntedIllinois.com. Their creativity, detailed sets & props made them one of the best events in the business.
Sadly, 2007 was their last year, but you still have the opportunity to see this attraction one last time... and even take a part of it home with you! On June 10th, the owners of Creatures Crypt will be holding a Haunted House Auction in Bloomington, Illinois. The entire attraction must go. They will be auctioning off complete sets and scenes, as well as hundreds of individual items.
Haunted Illinois has created an information page about the auction which has auction details, a link to the official 8 page auction flyer and more than 50 pictures of props & scenes that will be up for bid!!! To find out more about the auction, click on the banner below:
Don’t pass up this opportunity to get your hands on a piece of this top-rated Haunted House! Clear your schedule for June 10th, to visit the Creatures Crypt Haunted House Auction!
Happy Haunting,
Adam Drendel Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com | | Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | | 3:06 pm |
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