Five haunted houses sure to scare this Halloween
Andrea Barbe
Issue date: 10/27/09 Section: Entertainment
Admission is $10, but visitors can purchase a Fast Manor Pass for $15 that includes front of the line access. To read about the real story of Mystery Manor, go to mysterymanoromaha.org.
Screamer's
4905 S. 72nd St.
Open daily at 7 p.m. through Oct. 31
Located inside the old Rod Kush furniture store on south 72nd street, Screamer's aims at "waking the dead" this year. The store itself has more than 7,500 square feet and offers those faint of heart an exit halfway through the venue should they get too frightened.
Screamer's boasts a number of scary tactics, including more than 30 actors and 25 mechanical and animated props sure to scare even the most brave.
Tickets are $15 or $13 with a discount coupon on their Web site screamershauntedhouse.net. However, like most of these other houses, a VIP ticket is available for purchase for $20 and it will enable you to bypass those long lines.
The Shadow's Edge
3457 S. 84th St. in the Mangelsen's parking lot
Open Sundays through Thursdays from dusk until 10 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays from dusk until 12:30 a.m.
Just south of 84th and Center Streets, Shadow's Edge brings back its traditional scary tactics with "insane new rooms" sure to scare the living daylights out of its visitors. Ghastly ghouls with machetes and chainsaws are ready to greet those outside Shadow's Edge for a quick fright even before getting inside the house itself.
Even with these new rooms, admission is still $10 - the same price in years past. For a discount, go to their Web site at theshadowedge.com for $2 off admission Sundays through Thursdays.
Screamer's
4905 S. 72nd St.
Open daily at 7 p.m. through Oct. 31
Located inside the old Rod Kush furniture store on south 72nd street, Screamer's aims at "waking the dead" this year. The store itself has more than 7,500 square feet and offers those faint of heart an exit halfway through the venue should they get too frightened.
Screamer's boasts a number of scary tactics, including more than 30 actors and 25 mechanical and animated props sure to scare even the most brave.
Tickets are $15 or $13 with a discount coupon on their Web site screamershauntedhouse.net. However, like most of these other houses, a VIP ticket is available for purchase for $20 and it will enable you to bypass those long lines.
The Shadow's Edge
3457 S. 84th St. in the Mangelsen's parking lot
Open Sundays through Thursdays from dusk until 10 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays from dusk until 12:30 a.m.
Just south of 84th and Center Streets, Shadow's Edge brings back its traditional scary tactics with "insane new rooms" sure to scare the living daylights out of its visitors. Ghastly ghouls with machetes and chainsaws are ready to greet those outside Shadow's Edge for a quick fright even before getting inside the house itself.
Even with these new rooms, admission is still $10 - the same price in years past. For a discount, go to their Web site at theshadowedge.com for $2 off admission Sundays through Thursdays.

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