Field reports from the Northern Nevada haunt scene.https://renohaunts.com/en-ushttps://renohaunts.com/blog/haunted-house-scare-levels-kids/https://renohaunts.com/blog/haunted-house-scare-levels-kids/Which Reno haunts work for a 7-year-old, which ones a brave 11-year-old can handle, and which ones mean it when they say 13 and up. An honest intensity ladder.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/lost-haunts-of-reno/https://renohaunts.com/blog/lost-haunts-of-reno/The Slaughter House ran 14 years and vanished without a goodbye. Kingdom of Horrors faded behind a roller rink. Frightmare promised a remodel that never came. The real history of Reno's dead haunted houses, researched and written down.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/nevada-state-prison-history/https://renohaunts.com/blog/nevada-state-prison-history/First gas execution in the world. An inmate-run casino. Sandstone that built the State Capitol. The Nevada State Prison earned its reputation for 150 years before a haunted house ever moved in.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-halloween-calendar-2026/https://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-halloween-calendar-2026/Dark Prison opens September 25. The Zombie Crawl hits October 17. Home haunts light up the last week of October. Every confirmed 2026 date, plus the ones still pending.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-ghost-stories-locals-tell/https://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-ghost-stories-locals-tell/The Lady in Blue on the Washoe Club staircase. Rosie in Room 11. Two little girls on the Mackay Mansion's third floor. The documented lore of the most haunted corner of Nevada.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-haunted-house-prices-2026/https://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-haunted-house-prices-2026/General admission runs $20 to $35 in the Reno area, VIP tiers hit $45, and four of the best haunts in town cost nothing at all. Every verified price in one place.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-haunted-houses-2026-guide/https://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-haunted-houses-2026-guide/Everything opening in the Reno area this season, what it costs, how scary it actually is, and which haunt fits your crew. Updated as dates are announced.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-home-haunts-worth-the-drive/https://renohaunts.com/blog/reno-home-haunts-worth-the-drive/The Ambush, Silver Raven, Britt's Wicked Manor, and Deadwood Manor. Reno's home haunt scene is small, free, and better than it has any right to be.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/slaughter-house-story/https://renohaunts.com/blog/slaughter-house-story/A magician built Reno's scariest empire and moved it five times, from the Silver Legacy to Meadowood Mall to three floors of a baseball stadium. Then it vanished without a goodbye. The full history.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/virginia-city-haunted-day-trip/https://renohaunts.com/blog/virginia-city-haunted-day-trip/Thirty-five minutes from Reno sits a town that never needed to build a haunted attraction. The Washoe Club, the graveyard train, a haunted mansion, and how to do it all in one day.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://renohaunts.com/blog/what-it-takes-to-build-a-haunt/https://renohaunts.com/blog/what-it-takes-to-build-a-haunt/Eight semi-trucks of sets. Sixty actors a night. A backyard build that starts in July. The numbers behind Northern Nevada's haunts, from stadium productions to garage walkthroughs.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT