Unwrap Holiday Horrors at Ohio's 2025 Holiday Haunts!

Posted December 1, 2025

This holiday season, Ohio’s haunted attractions are giving classic festivities a sinister twist. Picture twinkling lights and cheerful décor hiding a cold, unsettling presence just out of sight. Here, familiar holiday icons take on frightening new forms—malevolent elves, towering snow creatures, and the dreaded Krampus himself.

You'll step into immersive winter-nightmare worlds, from icy haunted woods to tales of spirits drifting past frost-covered panes. For anyone craving a break from the usual holiday cheer, these chilling experiences provide a uniquely thrilling—and delightfully eerie—escape from tradition!

Akron Haunted School House and Laboratory: A Creepy Christmas
1300 Triplett Boulevard, Akron, OH 44306
Open: 12/16, 12/12, 12/13

Blood Prison: Christmas Incarceration
100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, OH 44905
Open: 12/5, 12/6, 12/12, 12/13

Dark Harvest Productions: Naughty or Nice Wagon Ride
6418 State Route 124, Hillsboro, OH 45133
Open: 12/5, 12/6, 12/7, 12/12, 12/13, 12/14, 12/19, 12/20, 12/21

The Dent Schoolhouse: A Christmas Nightmare
5963 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45248
Open: 12/6 & 12/13

Fear Columbus: Krampus Christmas Haunted Experience
2605 Northland Plaza Drive, Columbus, OH 43231
Open: 12/5, 12/6, 12/7, 12/12, 12/13, 12/14

Hell's Dungeon: A Christmas Peril
3866 Linden Avenue, Dayton, OH 45432
Open: 12/12 & 12/13