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3 haunted houses near Chattanooga with 2026 dates confirmed on their official sites, across 3 towns. The earliest to open is The Scream Chamber, on September 19. The most intense, at 4 of 5 ghosts: Dread Hollow and The Scream Chamber.
Nationally ranked indoor haunt run by Ruby Falls: a cursed-town haunted house with live actors, blood and gore, plus separate horror-themed escape rooms.
City-run Halloween nights at a historic stable: walk a haunted barn, roller skate under black lights and take a guided ghost tour of Barnhardt Circle.
Walk-through haunt in an old building outside Athens; this year's story checks guests into a sleep study gone wrong, with live actors and a midway outside.
Dread Hollow, Fort O Fright and The Scream Chamber. Each has its 2026 dates, hours and prices on its own page.
The earliest in this guide is The Scream Chamber on September 19, 2026.
The most intense in this guide are Dread Hollow and The Scream Chamber, rated up to 4 of 5 ghosts on our scare scale. Check each venue's own age guidance before you go.
The milder picks are Fort O Fright, rated 3 of 5 ghosts.
Fort O Fright: $10 one activity; $17 two; $22 all three. Prices are from each official site.
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