Carved
One-night Halloween event in a Riverside park with a haunted trail, a gentler kids' trail, fortune tellers, fire and sideshow performers and food trucks.
- When
- Saturday, Oct 17, 2026
- Hours
- 5:30pm–10:30pm
4 haunted houses near Kansas City with 2026 dates confirmed on their official sites, across 2 towns. The earliest to open is Hells Gate Haunted House, on September 25. The most intense, at 4 of 5 ghosts: Edge of Hell Haunted House, Hells Gate Haunted House and The Beast Haunted House.
One-night Halloween event in a Riverside park with a haunted trail, a gentler kids' trail, fortune tellers, fire and sideshow performers and food trucks.
The nation's longest-running commercial haunt in the West Bottoms: a heaven-to-hell walk through dark caves, crypts and live-animal rooms ending in a five-story slide.
Indoor haunted house on the Kansas side with live scare actors and detailed horror sets; walk-up tickets sold nightly.
Huge four-story West Bottoms haunt where visitors pick their own route through themed worlds such as a bayou swamp, foggy London streets and a werewolf forest.
Carved, Edge of Hell Haunted House, Hells Gate Haunted House and The Beast Haunted House. Each has its 2026 dates, hours and prices on its own page.
The earliest in this guide is Hells Gate Haunted House on September 25, 2026.
The most intense in this guide are Edge of Hell Haunted House, Hells Gate Haunted House and The Beast Haunted House, 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 Carved, rated 3 of 5 ghosts.
Edge of Hell Haunted House: From $40; Hells Gate Haunted House: $25 cash / $30 card at the gate; The Beast Haunted House: From $40. Prices are from each official site.
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