Heritage Haunt
Halloween Haunted House
Hart Park – Heritage Junction
24101 San Fernando Road, Newhall, CA 91322
Website: www.scvhaunt.com
Want to enjoy a genuine haunted Halloween in Los Angeles? Check out Heritage Haunt, a seasonal attraction set in an allegedly haunted house.
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT DATES: October 17, 23-24, 30-31
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT HOURS: 7-10pm
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT TICKETS: $10
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT DISCOUNTS: Look for discount coupons at local businesses in the Santa Clarita area, or check at the website.
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT PARKING: Free
2009 HERITAGE HAUNT FEATURES: This Halloween’s theme is Nightmares of Newhall. Expanded from 2008, the haunt features these attractions:
- Two large scare zones (including a pirate ship and four new decorated homes)
- Two mazes (Psycho’s Fun House and the Newhall Ranch House Nightmares).
- A Haunted Hayride Note: The Haunted Hayride has been canceled.
- Murphy’s Saloon: if you are too timid to brave the haunt yourself, you can watch your terrified friends on closed circuit television as they walk through the haunt.
OTHER HERITAGE HAUNT EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Old Town Newhall, Hart Park, and Heritage Junction offer Halloween events that you can enjoy while visiting Heritage Haunt.
- “Sleepy Hollow” – a ballet performed three times a night by New World Dance Productions
- Live bands at the Saugus Train Station.
- A Family Costume Parade
- Trick-or-Treating from Business to Business in Old Town Newhall
- Pumpkin carving
- A Halloween bug show
- A Creatures of the Night wildlife show
- Tours of Hart Mansion and the Museum, back stage tours of the haunt, historic home tours
- A makeup design seminar
- A Halloween-themed show at the train station
- Zombie Walk – Canned Food Drive on October 17
- Pumpkin Festival in Old Town Newhall on October 24 – 11am to 3pm
HERITAGE HAUNT BACKGROUND: This Halloween attraction has some of the authentic feel of the old Haunted Vineyard; it is situated in a “real” house, cleverly exploiting the legends of the ghost purpotedly residing there. Put on by the Santa Clarita Historical Society, the Heritage Haunted House has been maintained to preserves the history of the local area, which was both a mining community and later the location for filming early silent cowboy movies starring William S. Hart.
2008 HERITAGE HAUNT: Based on actual legends of the old Western mining community in the area, the 2008 incarnation of the annual Halloween attraction is titled “Curse of the Ghoul Mine. With an eerie soundtrack, there is more emphasis on making your skin crawl than on making you jump out of your skin – although there is some of that as well, accomplished both by actors in makeup and by mechanical pops that pop up like malevolent Jack-in-the-Boxes.
NOTE: We group Heritage Haunt along side professional haunted house attractions because they charge admission and the event is of similiar quality; however, this is a non-profit event, staffed by volunteers, benefitting the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society.
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