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Date: November 1, 6-8pm
Location: 4602 Morse Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91432
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Description: From Boney Island’s Facebook page comes this message:
Due to the large crowds at BONEY ISLAND some were not able to see it. As an encore presentation, BONEY ISLAND will be open TONIGHT (Nov. 1) for a limited time. This WILL be [...]

Last night, Hollywood Gothique trekked out to two of its favorite Halloween treats: the Boney Island Yard Haunt in Sherman Oaks and the Theatre 68 Haunted House in Hollywood. The two attractions could not be farther apart on the spectrum: Boney Island is an amateur yard haunt that appeals to kids of all ages with [...]

Looking for last-minute, inexpensive ways to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Look no further, as Hollywood Gothique presents its must-see list of Halloween Yard Haunts.
By now, you have probably maxed out your credit card purchasing VIP tickets to the Knotts Berry Farm Halloween Haunt and/or Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, not to mention [...]

The final half of October has arrived, and most of the major professional Halloween events in Los Angeles have already opened. Fortunately, more cemeteries are opening their gates on Friday, October 19, unleashing ghosts and ghouls upon the world, in the form of amateur yard haunts, perilous plays, cemetery tours, and a brand new scary [...]

The Boney Island Yard Haunt – the most whimsical and family-friendly of Los Angeles’s many Halloween Events for Children – returns for another season of mystical illusions and goofy gags. The whimsical skeletons are back with a new magic show, entitled “Abracadaver” – which promises “even more jaw-dropping illusions to thrill and amaze you this Halloween.” Location: 4602 Morse Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91432. 2012 DATES: October 19-31

Drum roll, please – or should that be a funeral dirge? Whatever soundtrack you choose to play in your mind or on your computer while reading this, it is time to bestow our annual accolades for the Best Los Angeles Halloween Events. As with last year, I will dispense with rigid categories in favor of [...]

We know you’re out there, you prevaricators and procrastinators, wasting the precious days of October until Halloween Night rolls around, when suddenly you realize: This is it, the last chance to visit this year’s Halloween Theme Park Attractions, Halloween Haunted Houses & Hayrides, Halloween Yard Haunts, Community Halloween Haunts, Halloween Haunts for Children, Halloween Parties [...]

Dates: October 21-31
Hours: 6-9pm Sunday-Thursday; 6-10pm Friday-Saturday
Location: 4602 Morse Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91432
After a three-year hiatus, Boney Island is back, and it’s even better than before! The Halloween yard haunt’s skeleton crew has morphed from a carnival into a magic show, but the familiar, whimsical aura still pervades the grounds, making this one of the best Los Angeles Halloween haunts for children.

After a three-year hiatus, the Boney Island Yard Haunt reopens this Halloween. Those of you who never attended the old skeleton carnival may be wondering what the big deal is, exactly. Well, take a look at our video, recorded in 2007, of the final appearance of the old Boney Island. Don’t expect this year’s version [...]

Dates: October 21-31
Location: 4602 Morse Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91432
Hours: 6-9pm Sunday-Thursday; 6-10pm Friday-Saturday
Description: After a three-year hiatus, the only “skeleton carnival” Halloween yard haunt returns to Los Angeles, this time described as the “Halloween Magic Wonder Show of the Universe.”
The Boney Island website explains:
During their break, the skeletons at Boney Island decided to take up [...]

The Los Angeles Halloween season begins in earnest tomorrow, with the opening of the Knotts Berry Farm Halloween Haunt and Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Before we begin to savor the delightfully dreary ambiance of these and other Halloween events in Los Angeles, we should cast our mournful eyes back through the hazy clouds of time and take a moment to to pay tribute to those haunted attractions that have gone to the grave forever, never again to resurrect each October for annual enjoyment of all things macabre. Click through to read our list of the Los Angeles Halloween attractions we mourn the most deeply.

NOTE: Hollywood Gothique’s annual Halloween Haunt Odyssey is a sort of unofficial tour of yard haunts in Los Angeles, many of which are open only on October 31st. Each year, we hit a few old favorites and search for some new discoveries.
Yesterday, in Part 1, we laid to rest our impression of the local yard haunts that [...]

It was sad, sad news when Rick Polizzi wrapped up Boney Island for good last year and sent it off to the Great Graveyard of Halloween Haunts in the Sky. This was a unique yard haunt, the most whimsical and kid-friendly of any event for Halloween in Los Angeles, a sort of skeleton carnival loaded with [...]