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The Los Angeles Live Steamers just sent over a pair of photographs from their 2012 Halloween Ghost Train. Hollywood Gothique has not made it out to Griffith Park for the Ghost Train in some years, but we recall it as one of the most enjoyable Halloween events for children in the Los Angeles area – [...]

Theatre 68, The Backwoods Maze, Wicked Lit, and Heritage Haunt launch their Halloween events this weekend.
We’re almost halfway through October, and it may seem as if every major haunted house, hayride, and theme park is already open; but wait – there’s more! In fact, the weekend of Friday, October 12 offers some of our favorite [...]

Location: Griffith Park, 5202 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Phone: (323) 662-8030
Dates & Hours: October 13-14, 19-21, 26-31, 7-10pm nightly
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Description: The Los Angeles Live Steamers resurrect their annual Halloween Ghost Train for 2012. The 20-minute ride on the 7-1/2-inch guage miniature train takes passengers past a variety of decorated scenes – [...]

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 14-16, 22-23, 28-31
Location: Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum, Griffith Park, 5202 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, California 90027
The Los Angeles Live Steamers Ghost Train roars into the station for another Halloween’s worth of kid-friendly fun. One of the most amusing Halloween events for children in the Los Angeles area, the Ghost Train promises to be bigger and better than ever for 2011.

The Halloween Ghost Train steamed back into Griffith Park this weekend. Presented by the Los Angeles Live Steamers, this family-friendly ride is the perfect counterpoint to the nearby Los Angeles Haunted Hayride: whereas the Hayride is a scary tour of a darkly wooded area filled with menacing monsters, the Ghost Train is a safe trip [...]

A vast variety of Halloween events are opening in Los Angeles on the weekend of Friday, October 5, 2010, and if you don’t start now you are likely to miss much of hauntingly horrible fun. Hence, we have gathered together in one convenient place, a list of exciting attractions now available to you, including Reign of Terror, Heritage Haunt, Nightmare at Scareview Farms, 13 Nights of Terror, Haunted Midnights, the 4th Annual Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt, and many more! If haunted houses aren’t your bag of bones, you can check out the opening of the Horrorwood Art Exhibition, visit Creation’s Weekend of Horrors or the final weekend of Screamfest, or attend the last two performances of Dracula at the Westcherster Playhouse. Details below the fold…

Dates: October 15-16-17; 22-23-24; 28-29-30-31, from 7-10pm
Location: L.A. Live Steamers at Griffith Park – 5202 Zoo Drive – Los Angeles, CA 90027
Looking for a kid-safe way to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Well, look no further! This family-friendly ride is the perfect Halloween event for children – spooky enough to be fun but not the least bit scary.

You have idled away the Halloween season; your best of intentions have dwindled away to almost nothing, and now you find yourself on October 31 with too little time and too many haunts. You cannot get to all of them on Halloween night, and unfortunately most are not taking advantage of the weekend to stay open an extra day on November 1. What are you going to do? How can you prioritize? Well, it is your great good fortunate that you are reading this article, because we are about to enumerate 2009’s must-see Halloween events in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. These are the best Halloween haunts, rides, and mazes – the ones you will regret missing if you do not make the extra effort necessary to enter their murky portals before the witching hour sounds tonight. Be bold and brave, dear traveller, and as you ride through the night, urged on by ghosts and goblins, do not despair of reaching your final destination before dawn, for remember: “the Dead travel fast….”

The October season is definitely heating up as the middle of October rolls around. We hope you already hit all the Halloween haunts that opened early, because several others are on their way: the Live Steamers Ghost Train at Griffith Park, the new Nightmare at Scareview Farms at the Pomona Fairgrounds, and the excellent Heritage Haunt in [...]

Dates: October 16-18, 23-25, 29-31
Location: L.A. Live Steamers at Griffith Park – 5202 Zoo Drive – Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 662-8030
Looking for a kid-safe way to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Well, look no further! This family-friendly ride is the perfect Halloween event for children – spooky enough to be fun but not the least bit scary.

It is time for Hollywood Gothique’s first annual Halloween Haunt Awards. This is the time – after the last scream has echoed away, the last lightening has flashed, and the last monster returned to its godforsaken tomb – when we sit down and assess the best events and attractions that we experienced during Halloween in [...]

Here is a music video compiled of footage from the Ghost Train Halloween ride at Griffith Park’s Travel Town, set to my song “Empty Hallways. The lyrics do not really match, but he music seems to work. Perhaps, if time allows, I will go back later and write a song specifically for this video – the [...]