If you're looking to test your nerves this Halloween season, run through some of the Bay Area's wickedly fun haunted attractions. Here is the Chronicle's guide to a frightfully good time near you.

Dan Rivera, A paranormal investigator who was on tour with the infamously haunted Annabelle doll, has mysteriously passed away. He was 54. Rivera was on his Devils on the Run tour with the allegedly ...

Travelers looking for a taste of dark drama can stay in accommodations built in former prisons, cult compounds and defunct military installations. By Mary Pilon In an age when boutique hotels vie for ...

A woman who lives with 54 haunted dolls has revealed the shenanigans her collection of possessed toys gets up to – including hacking into her Amazon Alexa. Collector Teej, who works as a paranormal ...

Lady Gaga’s latest music video, The Dead Dance, unfolds like a gothic fairytale on Mexico City’s eerie Isla de las Muñecas in Xochimilco. In English, this translates to the Island of the Dolls, and it ...

Across the U.S., travelers are checking into spooky hotels that once held inmates, soldiers and even cult members. As travelers crave experiences over ordinary stays, hotels that have transformed grim ...

Halloween is coming early in one Coatesville neighborhood, thanks to the imagination of 16-year-old Joseph Venziale. Joseph has transformed his family's basement into The Venziale Manor, a ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center is back again with its fifth annual Halloween haunted house, and this year’s theme is Theatre of Terrors: Murder Hotel. Tickets are $20 ...

Giant clown faces tower over a carnival-themed area being constructed onstage at Solvang Festival Theater. Clowns are among the phobias featured in this year’s haunted house. Credit: Nick Forselles / ...

Lady Gaga announced her new music video in a post on X earlier this week, launching alongside Netflix’s Wednesday second season. The black and white film-style video features the singer dancing ...

Jason Barr's love for Halloween blossomed into an annual tradition that lets his mom "get into Jason's world" Lisa DeMario Jason Barr, an 11-year-old boy from New Jersey, turns his home into an ...

When you think of Western Massachusetts a few things may come to mind: rolling hills, fall foliage, or maybe even a summit or two. But what about haunted houses? Nestled in the Berkshires, Charlemont ...