10/01/2026
🎃👻 SPOOKY SEASON IN MARYLAND 👻🎃
October has arrived, and if you love haunted houses, ghost stories, pumpkins, fall nights, and everything Halloween, Maryland has plenty happening this month! 🍂
Save this list for your October 2026 Maryland bucket list:
😱 FOR THE BRAVE
👻 Bennett's Curse Haunted House Maryland | Dundalk
One of Maryland’s longtime haunted attractions is back for its final season at the Eastpoint location, beginning October 2. Bennett's Curse Haunted House
🌲 Creepywoods Haunted Forest | White Marsh
Take a 30+ minute journey through a haunted forest, then recover by the campfire. Open select nights October 2–31, plus November 1. Creepywoods Haunted Woods
💀 The Nevermore Haunt | Baltimore
An immersive haunted attraction inspired by Baltimore's dark past, with sideshow entertainment, food vendors and an outdoor bar. Select nights throughout October. The Nevermore Haunt
🌳 Markoff's Haunted Forest | Dickerson
A huge outdoor Halloween experience featuring a haunted forest, immersive attractions and a bonfire-filled midway. 2026 dates begin October 2. marylandhauntedhouses.com
🏚️ Laurel’s House of Horror | Laurel
A massive indoor haunt inside a former movie theater, plus horror-themed escape rooms.
🌫️ Legends of the Fog | Aberdeen
A full scream-park experience with multiple haunted attractions. Maryland Tourism highlights its haunted house, hayride, corn maze and circus-style scares. Visit Maryland
🪵 Leech Woods | Damascus
A haunted walking trail, horror hayride and midway atmosphere for anyone looking for a full night of scares.
🏕️ Camp Chaos | Sykesville
Think summer camp... but something has gone VERY wrong. 😳 Open Friday and Saturday nights throughout October. Camp Chaos
🕯️ SPOOKY WITHOUT THE SCREAMING
👻 Historic Annapolis Ghost Tours | Downtown Annapolis
Select nights October 1–31. Walk historic Annapolis while hearing centuries of ghost stories and unexplained happenings. Visit Annapolis
🧙 Annapolis Witches & Legends Walking Tour | Annapolis
Select dates October 4–30, featuring Maryland witch trials, colonial superstitions and local legends. Visit Annapolis
🎃 The Great Annapolis Pumpkins | Downtown Annapolis
October 5–November 2. Giant pumpkins take over downtown and make for some GREAT fall photo opportunities. Visit Annapolis
🕯️ Spirits with the Spirits | Historic London Town & Gardens, Edgewater
October 15. Colonial-inspired cocktails + ghost stories + 18th-century Halloween traditions. This one sounds like such a fun October date night! Visit Annapolis
🛶 Jug Bay Ghost Paddle | Lothian
October 17. Paddle the Patuxent, hear ghost stories, then enjoy a campfire, c***r, dinner and s’mores. Visit Annapolis
🎭 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Annapolis
October 23–November 8. The Colonial Players bring Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman to the stage. Visit Annapolis
🎃 Annapolis Scarecrow Stroll | Downtown Annapolis
October 24–November 2. Creative scarecrows pop up along West Street, Maryland Avenue and State Circle. Visit Annapolis
🦁 ZooBOO! | Maryland Zoo, Baltimore
Running throughout October with family-friendly Halloween fun at the zoo. Visit Baltimore
🔬 Spooky Science | Maryland Science Center
October 10. Halloween meets science for a fun daytime event. Visit Baltimore
🎃 Pumpkin Walk at Hammond-Harwood House | Annapolis
October 30. Games, crafts, snacks, storytelling, face painting and a costume parade. Visit Annapolis
🪩 Halloween Night at Live! | Hanover
October 31. Halloween entertainment includes tribute performances and a decades-themed bar crawl. Visit Annapolis
🍂 Maryland friends, which one are you choosing? Are you walking straight into the haunted forest 😱, sticking with pumpkins and ghost tours 🎃, or staying safely at home with the porch light OFF? 😂
Tag your Halloween adventure buddy and SAVE this post so you have your Maryland spooky-season plans ready! 👻🧡
✨Ruth Anne Strauss, REALTOR and Team Leader for The Strauss Group of Hyatt & Company Real Estate
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