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The Haunting of Chittyville School

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Fri, Oct 04 – Sat, Nov 02, 2024 • 7:00pm - 11:59pm

401 Chittyville Road, Herrin, IL 62948

Weekends in October just got scarier! Join us at the Chittyville School Haunted House and Escape Rooms for a scary good time!

Fridays and Saturdays - Oct 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 25 & 26, Nov 1 & 2 (7 PM to Midnight)

Sundays, Oct 13 & 27 and Halloween - 7 PM to 10 PM

Choose from 3 escape rooms or take a chance in the Haunted School House. The Pirate's Daydream, shop class, and science lab have all the secrets you can handle, but can you escape?

The Haunted School is a local legend that in 1836, a small community, drawn by the local coal mines, began to grow in the area now known as Chittyville. Here they worked hard, raised their families, and died. The dead were buried in a cemetery somewhere along Chittyville Road. As years went by, most of the early settlers died or moved on and the cemetery became overgrown and unused. In October 1912, officials claimed the land to build a new school needed for the thriving community. The school opened in August of 1913. Almost immediately, the children and teachers complained of seeing ghostly figures in the hallways and strange noises coming from the boiler room. It wasn't until October, however, that the real horror began. On one cold October day, Mr. Haney, the school custodian, thought he heard the sound of someone crying. He went into the boiler room to investigate and never returned and each October a student or teacher would vanish without explanation from the school. The school closed in 1989 and sat empty for many, many years...until an unwitting couple purchased the school in December of 2004.

Who will be the next to disappear...will it be you?

Think you can handle it better than others? Get a speed pass to get in the door quicker.

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Haunted School -$25
Haunted School + Speedpass- $40
Escape Rooms $35
Group prices available for the Haunted House only for groups of 15 or more.

Group prices available for the Haunted House only for groups of 15 or more.

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