Haunted Mazes 

By Lea Bracken 

What is a haunted maze? A haunted maze is a corn maze or house maze people walk through and look at the decorations or even the dressed-up actors. Haunted mazes tend to gain popularity when Halloween starts to come around. 

The first haunted entertainment was Orton and Spooner Ghost House. It was built in 1915 in Liphook, England. After a decade, it is still open and running. Its run by steam power. As people walk through, they will interact with costumed actors, moving floors, air jets, and sound effects. It was remodeled, but some of the original property was restored. 

The first haunted corn maze was built in 1993 in Annville, Pennsylvania. The maze was titled “The Amazing Maize Maze”. It was at least 126,000 square feet. Creating a corn maze can be hard due to having to pull the corn stalks to make the paths and to decide on what design to do. Even though corn mazes are difficult to make, they are fun to walk through and try to find the end. 

In October, people will go to different haunted mazes or houses for entertainment. People who especially like horror movies like going through these haunted attractions to experience some of the fear these characters go through. When interviewing Brayden Galbraith, a student in Culinary Arts, about whether he’s been to a haunted maze and if he enjoyed it, he said “I have. I did not enjoy it because it wasn’t that great nor was it scary”. When asking Jasmine Sadler, a student in ADT, if she has ever been to a haunted house or maze, she said, “I’ve been to a haunted house and yes I enjoyed it.” Some people enjoy it while others may not.  

Haunted mazes are super fun if people are into Halloween and horror stuff. Even though they are popular, some people don’t go to them. Hopefully from this year on more people will try it out.