HauntedHouses.come Shares The Top 13 Scariest Haunted Houses in America

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HauntedHouses.com unveils its 2016 List of Top 13 Haunted Houses in America. Those recognized by the website represent some of the most terrifying and elaborate haunted attractions in the country.

HauntedHouses.com is the nation's top resource for real haunted houses, haunted places, ghost towns and paranormal sites in cities across the country. The website maintains an up-to-date directory of the best haunts, photos, videos and more.

"We spent a lot of time compiling this list by visiting haunted houses all over the country to rate their fear factor," said Ben Armstrong co-owner of Netherworld Haunted House in Atlanta.

"If you're looking for the most terrifying haunted attractions you have come to the right place."

Innovation and creativity play a large part in ranking each haunt to bring families the most horrifyingly unique experience this Halloween.

If you are seeking the scariest and most elaborate haunted attractions, the following should be on your bucket list this season.

Hauntedhouse.com's 2016 list includes:

1. Spookywoods (Archdale, N.C.)
2. The Haunted Hotel (San Diego)
3. Spookyworld - Nightmare New England - (Litchfield, N.H.)
4. The Dent Schoolhouse (Cincinnati)
5. Cutting Edge Haunted House (Fort Worth, Texas)
6.

Bennett's Curse (Baltimore)
7. The Beast (Kansas City, Mo.)
8. The House of Torment (Austin, Texas)
9. Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses (Ulster Park, N.Y.)
10. 13th Floor Haunted House (Chicago)
11, The Asylum (Denver)
12. Nightmare On The Bayou (Houston)
13. Erebus (Pontiac, Mich.)

"To be included on the Top 13 list is an honor considering the amount of haunted attractions in the country," said Jon Love, co-owner of 13th Floor in Chicago, No. 10 on the list.

"It goes to show that these haunted houses are the most advanced in the nation.

I know we spend all year preparing for the Halloween season with production crews, set designers, welders and computer programmers to offer an attraction worthy enough to make this terrifying list."