Hiding in the woods at the end of a lonesome road is a world of fright and fantasy that will test one's mettle, temper one's cavalier courage, torment one's sanity, and taint one's soul. This vortex of dark entertainment is the Trail of Terror.
The Trail resides on four appalling acres of forsaken forest. The haunt scenes take up fully half of that area. After entering the front gate, guests walk along the outdoor trail through 30 different scenes. Unsuspecting patrons must venture through crawl spaces, squeeze walls, across a rope bridge, aboard a boat, under a spinning carousel, and through a vortex tunnel on their march of mayhem. Over the summer, the staff changes approximately 75% of the Trail’s scenes so customers are confronted with novel new frights each season.
For thirty-one seasons, the mysterious Seer has added a new tarot card to his ever-expanding deck, each one capturing a terrifying moment from the Trail of Terror’s dark history. Since 1994, the deck has grown stronger with each passing year. Every October, the final card drawn is said to awaken forces within the Trail that cannot be contained, and this year, the Seer’s work is far from over...
The deck unfolds... soon.
The Trail of Terror has bent the minds of the innocent and benefited local charities for over 30 years. The dominion of this operation’s overseer, Wayne Barneschi, began as a home haunt. Through enlisting the help of dark forces, a veritable coven of close friends and family members, they made the leap to become a professional non-profit haunted attraction. First with the Wallingford Red Cross and then later as it's own non-profit in the form of Scare Crew Productions, Inc. which has now donated over $2 Million — benefitting local charities, and individuals and community projects in need.
Fridays and Saturdays 7:00pm-11:00pm
Sundays 7:00pm-10:00pm
$28 Timed Ticket: Enter at your chosen date and time slot with guaranteed admittance. Groups entering the Trail will contain 6-12 guests. Purchase tickets
$40 VIP Premium Pass ★ Replaces other ticketed lines with a minimum wait time. An extremely limited number of VIP Premium Passes are sold each night. Purchase tickets
Save $2 when you buy your ticket before Sept 1st!
Note: General Admission is no longer available. All General Admissiom tickets must be purchased online as none sold on-site.
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