It's Chuckles Sweet 16 and you're all invited!!!! Da Count and I were in the mood for Sunday scares after a full weekend of haunted housing, but needed to be in the city as it was a work night at his mortal job. So we decided to check out The Park After Dark at Chase Park, a haunted house and charity event…
There is something special about returning to a haunted house and discovering that the experience has changed since your last visit. Even when you know what to expect from a particular attraction, new surprises can make the experience feel fresh all over again. That was certainly the case with this year's visit to the House of Creeps! Located at Wintrust Field, home…
When our baby vampire Junior asked if we could go to a water playground, Da Count and I said "SURE" but it will be an abandoned water playground, bwahaha! So the Gregula fang-mily piled into the G-Koach and headed on over to the Abandoned Skokie Water Playground in Skokie, IL (obviously) to visit the one and only Scream Scene Haunted House, Conveniently…
Greetings mortals and morsels, spooky season is in full swing and Da Count and I couldn't be more hex-cited! So to kick things off for 2026, we were invited to check out the Chicago stop of Serial Killer: The Exhibition World Tour at Cinespace Studios located in the city's West Side. This massive international exhibit dives into criminology, forensic science, and the…
Count Gregula's Crypt visited Massacre Haunted House for a taste of terror on National Haunted House Day. It had been a few years since we last came so we were hex-cited to see what was in store. Parking is plentiful (when not busy) but it was hard to find the correct lot as the sign on the building said Mind Trap Escape…
Get ready to plunge headfirst into a descent of live music, immersive horror, and post-apocalyptic chaos at Nightmare on Chicago Street 2026 in downtown Elgin. Team Gregula is hex-cited to be a part of all the frightful fun as the macabre media! For the first time ever this event will be taking place on TWO nights for double the scares!!! Nightmare on…
Today is the second Friday in October and you know what that means. It's National Haunted House Day!!! Team Gregula’s favorite sport is attending as many of our favorite haunted attractions in the Chicagoland area as we possibly can, so we are experts. But for the novice, the experience can actually suck, and not in a good vampire way. So as a…
Greetings Mortals and Morsels! Halloween time is upon us and there is a TON of fun things to see and do. However, it can get kinda 'spensive with all the spooky stuffs to choose from! ARRRRRRGH!!! But don't worry, Da Countess (me) is here to give you advice on how to navigate Halloween with BIG fun and little money. For haunted house…
Da Count and I love all the Halloween events and attractions going on in the months of September and October, but it seems that most of them are in the far suburbs. If you live in Chicago itself options are few but never fear, Jack's Pumpkin Pop-Up is here! Located near the Salt Shed in the Elston Corridor / West Town neighborhood…
It's nearly Fall y'all, so you know that means drinking season German style is here! Da Count and I headed over to Fulton Market to check out Oktoberfest Nation Chicago to celebrate! Running for six weekends from September 17 through October 26, 2026, this popup transformed the heart of the West Loop into a high-energy Bavarian celebration. To be honest, getting there…