Haunted Houses are "Spooktacular"

By Richard Creeger
Edited October 19, 2010

Getting scared this Halloween isn’t the hard part, its finding the right place to do it.

There aren’t very many options around Doane to choose from when it comes haunted houses .. Two popular options around “Roca Scary Farm” at the Roca Berry Farm and is “Terror on 12th Street” at Crete Sertoma’s Sokol Hall in Crete.

Roca Scary Farm has different attractions available to everyone. They have the Psycho Path, -a renovated 20-minute walk in the woods, complete with terrors around every corner. There’s also a Haunted Hayrack Ride, where you take a ride through the corn fields and the Haunted Manor, which is “guaranteed to make you scream,”
according to Roca Scary Farm’s website. Starting at 6 p.m. on Fridfays, the first 100 customers receive free s’mores. Admission for Roca Scary Farm is $14 per person.

“I heard about Roca Scary Farm somewhere around campus and it sounded pretty cool so I decided to go check it out,” sophomore Clara Staudenmaier said. “I got pretty scared while I was there, so I would say that it did its job.”

Being a college student, sophomore Tyler Weihe was more worried about the cost rather than the entertainment. “I really liked Roca Scary Farm, but it was a little too expensive for me, so I will probably end up going to the Sokol one next time.”
Terror on 12th Street has 33 different rooms. you can walk through during your time at this haunted house. The average time it takes to get through all of the rooms is about 30-45 minutes. The house includes strobe lights, fog machines, and props and effects to make the house as scary as possible. Terror on 12th Street is recommended for people 12 years and older, but they leave it to your judgment. Admission for Terror on 12th Street is $8 per person.

“From what I am hearing, Terror on 12th street is going to be pretty awesome,” sophomore Corry Little said. “I can’t wait to go and get scared and have it not be too bad price-wise either.”

Roca Scary Farm is open Friday and Saturday nights Oct. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, and 22-23 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. It is also open all week from Oct. 24-30 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Terror on 12th Street is open from Oct. 22-23 and 29-30 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.