SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A couple of haunted houses are opening for the 2025 season in the Ozarks.

With fall just around the corner and Halloween creeping closer, haunted houses and spook houses are preparing for their seasons. However, some places just can't wait for October to share their love of the scare.

Here's a list of haunted houses you can see starting as early as Sept. 12:

Hotel of Terror

The Hotel of Terror is Springfield's longest-running haunted house — it opened in 1978! The haunted house features a four-story experience full of scares above, below and all around you. As an added bonus, the hotel is actually haunted! Check out footage of our reporters and anchors visiting the Hotel of Terror in The Haunted Highlight (Formerly Frightly News) segment.

The Hotel of Terror will be

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