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Historic photos: Haunted houses in Tucson
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Historic photos: Haunted houses in Tucson

  • Oct 26, 2016
  • Oct 26, 2016 Updated Oct 25, 2017

Ready to get spooky? Check out these Haunted House in Tucson through the years.

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A haunted house in Tucson in 1977.

Art Grasberger / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Kids dunk under brains thrust at them at March of Dimes Haunted House in Tucson in 1981.

H. Darr Beiser / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Teenagers get a good scare at the KLPX/JB's Haunted House to benefit MDA at 330 S. Wilmot, Tucson, in 1990.

Xavier Gallegos / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Kids face a deranged woman at the Haunted Mansion (the old Avalon House) at 4519 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, in 1984. "Thirty minutes to go though the scariest 30 rooms you've seen in your life."

Xavier Gallegos / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A woman flees from a masked man at the Haunted Mansion (the old Avalon House) at 4519 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, in 1984. "Thirty minutes to go though the scariest 30 rooms you've seen in your life."

Xavier Gallegos / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Teens from the Marana High drama department are victims of a mad surgeon at a haunted house at Foothills Mall to raise money for Marana Red Cross and Mothers Against Drunk Driving in October, 1988.

Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A haunted house in Tucson in 1977.

Art Grasberger / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A haunted house in Tucson in 1977.

Art Grasberger / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A vampires rises from the dead at March of Dimes Haunted House in Tucson in 1981.

H. Darr Beiser / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

An ax-wielding man confronts visitors at March of Dimes Haunted House in Tucson in 1981.

H. Darr Beiser / Tucson Citizen

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

The Haunted Mansion near Tucson Mall in 1984.

Joy Wolf / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Neighborhood kids flee a creature at a haunted house at 62 N. Grande in Tucson in 1985.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Visitors scream as a "monster" leaps out of the darkness in the haunted house at the Sahuarita Halloween Safehouse at the new Municipal Complex in 2008.

Jeffry Scott / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Actors at Trail Dust Town's Haunted House perform in the Frankenstein room where Frankenstein, left, played by Jerry Woods, brings the Bride of Frankenstein, right, played by Kimberly Swanson back to life in 2006.

Lindsay A. Miller / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Pendulum victim Tyanie Williamson screams her head off as two frightened haunted house goers race past her in the torture room at Nightmare On Scream Street, presented by the Tucson Screamers at the Sports Park, Tucson in 2007.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

A Phantom grabs on to Jerry Woods as Keith Lushbaugh reacts on the set of Sam and Latch's Haunted Halloween, an outdoor action and comedy show on Thursday, October 18, 2007.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Caitlin Foust, 12, gets a scare from one of the monster residents of Scream Street, located at 6901 N. Casa Grande Hwy in Tucson. The haunted house takes visitors on a tour of haunted settings, with characters waiting to pounce from every angle.

James Gregg / Arizona Daily Star

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Haunted Houses in Tucson

Riley Pierson of the Marana High School Dance Team screams at The Slaughter House on October 21, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. The Slaughter House is an actual former slaughter house located near Grant and I-10 that is a haunted house attraction now.

Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star

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