Halloween in Illinois is full of spooktacular events that are sure to send chills down your spine so get into the spirit of Fright Night with some of these activities:

Escape Rooms: Try to escape from a room full of zombies in the village of Downers Grove while solving different mind games and physical challenges. In Melrose Park, Cook County, test your escape skills at Escape the 13th Floor challenge. In this escape room, select from different Halloween themed rooms and attempt to escape in 60 minutes or less.

Haunted Towns: Alton is one of the most haunted small towns in America. Experience spirits at Alton's most haunted house, McPike Mansion, or take an Alton Hauntings tour for possible ghost sightings at the First Unitarian Church and Enos Sanitarium. In Decatur explore lost burial grounds and haunted theaters in downstate Illinois' longest running haunted ghost tour.

Halloween Parade: Celebrate at Illinois' largest Halloween parade in Galena. Every year, thousands of visitors come to historic Main Street to watch the two-hour parade. Afterwards, spend the night at the historic Jail Hill Inn. This former county jail is now a luxurious Bed and breakfast. City dwellers shouldn't miss the 21st Annual Northalsted Halloween Parade in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood on Halloween night.

Experience heart pumping haunted attractions at the Six Flags theme park Fright Fest in Gurnee during the entire month of October. Wind your way through total darkness and scare zones, as ghouls and zombies take over the park. For intense thrills, ride the Skyscreamer of Doom or Haunted Shawshbuckler where angry spirits ride along with you. 

Haunted Houses: Test your fear factor at Realm of Terror haunted house in Round Lake Beach. Navigate through rooms filled with gruesome props and monsters making this the “most terrifying” haunted house in Illinois. For a Halloween experience like no other, visit Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead in Lockport, Ill., where you are guaranteed to scream.

Check out these other Halloween events that will scare you straight:

• Nightmare on Chicago Street, save the city of Elgin as it is taken over by zombies
• Illinois' Trail of Terror, experience festivals, pumpkin patches and wineries across northern Illinois
• Torment at Twelve Hundred haunted house, near the Quad Cities, where horror stories come alive

To book a trip to Illinois contact My America Holiday www.myamericaholiday.co.uk and for further ideas on where to go in the state go to www.enjoyillinois.co.uk.

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