As autumn leaves paint Missouri’s landscapes in vibrant hues, the Show-Me State transforms into Halloween headquarters. From rolling Ozark hills to historic river towns along the Mississippi, Missouri’s communities offer everything from spine-chilling haunted houses to family-friendly fall festivals. Whether you’re seeking heart-pounding scares or wholesome pumpkin patches, Missouri delivers authentic Halloween experiences across diverse landscapes and welcoming small towns.
Springfield
Halloween Monster Ball
This annual adult Halloween party features drinks, dancing with a live DJ, unlimited pizza, and a costume contest with a $500 prize. Held at the historic Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque, this 21+ event transforms the venue into a spooky celebration.
- Saturday, October 25, 2025, 7:00 PM
- Location: Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque (The Shrine Mosque), Downtown Springfield, MO
- Event Website
St. Louis
The Darkness Haunted House
The Darkness features two floors of haunted house experiences spanning 60,000 square feet. The attraction includes The Darkness main haunt, Butcher Shop (new section), outdoor scarezones, Monster Museum, zombie laser tag (Hive), and Terror Visions 3D. A horror retail store operates during event hours, plus the Serial Killer Escape Room. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Located downtown near Soulard Market and Busch Stadium.
- September 26-27, 2025 (Slasher Weekends): 7-10 PM
- October Fridays & Saturdays: October 3-4 (7-11 PM), 10-11 (7-11:30 PM), 17-18, 24-25 (6:30-11:30 PM)
- Halloween Friday, October 31: 7-10:30 PM
- October Sundays-Thursdays: 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26-30 (7-9 PM)
- November 1-2: 7-10 PM
- Location: 1525 S. 8th Street, St. Louis
- Cost: $34.95 (Speed Pass $12, VIP options available)
- Website
Lemp Mansion Halloween Bash
This adult party at the notoriously haunted Lemp Mansion features appetizer buffets, 4.5-hour open bar, live bands, and costume contest with cash prizes. The mansion itself is considered one of the most haunted buildings in America. This 21+ event sells out early.
- Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:00-12:30 AM
- Location: Lemp Mansion, 3322 DeMenil Place, St. Louis
- Cost: $88.25 per person in advance, $98.25 at door (plus tax and handling fees)
- Call 314-664-8024 or 314-664-8027 to purchase tickets
- Event Website
Legends & Lanterns
This free festival transforms Historic Main Street in St. Charles into a journey through Halloween history. Costumed characters including Edgar Allan Poe, Lizzie Borden, and Ichabod Crane interact with visitors. Activities include Victorian Mourning Museum exhibits, Dia de los Muertos face painting, hayrides narrating Main Street’s paranormal history, and historical exhibits on Halloween traditions. Not a trick-or-treating event. Family-friendly and historically focused.
- October 11-12, 2025: Saturday 11 AM-6 PM, Sunday 12-5 PM
- October 18-19, 2025: Saturday 11 AM-6 PM, Sunday 12-5 PM
- October 24-26, 2025: Friday 5-8 PM, Saturday 11 AM-8 PM, Sunday 12-5 PM
- Location: Historic Main Street, St. Charles
- Admission: Free
- Event Website
Boo at the Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo hosts this non-scary Halloween experience featuring festive decorations, strolling entertainers, special Halloween-themed shows, access to the Herpetarium and Insectarium, 4-D Theater showings, and the Conservation Carousel. The zoo is transformed with photo-worthy displays and lighting. Costumes encouraged but must be family-friendly. Not a trick-or-treating event. October 14 is Sensory-Friendly Night with sensory maps, quiet areas, and trained staff.
- October 16-30, 2025
- Nightly 5:00-8:30 PM (last entry 8:00 PM)
- Location: Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, St. Louis
- Cost: $12-15 for ages 2+ (varies by date), free for children 0-23 months
- October 14 Sensory-Friendly Night: $10 for all ages 2+
- Free parking on both zoo lots
- Website
Halloween Cruise on Gateway Riverboats
This Halloween-themed riverboat cruise on the Mississippi River features a DJ, cash bar, costume contest, and views of the St. Louis riverfront. The cruise provides a unique way to celebrate Halloween on the water.
- Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:30 PM
- Friday, October 31, 2025 (Halloween Night), 8:30 PM
- Location: St. Louis Riverfront, 50 S. Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd
- Event Website
Fall Fest & Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm
Fall Fest runs during daytime hours on weekends, featuring local vendors, fall food specials, a Kids Zone with play areas, and visits with the Budweiser Clydesdales. Halloween Nights transforms the farm after 5 PM with a Haunted Tram ride through lit Halloween scenes with live actors, a haunted scare zone, Monster Mash dance party, and Halloween-themed shows. Some sections may be too scary for young children.
- Website
- Halloween Nights: October 2-30, 2025 (Thursdays-Sundays)
- Thursday/Sunday: 5-9 PM, Friday/Saturday: 5-10 PM
- Fall Fest: Saturdays & Sundays during daytime hours
- Location: 10501 Gravois Road, St. Louis
- Cost: Ticketed event for Halloween Nights; parking fee required
St. Peters
Kokomo Joe’s Trunk or Treat
Family-friendly trunk-or-treat event featuring 20+ community trunks handing out treats, DJ and strolling entertainment, and goodie bags for the first 500 guests. VIP tickets include early access, food, and a $5 game card for $12.
- Saturday, October 11, 2025, 5:30-8:30 PM
- Location: Kokomo Joe’s Family Fun Center, St. Peters
- Cost: Tickets start at $1 per person
- Event Website
Waynesville
Rising Haunted Attraction
Mid-Missouri’s scariest haunted attraction features over 50 unique scare zones in a winding indoor/outdoor experience built on the grounds of an old plantation-style home. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
- Open Friday and Saturday evenings throughout October, plus Halloween night
- Location: 25238 Raleigh Road, Waynesville
- Cost: $20 per person, $30 Fast Pass
- Event Website
The Haunted River Float
A unique haunted experience featuring a half-mile float down the Gasconade River in the dark, followed by a corn maze, haunted forest, and haunted house. Additional attractions include zombie paintball, axe-throwing, and escape rooms. Stay-and-scare packages available with cabin rentals.
- Opens September 20, 2025
- Runs weekends through October
- Location: Ruby’s Landing River Resort, 22474 Restful Lane, Waynesville
- Event Website
Nevada
Labyrinth of Fear
Dark maze featuring interactive horror experiences set in the former Labyrinth of Fear Asylum. Multiple themed sections provide varied scares through over 30 haunted rooms.
- Location: Nevada, MO
- Check website for 2025 dates
- Event Website
Potosi
Hell Harvest Haunted House
Voted #1 by KMOV Channel 4, Hell Harvest features over 25 scenes with 30+ actors, wooded trails, 19+ building structures, and a cornfield. This intense haunted experience takes roughly an hour to complete. An outdoor attraction requiring proper walking shoes.
- Open every Friday and Saturday in October 2025
- Location: 19126 W Highway 8, Potosi
- Event Website
Eureka
Brookdale Farms’ The Hollows Haunted Trail
The Hollows takes visitors through a 40-minute haunted walking trail featuring Old West legends, cursed woods, and terrifying scenes. Themes include the Vulture Witch, Saloon of the Damned, Gallows Grove with the Hollow Marshal on horseback, and Devil’s Ridge finale. Outdoor scare attraction with fog, strobe lights, and live actors.
- Weekends September 27 – November 1, 2025
- Open daily the week of Halloween
- Location: Brookdale Farms, Eureka
- Cost: $28 general admission (includes tax and fees)
- Bundle Pass (4 guests): $100
- Event Website
Kirkwood
Downtown Kirkwood Halloween Walk
Family-friendly trick-or-treating at local businesses along downtown Kirkwood streets. Children can visit participating merchants throughout the downtown area while streets are closed for safety. Kirkwood City Hall hands out candy from 4-5 PM before the walk begins.
- Thursday, October 30, 2025, 5-7 PM
- City Hall early candy: 4-5 PM
- Location: Downtown Kirkwood
- Admission: Free
- Event Website
Lake Saint Louis
Halloween Party in the Park
Free community event featuring inflatables, DJ, balloon sculptures, face painting, and pony rides. The Halloween Hustle 1k run/walk is held before the party begins, with participants receiving early access to attractions.
- Friday, October 24, 2025, 6:30-8:30 PM
- Location: Founders Park, 7 Freymuth Road, Lake Saint Louis
- Admission: Free
- Event Website
Wildwood
Babler’s Howl-O-Ween Weekend
State park Halloween celebration featuring outdoor activities, hayrides, and Halloween-themed programs. Family-friendly event in a natural setting providing a safe environment for kids of all ages.
- Typically held last weekend of October
- Location: Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park, 800 Guy Park Drive, Wildwood
- Contact park at 636-458-3813 for 2025 dates
- Event Website
Planning Your Missouri Halloween Adventure
Missouri’s October weather typically features comfortable daytime temperatures in the 60s-70s and cooler evenings in the 40s-50s. Bring layers for outdoor evening events, especially haunted attractions and outdoor festivals.
Booking: Popular haunted houses like The Darkness and Hell Harvest sell out on weekend evenings—purchase tickets in advance. Many family events are free or low-cost, but check for required registration.
Age Appropriateness: For young children, focus on daytime events like Boo at the Zoo, Fall Fest at Grant’s Farm, Legends & Lanterns, and community trunk-or-treats. Haunted houses like The Darkness, Hell Harvest, and Rising are best for ages 12 and up. Grant’s Farm Halloween Nights has both mild and intense sections—check event details.
Check official event websites for current information on dates, times, ticket prices, and any weather-related policies before visiting.
Ghost Tours in Missouri
Missouri’s haunted history extends beyond October, with year-round ghost tours revealing the supernatural side of the state’s cities. US Ghost Adventures offers walking tours through some of Missouri’s most haunted locations, sharing authentic stories of tragedy, mystery, and unexplained phenomena that continue to terrify visitors and locals alike.
Branson Ghost Tour
Branson’s mountainous setting and colorful history create the perfect backdrop for ghostly encounters. The tour explores locations including the Branson Scenic Railway, where the vengeful spirit of outlaw Jake Fleagle still roams after meeting his end at the station. The Historic Owen Theatre hosts a phantom theatre troupe with spirits ranging from the theater’s founder to the mysterious woman in blue who continues her performances in the afterlife. The Titanic Museum creates an eerie connection to the doomed ship through countless artifacts that may have carried spirits from the vessel’s passengers.
Jefferson City Ghost Tour
Missouri’s capital city earned the moniker “The Bloodiest 47 Acres in America” thanks to the Missouri State Penitentiary, which housed some of the nation’s most notorious criminals and witnessed over 2,000 deaths. The tour explores the haunted Governor’s Mansion, where little Carrie’s tragic death continues to perplex visitors, and the Tweedie House, originally owned by a footwear company owner who outsourced labor from the penitentiary. The Lohman Building stands above an unmarked mass grave from the cholera epidemic, where nearly 200 bodies once lined the river banks.
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St. Louis Ghost Tour
As the “Gateway to the West,” St. Louis witnessed centuries of war, bloodshed, and tragedy. Built atop ancient Indian burial grounds, the city changed hands from indigenous tribes to France, Spain, and finally the United States through violent conflicts. The tour explores Union Station, where a ghost who never made it to her destination still lingers, and Serra Sculpture Park, where apparitions of former residents pierce through the living with their gaze. Kauffman Park hosts ghostly figures still wearing their war uniforms, while homes throughout the city report unexplainable activity.
St. Charles Ghost Tour
Older than the nation itself, St. Charles harbors spirits from famed adventurers, wartime prisons, and vicious criminals. The Mother-in-Law House hosts four distinct ghosts, including a poltergeist who throws dishware when angered. The Old St. Charles County Jail site resonates with Emma Hepperman, a black widow whose violent spirit still terrorizes the town. Frontier Park overlooks the Missouri River, where the ghostly memory of The Montana steamboat floats along the currents. The former St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church grounds hold the Lady in White, a cholera victim eternally searching for her child.
Kansas City Ghost Tour
Dubbed the “Haunted House Capital of The World,” Kansas City rivals New Orleans in both jazz music and horror-filled hauntings. The Coates Hotel suffered a deadly fire that killed twenty tenants, whose spirits remain trapped inside. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church hosts Father Henry Jardine, an excommunicated priest who returned to his parish in death. The Kansas City Power and Light Building harbors the unavenged spirit of Richard Armitage, murdered in 2000 with his killer walking free. The Hotel Muehlebach’s “Blue Lady” appears in a flapper dress, turning faucets on and sobbing silently in the lobby.
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