COOK COUNTY, IL — If you’re looking for new zombie graveyards, body parts, floating ghosts and devil’s playgrounds to explore for Halloween, you’ve come to the right place. Patch has assembled its annual scary yard tour for 2022, created by some of Chicagoland’s most imaginative and demented exterior decorators.
Given the scary yard tour’s past history of breaking the internet, we have organized the 2022 list by county. So click on the link for the list of scary yards near your house, or go crazy and visit them all.
GET ON THE LIST: We LOVE reader submissions, so we’ll be updating the list every FRIDAY leading up to Halloween. So send in your pictures and tell us why your yard haunt is worth a drive-by to lorraine.swanson@patch.com. Read more about how to get on the list. If you participated in years past and didn’t get an email from us, send Patch your info.
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This year, your Patch editors will be selecting the best decorated yard haunt and awarding a $100 Amazon gift card to the winner.
Also, check out these lists for more scary yards throughout the Chicago area: Chicago Haunt Builders, Haunted Illinois Directory, Illinois Haunted Houses and We Love Halloween. There’s free fun to be had in the days leading up to Halloween, so set your GPS for these spooky standbys and nightmarish newbies.
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See what other counties are doing:
- Cook County/Chicago
- DuPage, Kane Counties
- Lake and McHenry Counties
- Will/Kendall/Grundy Counties
Check out these slick haunts in suburban Cook County and Chicago:
Burbank
THE NEPHILIM FALLEN ANGELS, 8211 and 8215 S. MULLIGAN AVE., BURBANK — It’s heartwarming when neighbors get along and pitch in to turn their front lawns into a hell for fallen angels every Halloween. This is one of the most popular yard haunts in the south suburbs. Now in its tenth year, the Ghoul Crew comes out to play on the weekends through Halloween (the Ghoul Crew sleeps during the week). Nephilim opens Oct. 7 and runs through Oct. 31; hours are Fridays and Saturdays 7 to 11 p.m.; Sundays 7 to 10 p.m. Per the scaremeisters: “Leave reality behind and enter our Dark Realm at the Nephilim Haunted Yard….Many animated and live ghouls surrounding two houses for Double the Scare!!! Creatures have been summoned to join our Nephilim Fallen Angels Ghoul Crew, making our 8th year more frightful! Be prepared to be Scared!! Join us if you DARE, because the next scream you hear will be your own.
Chicago Ridge
Stranger Things, 10308 Barnard Drive, Chicago Ridge – Welcome to Hawkins, IN. Antonio Medina wants to share his joy of the sci-fi drama, included a hovering mannequin depicting Sadie Sink’s Max Mayfield character from “Stranger Things.”
10505 Oxford Ave. Chicago Ridge — When the Duffy family first moved into their cute 19th Century home seven years ago, they had a lot of spiritual activity. Doors swung open and closed, whistling, curtains opening, and pictures and objects moving, along with the occasional eerie voice. Hearing boxes being dragged across the floor, which she thought was an intruder, Jackie Duffy called her husband (appropriately working the graveyard shift) home at 3 a.m. The Duffys went to village hall to get some information about their house, where they found a 1910 photo of a family sitting on their porch. Since hanging the photo, there has been minimal paranormal activity, says Jackie. “Our cute little house has quiet spirits now. We think they are at peace and seem like hanging out with me and my husband. The Duffys love to keep the Halloween spirit alive, with a creepy display with animatronics and scary dolls. We love the tricycle moving by…
Read More: Patch’s Best 2022 Halloween Yard Haunts: Cook County, Chicago