Now in its sixth year, Scream-A-Geddon is returning to Pasco County next week.
The annual outdoor Halloween attraction, which will reopen Sept. 11 and run through Nov. 1, features a total of six attractions, including the new “Ravenhill Asylum.”
“Ravenhill Asylum was forced to close its doors in 1993 due negligent management practices and ordered to find “suitable accommodations” for its remaining patients,” says the press release. “However, chief psychiatrist Dr. Monroe feared the undiscovered illegal treatment of the patients would be discovered if they were transferred so he ordered the asylum sealed with the remaining patients inside!”
Scream-A-Geddon says this year’s attraction will follow state laws, local laws and CDC guidelines, as well as a “comprehensive COVID-19 safety plan to ensure customers and staff follow best practices of hygiene.”
According to the plan, safety measures include: mandatory face masks, temperature checks at the park entrance, and the park will be limited to 50% occupancy.
Besides teens dressed in latex masks, some argue that Scream-A-Geddon is an actual “haunted” haunted attraction. As Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributor John Allman wrote last year, employees have experienced things like “paranormal events including full-body shadow manifestations, both when the attraction was closed and while it was open.”
The site of Scream-A-Geddon, which spans over 60-acres, is also less than two miles from the site of The Bradley Massacre.
Scream-A-Geddon is located 27839 Saint Joe Rd, in Dade City. Tickets start at $24.95.
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This article appears in Aug 27 – Sep 2, 2020.