The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is a yearly Halloween haunted hayride in Los Angeles, California, located near the city's Old Zoo in Griffith Park.[1] It was created by Ten Thirty One Productions, subsequently receiving a record Shark Tank investment from Mark Cuban,[2][3][4] and bought out by haunted attraction company Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group.

Opened in Calabasas, California in 2009,[5][6] the Hayride has long been held in Griffith Park and features not only the hayride itself, but both original mazes and those based on horror intellectual property.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hayride was reinvented as a drive-in theater attraction in San Dimas, California with wandering performers,[8][9][10] before returning to Griffith Park in 2021.[11][12][13] In recent years, the attraction has been set at a 1980s Halloween festival in the fictional town of Midnight Falls,[14][15] which Time Out compared to Sons of Anarchy and Twin Peaks.[16]

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  1. Neal Ungerleider (28 October 2015). "Why This Former Media Executive Created The World's Scariest Hayride". Fast Company. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. Richard Feloni (31 October 2016). "The CEO of a highly successful Halloween company shares the business advice she got from Mark Cuban". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. Nicole Weaver (20 November 2016). "'Shark Tank' Success Stories: 6 Products That Made Big Money". Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. Young Entrepreneur Council (14 July 2014). "Our 7 Favorite Shark Tank Pitches". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. Melissa Wylie (29 September 2015). "How a Halloween haunt turned a year-round moneymaker for this startup". BizWomen. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. Marshall Heyman (18 October 2015). "Haunted Hayride Hitches Up in New York". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  7. Larry Olmsted (9 September 2015). "Halloween Scares: New York & Los Angeles Get World-Class Haunted Houses". Forbes. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. Painter, Alysia Gray. "LA Haunted Hayride Is Conjuring a Drive-up Experience". KNBC. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  9. "LA Haunted Hayride Shifts To Drive-Up Experience In San Dimas For 2020". KCBS-TV. August 26, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  10. Schena, Susan C. (August 28, 2020). "Griffith Park's 'Haunted Hayride' Plans 'Drive-Up' Scare For 2020". Patch Media. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  11. Cooper, Matt (October 15, 2021). "13 spooky best bets for Halloween fun: Elfman and Eilish, haunts, kids' stuff and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  12. Fadroski, Kelli Skye (August 18, 2021). "The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  13. Cota-Robles, Marc (September 23, 2021). "Looking for some Halloween fun? Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park on Friday". KABC-TV. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  14. Chow, Vivian (August 31, 2023). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park for 15th Anniversary". KTLA. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  15. Davis-Friedman, Samantha (August 25, 2022). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride 2022 returns to Griffith Park". Attractions Magazine. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  16. Juliano, Michael (August 15, 2023). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride". Time Out. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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