The Banes seemed normal enough: they were a family of four, with a scientist father and a mother who picked up extra money working nights at the local diner. But then dad started bringing his work home, and one of the animals he was experimenting on bit his daughter, Jennifer. The rest, as they say, is terrifying history.

Some chalked up the family's demise to a bear, or a pack of wolf-sized bears, but an in-person visit to Bane Haunted House reveals the truth. It was Jennifer who did them in, and she still lives there today—along with several of her zombie cohorts. These undead denizens stalk the halls, moving among strobe lights and fog to leap out at unsuspecting guests and usher them further into the darkness. On special occasions, groups are invited to arm themselves with realistically weighted guns to venture in and battle the zombies themselves.