BATON ROUGE – It’s the season of frights and delights! Halloween is right around the corner, and the 13th Gate Haunted House provides the perfect opportunity to celebrate… if you can work up the courage to walk through the doors!
As the number one haunted house in the nation (ranked by HauntWorld.com), the 13th Gate brings nightmares to life with an immersive experience that is truly a work of art.
Owner, Dwayne Sanburn, has worked diligently to perfect the scenes over the last 22 years. He says, figuring out what works has been a mix of “trial and terror.”
“As we’ve gone along, Halloween has become more complex. The Halloween industry has gotten bigger and bigger and we’ve adapted as we’ve gone along… We’ve got some incredible special effects. Haunted houses are very complicated now with all these giant animatronics and the special effects makeup,” Sanburn said.
Behind the spooky scenes, it …