Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

{{short description|Yearly haunted attraction in Griffith Park}}

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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.{{cite web |url = https://www.fastcompany.com/3051995/behind-the-brand/why-this-former-media-executive-created-the-worlds-scariest-hayride |title = Why This Former Media Executive Created The World's Scariest Hayride |author = Neal Ungerleider |publisher = Fast Company |date = October 28, 2015 |accessdate = April 10, 2017}} It was created by Ten Thirty One Productions, subsequently receiving a record Shark Tank investment from Mark Cuban,{{cite web |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-advice-shark-tank-entrepreneur-2016-10 |title = The CEO of a highly successful Halloween company shares the business advice she got from Mark Cuban |author = Richard Feloni |publisher = Business Insider |date = October 31, 2016 |accessdate = April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |url = http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/shark-tank-products-made-big-money.html/?a=viewall |title = 'Shark Tank' Success Stories: 6 Products That Made Big Money |author = Nicole Weaver |publisher = Cheat Sheet |date = November 20, 2016 |accessdate = April 10, 2017}}{{cite web |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/our-7-favorite-shark-tank_b_5324020.html |title = Our 7 Favorite Shark Tank Pitches |author = Young Entrepreneur Council |work = The Huffington Post |date = July 14, 2014 |accessdate = April 10, 2017}} and bought out by haunted attraction company Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group.

Opened in Calabasas, California in 2009,{{cite web |url = http://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2015/09/how-a-halloween-haunt-turned-a-year-round.html |title = How a Halloween haunt turned a year-round moneymaker for this startup |author = Melissa Wylie |publisher = BizWomen |date = September 29, 2015 |accessdate = April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/haunted-hayride-hitches-up-in-new-york-1445219305 |title = Haunted Hayride Hitches Up in New York |author = Marshall Heyman |publisher = The Wall Street Journal |date = October 18, 2015 |accessdate = April 9, 2017}} 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.{{cite web |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2015/09/09/halloween-scares-come-to-new-york-los-angeles-with-world-class-haunted-houses/#2238fcad1005 |title = Halloween Scares: New York & Los Angeles Get World-Class Haunted Houses |author = Larry Olmsted |work = Forbes |date = September 9, 2015 |accessdate = April 10, 2017}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hayride was reinvented as a drive-in theater attraction in San Dimas, California with wandering performers,{{Cite web|last=Painter |first=Alysia Gray |title=LA Haunted Hayride Is Conjuring a Drive-up Experience |work=KNBC |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/la-haunted-hayride-is-conjuring-a-drive-up-experience/2418405/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}}{{Cite web|title=LA Haunted Hayride Shifts To Drive-Up Experience In San Dimas For 2020 |date=August 26, 2020 |work=KCBS-TV |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-haunted-hayride-griffith-park-drive-up-san-dimas-2020/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}}{{Cite web|last=Schena |first=Susan C. |title=

Griffith Park's 'Haunted Hayride' Plans 'Drive-Up' Scare For 2020 |date=August 28, 2020 |work=Patch Media |url=https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/griffith-parks-haunted-hayride-plans-drive-scare-2020 |access-date=September 13, 2023}} before returning to Griffith Park in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Cooper |first=Matt |title=13 spooky best bets for Halloween fun: Elfman and Eilish, haunts, kids’ stuff and more |date=October 15, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-10-15/halloween-picks-october-2021 |access-date=September 13, 2023}}{{Cite web|last=Fadroski |first=Kelli Skye |title=The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park |date=August 18, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2021/08/18/the-los-angeles-haunted-hayride-returns-to-griffith-park/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}}{{Cite web|last=Cota-Robles |first=Marc |title=Looking for some Halloween fun? Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park on Friday |date=September 23, 2021 |work=KABC-TV |url=https://abc7.com/halloween-griffith-park-haunted-hayride-tickets/11041272/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}} In recent years, the attraction has been set at a 1980s Halloween festival in the fictional town of Midnight Falls,{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Vivian |title=Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park for 15th Anniversary |date=August 31, 2023 |work=KTLA |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/los-angeles-haunted-hayride-returns-to-griffith-park-for-15th-anniversary/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}}{{Cite web|last=Davis-Friedman |first=Samantha |title=Los Angeles Haunted Hayride 2022 returns to Griffith Park |date=August 25, 2022 |work=Attractions Magazine |url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/los-angeles-haunted-hayride-2022-returns-to-griffith-park/ |access-date=September 13, 2023}} which Time Out compared to Sons of Anarchy and Twin Peaks.{{Cite web|last=Juliano |first=Michael |title=Los Angeles Haunted Hayride |date=August 15, 2023 |work=Time Out |url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/things-to-do/los-angeles-haunted-hayride |access-date=September 13, 2023}}