Becker County haunted house moves to old county jail; event runs Oct. 26-29

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The Becker County Haunted House will be scaring area residents at a new location this year.

Becky Mitchell, executive director of the Becker County Historical Society, said the 4-H event building they had been using the last few years at the Becker County Fair Grounds has been giving them some challenges with setup and their museum space is also occupied during that time.

“We were hoping to move it into our own building this year, but with Di Vinci rolling in next week to setup, that’s posed some problems,” said Mitchell.

So she asked the Becker County commissioners if they could use a space owned by the county.

“The old (Becker County) jail came up,” she said. “And we’ve met with Sheriff (Glander) and one of his staff, and walked through. We think we could do a flow.” 

The sheriff’s office also requested the haunted house only run across one weekend, so this year’s screams will run from Thursday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, Oct. 29.

Members of the Becker County Board unanimously approved the haunted house request.

Mitchell also hinted the haunted house may have an alien theme this year.

If you would like to volunteer at the Becker County Haunted House, contact the Becker County Museum at: (218) 847-2938.