Ghost Manor Haunted House in New Orleans Cancels 2025 Season

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KMDL-FM) - One of the Crescent City's most popular haunted houses is being forced to take a year off.

Why Ghost Manor Is Canceling Halloween 2025

Ghost Manor, located in the Garden District, had to scrap this year's plans due to road construction in the area.

"We got sad news this year. We are forced to cancel Ghost Manor because of unexpected road construction," said David Gentry, owner of Ghost Manor.

The heavily-visited free attraction has been in operation for the last 13 Halloweens.

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How Magazine Street Construction Affects the Haunted House

A road work project on Magazine Street began a few days ago and is expected to last three months. Detours will bypass the neighborhood and result in increased local cross-street traffic where the crowd would be.

The owners of Ghost Manor said that with the constrained access routes for their 10,000+ annual visitors, they simply couldn't create the Ghost Manor experience under those conditions.

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When Ghost Manor Plans to Return

Thankfully, this appears to be only a one-year hiatus for the wildly-popular haunted house.

Relive Ghost Manor’s TV Appearance on ABC

And if you've yet to visit Ghost Manor, here's a short video from 2023 when the house and family behind it were featured on "The Great Halloween Fright Fight" on ABC.