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What You'll Get
Choose Between Two Options
- $35 for general admission for two on February 13 or 14 ($50 value)
- $49 for VIP admission with express entry for two on February 13 or 14 ($90 value)
Open specially for the holiday, Basement of the Dead (including the Shattered 3D experience) will beckon visitors into its chamber of horrors from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. The VIP package also includes 2 complimentary Valentine’s Day gifts. Basement of the Dead provides inside waiting so that guests are not left out in the cold.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Feb 14, 2016. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Valid only for option purchased. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Basement of the Dead
The cellar at 42 W. New York St. teems with terrifying secrets. According to legend, it once housed a laundry company where a faulty boiler exploded, burning two engineers who vowed revenge on their bosses. Soon, workers began disappearing, only to reappear in the nearby river, their arms still clutching perfectly starched shirts. Though the laundry closed, no business ever thrived there again. That cellar became the grisly playground of the two engineers—and is now known as the Basement of the Dead.
But the engineers and their ongoing crimes aren't the only scares to be found in that place. There's also Shattered the Clown—a murderous performer armed with a sledgehammer. After his famous trick backfired and turned deadly, Shattered went on a rampage through the audience. He then hid in that same basement, going increasingly mad with only the souls of his victims to keep him company. He's since turned his part of the cellar into a colorful, terrifying 3-D circus.
Basement of the Dead has earned numerous awards, including being rated the No. 1 Haunted House in Illinois and top 13 in the Country by Hauntworld.com.