About Us

We are a 100% volunteer organization, and the profits go to charity!

Owned and operated by the Rochester Lions Club, our haunted house has raised a zombie hoard-load of money for the community since we first opened our doors in 2000. As an added benefit, it provides the perfect venue for community members from all over central Illinois to come together and work toward a common goal. Each night, more than 100 volunteers work at the haunted house. It warms a zombie’s heart to know we have so many demented – yet generous and caring – people in our community!

Some of the organizations that have benefited from Haunted House proceeds: 

• Family Service Center annual Christmas party for foster children 
• Rochester High School annual college scholarships
• Rochester High School annual Outstanding Students Awards
• Rochester Veteran's Day annual essay awards
• Educational Center for the Visually Impaired
• Petersburg Veterans Memorial Park
• Special Olympics of Illinois
• Training site for Illinois State Police SWAT Team
• Training site for Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
• Training site for local fire protection districts
• Rochester Sesquicentennial Celebration major sponsor
• Rochester Fire Protection district Christmas grant
• Rochester STEM equipment
• Lanphier High School Fine Arts
• Rochester Police Department
• Medical equipment grants
• genHkids program
• Medical trauma makeup for first responders
• Zombie makeup for Lincoln Land Zombie Run
• Hope School Christmas party
• Veteran’s Day program
• Sight First II Campaign
• American Diabetes Association
• Rochester Fine Arts program
• Rochester Arboretum
• Rochester Robotics
• Individuals who cannot afford eyeglasses
• Mary Bryant Home
• Land of Lincoln Honor Flight
• Rochester Historical Society
• Rochester After Prom
• Lincoln Land D.A.R.E.
• CrimeStoppers of Sangamon and Menard Counties
• Medical needs funds
• Boy Scout Troop
• Bill & Melinda Gates-Lions International Measles Campaign