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The 13th Gate Haunted House
The 13th Gate is an interactive haunted house located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This attraction has been awarded as one of the "Top 3 Best Attractions" in the country for numerous years by MTV and the Travel Channel.

History
The 13th Gate is a haunted house that has been around since 2002. It is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in a building that dates back to 150 years ago. The building that is housing this haunted house was once home to a slave brick foundry, a slaughterhouse, and even a mysterious shipping company.

The haunted house started off as a small project and it eventually grew and it is now recognized by the Travel Channel and MTV as one of the "Top 3 Best Attractions" in the country. Each year more and more detail goes into the making of this house, and it only continues to become more popular.

Attractions
The 13th Gate is one big attraction with 13 different scenes. Each scene has a different theme to it.

Scenes
Some of the scenes change each year, but the more popular ones are kept the same.

The Insane Asylum
The audience walks into the room and is greeted by a bloody nurse who directs them into the asylum. They then walk around the corner to see bloody, decapitated "patients" crawling on the floor and begging for help.

The Claustrophobia Tunnel
The audience is lead into a dark room where there is only enough light to see the small opening that they must enter. After entering the opening, the people must then push through the tunnel that is closing in on them.

The Slaughterhouse
The audience is lead into dimly lit a room where there is dead animals hanging on the wall. They then walk around the corner to see a bloody room with a man tearing open a young female. This scene ends with the audience being chased out by a man with a chainsaw.

The Voodoo Swamp
The audience walks into a foggy area that is outdoors. There is a swamp located in the center with dark objects moving around in it. After a few things pop out at the people, there is a dark figure hanging on a wooden cross that will pop out at people every now and then.

The Ice Age
This room is staged to look like the walls are ice and it is at a cold temperature. There is an angry caveman taunting anyone who goes near him and life-sized woolly mammoth.

The Clown Room
Usually at the end of the attraction is the clown room. Parts of this room is inspired by Stephen King's movie, "It". After turning the corner from the previous scene, there is a long hallway with one little light at the end shinning over an evil looking clown. The audience must walk by the clown and then is lead into a room with a children's lullaby playing and creep looking dolls. Some of the dolls have missing eyes or their heads are missing.

Audience
The 13th Gate can be for people of all ages. While it is very scary to some, there have been many young children to make it through the attraction. There are so many different scenes in this attraction that people are bound to face their worst fear somewhere in this attraction, and thats what makes it such a thrill. There are many different exits along the way in this attraction so that if people become too scared, they can exit when needed. Pregnant people, or people with heart problems should not enter this attraction.

Necropolis
In addition to the 13th gate attraction itself, there is also another new attraction that was just added, Necropolis 13. It is designed similarly to a New Orleans cemetery and will make one think that they are trapped in a voodoo world.

Admission
For the 13th Gate OR Necropolis 13, general admission is $20.00. For the 13th Gate AND Necropolis 13, general admission is $35.00.

If a big group of people is planning a trip to the attractions, there are group rates available. All general admission tickets for all dates for the 13th Gate OR Necropolis 13 20-40 people: $17.00 per ticket over 41 people: $15.00 per ticket All general admission tickets for all dates for the 13th Gate AND Necropolis 13 20-40 people $32.00 per ticket over 41 people: $30.00 per ticket

There are VIP tickets available which allow it's user to cut the line. All VIP tickets for all dates for the 13th Gate OR Necropolis 13 20-40 people: $35.00 per ticket over 41 people: $30.00 per ticket All VIP tickets for all dates for the 13th Gate AND Necropolis 13 20-40 people: $50.00 per ticket over 41 people: $45.00 per ticket

The attraction is open the last week of September, most of the month of October, and a couple days in November for it's special blackout event where the audience must endure the 13 Gates in complete darkness with only a flashlight. The doors open around 6:30 PM.

Tickets can be purchased across the street from the attraction or online.