September 29th - October 31st, Rutledge Corn Farm Haunted Maze
302 93rd Ave SE, Olympia, WA, 360-357-3700, Fridays and Saturdays, 4 pm to midnight (last ticket sold at 10:30 pm). Monsters, eerie fog, goblins, and more. Young children must be accompanied by adults. $12 for children and adults, $11 with military or student ID. Rutledge Corn Maze website

October 5 - 31st, Maris Farms Haunted Woods
24793 Sumner-Buckley Hwy, Buckley, WA, Friday and Saturday nights, 7 pm to 11 pm through October 27th, October 28th to the 30th, 7 - 9 pm, October 31st 7-10 pm. A 45-minute walk through a haunted cornfield and forest. We tried the haunted woods in 2005 and found it to be genuinely scary, definitely adults-only! (Or at least 14 and up.) Great fun, though. Buy tickets online or at the farm during regular hours. $15 per person, $20 for a "Fast Pass." Marisfarms.com

October 5-31st, Fright Factory Haunted House
400 A Street, Buckley, WA. Hours vary, see frightfactory.net for details. We don't know much about this show, other than that it is locate in a "secluded area of Buckley where no one can hear you scream." That sounds promising. Admission is $8 per person, 1 dollar off with a can of food to donate. frightfactory.net

October 13 - 31st, Fort Lewis Haunted House
Military and Military Families Only. Building 3168, 2nd Division Drive Fort Lewis, WA, 253-967-2539, Fridays and Saturdays 7 pm to 9:30 pm. "Theatrical Nightmare" - an interactive horror theater in operation since 1990. Prices are not firm yet, but are estimated at $3 for children, $8 for adults. Theatricalnightmare.com

October 18th - 31st, Sanford & Son Haunted House
Closed.

October 31st - Citizen Fish at Hell's Kitchen,
3829 6th Ave Tacoma, 253-759-6003, 6 pm. $10, all ages, bar with ID. Hellskitchenonline.com

October 31st - Hallo Queen at Jazzbones
2803 6th Ave, Tacoma, 253-396-9169, 8 pm. All ages until 11 pm. Halloween Bash, tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen. $8-$10. Jazzbones.com

Ongoing - DIY
13 Haunted places around Tacoma are listed on The Shadowlands Haunted Places Index. Do some exploring, if you dare...