More About Gothic Jail After Dark by the Beauregard Tourist Commission
🎃💀 **GOTHIC JAIL AFTER DARK IS BACK — DERIDDER’S MOST TERRIFYING NIGHTS AWAIT!** 💀🎃
The cells will be unlocked. 🔓
The screams will begin again. 😱
And the historic Hanging Jail is opening its doors once more for **Gothic Jail After Dark Haunted Attraction!**
👻 **OPENING NIGHT — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9!**
📍 **205 W. 1st Street | DeRidder, LA**
🕢 **7:30 PM – 11:30 PM**
💀 **Admission: $20 per person**
💳 Cash or card accepted
🎟️ **Tickets sold at the door ONLY — no pre-sales**
And this isn’t some plywood haunt thrown together in a parking lot...
**This is a REAL 1914 jail.**
A place where prisoners once sat behind bars. Where the condemned walked. Where a **double hanging** took place. And where those old walls have been keeping their secrets for more than a century.
Now, when darkness falls, those cells come alive again... **and they’re waiting for YOU.** 👀
🩸 **2026 HAUNTED NIGHTS:**
October **9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & 31**
Get in line by **11:30 PM and you’re guaranteed entry** — but sometimes the line moves fast... and so do the things waiting inside. 😈
⚰️ **Where Ghosts & Mortals compete to make you SCREAM!**
👉 Be sure to follow **Gothic Jail After Dark** on Facebook for updates, contests and more as opening night approaches!
⚠️ **PLEASE NOTE:** All daytime tours and lantern tours are suspended beginning September 7 and will reopen November 16 to allow for setup, operation and cleanup of the haunted attraction.
**Who’s brave enough to spend a night inside DeRidder’s historic Hanging Jail?** 👻🔐💀
The cells will be unlocked. 🔓
The screams will begin again. 😱
And the historic Hanging Jail is opening its doors once more for **Gothic Jail After Dark Haunted Attraction!**
👻 **OPENING NIGHT — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9!**
📍 **205 W. 1st Street | DeRidder, LA**
🕢 **7:30 PM – 11:30 PM**
💀 **Admission: $20 per person**
💳 Cash or card accepted
🎟️ **Tickets sold at the door ONLY — no pre-sales**
And this isn’t some plywood haunt thrown together in a parking lot...
**This is a REAL 1914 jail.**
A place where prisoners once sat behind bars. Where the condemned walked. Where a **double hanging** took place. And where those old walls have been keeping their secrets for more than a century.
Now, when darkness falls, those cells come alive again... **and they’re waiting for YOU.** 👀
🩸 **2026 HAUNTED NIGHTS:**
October **9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & 31**
Get in line by **11:30 PM and you’re guaranteed entry** — but sometimes the line moves fast... and so do the things waiting inside. 😈
⚰️ **Where Ghosts & Mortals compete to make you SCREAM!**
👉 Be sure to follow **Gothic Jail After Dark** on Facebook for updates, contests and more as opening night approaches!
⚠️ **PLEASE NOTE:** All daytime tours and lantern tours are suspended beginning September 7 and will reopen November 16 to allow for setup, operation and cleanup of the haunted attraction.
**Who’s brave enough to spend a night inside DeRidder’s historic Hanging Jail?** 👻🔐💀
Date & Time
October 31, 2026
Location
Gothic Jail
313 W 1st St
DeRidder, LA 70634
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