About Us

    Though we like to hang around in cemetaries a lot, we're still a pretty lively bunch. Terror in the Dark is designed as a Halloween activity for middle school, high school, and college students to provide alternative entertainment during the Halloween season. Our mission is to encourage and support youth programs and education financially.

     Terror in the Dark Haunted House is a non-profit organization. Eighty percent of profits raised by our events is contributed to children-related programs in Rapid City, SD. The rest is retained for the support of future fundraisers.

     Since 1998 Terror in the Dark has been a halloween event teens and grown-ups alike have looked forward to every year. Founded by members from the Black Hills Renaissance Society (BHRS), the original intention of the haunted house was to gather funds for a
renaissance faire for the Black Hills Area.
Little did the members of BHRS know what a
hit and how much fun putting on the haunted
house would be.

     The first year of the haunted house was such a
success that members of BHRS sought out a new
and much bigger location to house the event. In
1999 they departed the realms of the former Three Sisters store in Baken Park and decided to try the 12,000 square foot Soule Building at the Central States Fairgrounds. Through the years the haunt has gotten bigger and better then ever. The number one goal of our group is to raise money for kids charitable programs and a close second is to scare the living yell out of all of our patrons each and every year. We take delight in doing both and don't plan on stoping anytime soon!

     In 2008, the
Advocates for Creative Theatre
Students (ACTS) organization
became active volunteers for the
haunted house. Established in the
fall of 2006, ACTS is a creative team
of parents and community members dedicated to assisting the Central High School Theatre Department with fundraising. Their ultimate goal is to foster city-wide support for a new theater at Central High School. Since its inception, ACTS has raised nearly $10,000 which has been used to help fund an excursion to Greece, as well as to offer scholarships for graduating seniors interested in the performing arts.

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