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Here’s How A Haunted House In Virginia Has Become An Annual Halloween Happening Forbes
Kidd Around Town: Shocktober in Leesburg promises big scares WJLA ABC7
FOX 5 FIELD TRIP: Spooky makeup at Shocktober
Enter at Your Own Risk: 50+ of the Best Haunted Houses Near You in Every State Parade Media
SHOCKTOBER DEBUTS THIS FRIDAY IN LEESBURG The Burn Media
Fall Festivals, Frights, Oktoberfests: DC, NoVA Weekend Events Patch
Spooky Season: Haunted Houses and Trails in the DC Area NBC 4
2020
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2018
Pumpkins and Ghosts and Screams, Oh My! 31 October 2018, Hotel Business
The 25 Scariest Haunted Houses in the U.S. 18 October 2018, Travel and Leisure
Spooky, scary fun at Shocktober, 17 October 2018, ABC 7 WJLA
The Arc of Loudoun’s Shocktober Scares for Kids, 12 October 2018, Local DVM
Haunted House Stop #1: My Paranormal Experience at the Only Real Haunted House in Northern Virignia, 12 October 2018, Our Community Now
Do You Want Scary Good Fun This October? Hit Up DC’s Top Haunted Trails, 9 October 2018, DC Fray
Four Levels of Terror, Escape Room Part of Shocktober at Paxton Manor through Nov. 4, 7 October 2018, Loudoun Tribune
Haunted Mansion Delivers Scares in Service to Kids with Disabilities, 5 October 2018, WTOP
Everything you need to do in DC this weekend, 5 October 2018, Thrillist
The Arc of Loudoun’s Shocktober Returns Beginning October 5, 29 September 2018, Loudoun Tribune
We Scare Because We Care: Shocktober, Oct. 5, 14 September 2018, Fairfax Times
Shocktober to Take Over Loudoun With New Theme, Partners, Renss Greene, 29 August 2018, Loudoun Now
Shocktober to terrorize patrons in Leesburg starting Oct. 5, 29 August 2018, Loudoun Times Mirror
Leesburg Zip Trip: The Arc of Loudoun, 24 August 2018, Fox 5
My Bloody Valentine: Febuary Haunted House epxerience aids arc of Loudoun Programs The Loudoun Tribune, 5 Febuary 2018
Love is always in the air in Loudoun Destination Hotels, January 2018
2017
Shocktober 2017 press release here
Interview with a costume designer: Rowan Kelly designs for Paxton’s Manor’s Shocktober, Northern Virginia Style & Living Magazine, 29 October 2017
Here’s how haunted house actors get ready to scare you, DC Refined
Scaring is caring at award winning Haunted House, Wusa 9, 13 October 2017
At Shocktober, scaring is caring in Londoun now, 4 October 2017
Things to do in Washington, DC this weekend, Thrillist
D.C’s best halloween events, mapped, Michelle Goldchain in Curbed DC, 10 October 2017
Haunted House scares for good cause, NBC, Oct 1, 2017
Best halloween events in Washington, DC 2017, Haunted Houses, Pumpkin Patches and Trick-Or-Treating; Tripsavvy, by Rachel Cooper, Updated 27 September 2017
October 2016
Artice: Who invented the Haunted House? By Matt Buzz, Popularmechanics.com 12 Oct. 2016
Video: The Schoctober Zombie is a fight, By Wuwa9’s great day Washington, 12 Oct 2016
Video: Haunted house for a good cause, by Wusa9s great day Washington, 12 Oct. 2016
Video: Virginia Haunted House proceed to help people with disabilities, by Barbara Harrison, NBC4 News, 12 Oct 2016
Ariticle:‘Shocktober’ and awe, by Joanne & Lawton, Washington Business Journal, 8 Oct 2016
Mention: 10 Haunted halloween happenings in the DC area, Washington Magazine
Mention: How many scares can you handle?, WTOP Washingston’s Top News
Mention: This flow chart is all you need to plan a halloween, Washington Post
Mention: A weekend in wine country, Viginia Living
September 2016
Article: Paxton Campus unveils new Shocktober terrors tonight, By Danielle nadler, Loudoun now, 30 Sept 16
Article: 25 Haunted Houses across America that will scare the crap out of you, Buzzfeed.com, By And Golder, 19 Sept 2016
August 2016
Article: There’s Haunted House in Virginia that’s so terrifying you have to sign a waiver to enter, only in your state, Beth Wellford, 18 Aug 2016
Article: Old ox brews the flavor of Shocktober, by Rens Greene, Loudoun now, 12 Aug 2016
May 2016
Visit Loudoun dishes out annual tourism awards, by Trevor Barakto, Loudoun Times Mirror, 3 may 2016
Febuary 2016
Article: My Bloody Valentine offers fear, romance in leesburg, by Tiffany Arnold, WTOP.com. 12 Febuary 2016.
Videos: Shocktober’s ‘My Bloody Valentine’ Feb. 12-14, with Eileen Whelan of WJLA news channel 7.
Article: Dare to scare for a unique valentine’s day, by Adrienne West, Northern Virginia Magazine. 9 Febuary 2016.
January 2016
Article: A Bloody Valentine’s day adventure at Paxton Campus by Hannah Dellinger, Loudoun Times-Mirror. 29 January 2016.
Press release: Shocktober opens its doors for three night in February and on night in March!
October 2015
Blog: Halloween Haunt Review: Shocktober (Paxton Manor): Warning: Just reading this post may scare you! Read at your own risk! by Patricia Hall, fairfaxfamilyfun.com 17 Oct. 2015
D-Line, linebackers reflect on getting super scared this week at ‘Shocktober’, Jake Kringschreifels, associate writer, redskins.com, 16 Oct. 2015
Video: Shocktober’s Paxton Manor in Leesburg, VA., by Meaghan Mooney at WUSA9’s Great Day Washington, 16 Oct 2015
Redskins linebackers tackle haunted house in VA., By Michelle Basch | WTOP 16 October 2015
How I… Give people the creeps for a good cause: Leesburg’s The Aurora School turns into haunted house to raise wicked amounts of money, by Chase Cabot of Washington Business Journal on 16 Oct 2015
Redskins’ linebackers get spooked in Leesburg, by Danielle Nadler, Leesburg Today, 15 Oct 2015
Redskins defensive line got very scared at a haunted house, by Extra Mustard | Sports
Redskins defensive line visits haunted house, gets scared, Scott Allen, Washington Post, 13 Oct 2015
Redskins’ D-Line gets a good scare at ‘Shocktober’, Stephen Czarda, Redskins.com, 13 Oct 2015
Even Redskins D-linemen get scared at haunted houses, CSN MID-ATLANTIC, 13 Oct 2015
Blog: Shocktober is a spooktacular haunt supporting a great cause! Amy Pope Fitzgerald of Twingles mom Blog, 10 Oct 2015
Halloween 2015: Shocktober’s Paxton Manor Haunted House in Leesburg, Virginia, Examiner.com, 9 Oct 2015
These 12 haunted houses in Virginia will terrify you in the best way (Paxton Manor #4), Only In Your State, 9 Oct 2015
Shocktober aims to scare for a good cause, by Mike Stancik, Leesburg Today, 7 Oct 2015
Video: Haunting season begins at Virginia estate: Paxton Mansion begins new season, by NBC4 News. 2 Oct 2015
Video: DIY Zombie makeup on Let’s Talk Live on channel 8 News. 2 Oct 2015 (Minute 19:25)
Earlier 2015
Shocktober’s Paxton Manor opens its award-winning haunted house on October 2nd, Paxton Campus Press Release, 9 sept 2015
Loudoun’s Tourism Champions Honored at visit Loudoun Awards, By Trevor Baratko, Loudon Times Mirror, 4 May 2015
2014
Shocktober in full swing at Paxton Manor, by Mike Stancik, Leesburg Today, 17 Oct 2014
A scare Captain surveys the horrors at his haunted house, by Jessica Contrera of the Washington Post, 17 Oct 2014
Paxton Manor’s Shocktober is back!, by gues blogger Rachel Roseberry, in Visit Loudoun, 14 Oct 2014
Get scared in Nova, by Andy Tran, Northern Virginia Magazine, 14 Oct 2014
Shocktober enter its fifth year with screaming sucess!, Paxton Manor Press Release, 7 Oct 2014
October’s haunted happenings kicks off this weekend, Jan Mercker, Leesburg Today, 1 Oct 2014
2013
2012
Update: Paxton Manor transforms into haunted attraction