Anna Knapp’s Halloween tour of horrifying horror, the bonus chapter: Miller’s Nightmare Haunted Farm

By Anna Knapp, RealWV

I am finishing the haunt tour at the place where it all started for me, Miller’s Nightmare Haunted Farm in Lewisburg, West Virginia. This attraction holds a lot of memories for me, and I love having the chance to walk through as a guest now.

My boyfriend and I started off our night at Miller’s Nightmare getting some delicious donuts and some hot chocolate from their Menagerie of Eats while we waited for the Nightmare Parade to start. We had gotten there early to beat the crowd, and I am glad we did because the ticket line filled up quickly! The Nightmare Parade started around 7 o’clock, and we had the privilege of watching the parade from their new DJ booth with the man himself, Ron Miller. We had a bird’s-eye view of the new Nightmare Parade where the actors circle around an unlit bonfire and their victims. 

Their fearsome leader, Beezlebub, lights the bonfire while the national anthem is playing, and once the fire is lit, the monsters are told to pick their victim in the crowd. The scares and screams had already started, and we hadn’t even made it into the haunt yet! The midway is a great place to eat fantastic food, play games, get warm by the fire and enjoy the escape rooms while you wait to go into the haunt.

Miller’s Nightmare has multiple different sections you walk through, which include a wooden trail, witches’ hut, the Miller Manor, Blood Shed, and finishes off with a corn maze. It wasn’t long until it was our turn to go into the attraction, so we made our way to the line where I got to see my favorite person at Miller’s Nightmare—the skeleton himself, my dad, Bone Creature! After trying to embarrass him, he set us on our way to see what frights awaited us.

We started in the Demented Forest where we met all types of different monsters lurking around. The changes made to the woods were awesome, and it was great seeing my dear friend Axel, who is absolutely dominating his section of the woods! After we made our way through the woods, we met some swamp creatures who had some jokes while they were protecting the witches’ hut. The hut is one of my favorite things about Miller’s because the building is literally sitting in a pond. This whole section is very unique, and the actors did great.

We made our way to the Miller Manor. Some chainsaw guys greeted us before we could make it to the door of the Manor. The Manor didn’t have any changes from last 

year, but the actors still did great, giving us multiple jump scares. After walking through the dizzying vortex tunnel, we made our way into the Blood Shed! This section is also one of my favorites because it features a slide that quickly gets you from the top floor to the bottom. The set designs in the Blood Shed are great, and the actors did great also, giving multiple jump scares. The corn maze was dark and eerie, making us jump at every corner. We encountered several creatures throughout the corn who kept asking us to follow them deeper inside the corn maze. We politely declined and made our way through on the path. Some new additions have been made to the corn, but I am not going to tell too many details. All I’m going to say is make sure you look out for the BIG monsters in the corn!

Once we made it to the end of the corn, we were greeted by a light in the maze named Loomin! This neon, colorful clown directed us to our last location, which was my old stomping grounds. We made our way onto the school bus where we could see our final obstacle, which was a handful of chainsaw guys waiting for us at the end. We were able to escape from all of the monsters who were waiting for us and made it back into the midway. Overall, Miller’s Nightmare Haunted Farm is a great way to celebrate the spooky season. It has been great to see the growth this attraction has had over the years, and I cannot wait to see what they have in store for next haunt season!