Edge of Hell (Kansas City)

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Edge of Hell
Edge of Hell main entrance (2025).jpg
Main entrance in November 2025
Edge of Hell (Kansas City)
Interactive map of Edge of Hell
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Coordinates 39°06′04″N94°36′00″W / 39.10103°N 94.6000°W / 39.10103; -94.6000
StatusOperating
Opened1975 (1975)
Website www.edgeofhell.com

Edge of Hell is an American haunted house attraction located in West Bottoms district of Kansas City, Missouri. It has been in operation since 1975 and is the longest-running operating commercial haunted attraction in the United States. [1]

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History

The Edge of Hell first opened in 1975 by Full Moon Productions, operated by Monty Summers and his family. The attraction originally opened in the River Market area of Kansas City before relocating to Seventh and Wyandotte in the downtown area. In 1988, the attraction moved to a warehouse building over a century old in the West Bottoms district. [2] [3] [4] It remains operated by Full Moon Productions and operates within a complex in the West Bottoms that also features The Beast and Macabre Cinema. [2] [5] [6]

Attraction

The Edge of Hell's experience is themed as a sequential journey through purgatory, heaven, and into hell. Many of the scenes focus on phobia-based thematic elements, which include claustrophobic spaces and rooms engineered for sensory effects, such as a vortex tunnel, pitch-black mazes, and a physical descent from the attraction's high point via a five-story spiral slide themed as a fall from heaven to hell. The attraction also features live animals in several scenes, including live rats and a "Rat Man" character. [1] [7] [8]

The attraction also features Medusa, a reticulated python. Guinness World Records measured Medusa at 25 feet 2 inches (7.67 m) on October 12, 2011, listing her as the longest captive snake ever recorded; the attraction reports that she has grown since that measurement. [9] [5] [6]

Reception and awards

In 2012, HauntWorld listed Edge of Hell together with The Beast (which is also in Kansas City and operated by the same company) as 10th in its list of top 13 best Haunted Houses in America. [10]

The Travel Channel listed the Edge of Hell in its feature on America's Scariest Halloween Attractions. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Godding, Chloe (September 12, 2025). "West Bottoms' haunted houses open for 2025 Halloween season". KMBC. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Kelly, Dan (October 4, 2019). "Kansas City has the best haunted house in the U.S.? This KC Q shows why that's dead on". Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "KC area haunted houses and other spooky attractions that are sure to scare you silly". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV. October 5, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ Luchene, Katie Van (May 18, 2010). Insiders' Guide to Kansas City. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-0-7627-6338-2.
  5. 1 2 "Longest snake – ever (captivity)". Guinness Book of World Records . October 12, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Meier, Travis (October 17, 2019). "Medusa, the world record-holding python, celebrates 15th birthday at KC's 'The Edge of Hell'". Fox 4 News WDAF-TV .
  7. ↑ "Kansas City Haunted Houses & Halloween Attractions". Visit KC. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ Mueller, Alyssa; Koch, Makenzie; Alyssa Mueller, Makenzie Koch (October 12, 2023). "Kansas City-area haunted houses, ghost tours that will leave you terrified". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ Glenday, Craig (April 30, 2013). Guinness World Records 2013. Bantam Books. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-345-54711-8.
  10. ↑ "Haunted Houses Scariest in America – Top 13 Best Haunted Houses in America". HauntWorld. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  11. ↑ "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions". Travel Channel . Retrieved May 12, 2021.
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