Sat Aug 15, 2026

Long before the screams and flickering lights of the haunted attraction, the land beneath the Laurel Shopping Center held something far more somber. In 1905, the Laurel Sanitarium was established here, a medical facility that treated patients suffering from tuberculosis and other chronic illnesses during a time when treatment was often isolating and grim. Many came seeking healing. Not all left. Residual energy, sorrow, and untold stories are believed by many investigators to still imprint the land.

The property later became the Laurel Shopping Center, forever etched into American history in 1972 when presidential candidate George Wallace was shot during a campaign stop there — a tragic and violent moment that shocked the nation. Tragedy layered upon tragedy. Emotion layered upon emotion.

Today, Laurels House of Horror occupies an old cinema theater within that very shopping center. What was once a place of entertainment now stands as a hotspot for unexplained activity — shadow figures, disembodied voices, sudden cold spots, and intelligent responses captured during investigations.

On this overnight ghost hunt, you won’t just be walking through a haunted attraction. You’ll be investigating land that has witnessed disease, despair, violence, and decades of human energy.

History is embedded in the land.

And some believe… it’s still trying to speak.