For Boy Scouts, Duncanville's Troop 1 sure knows how to frighten people. For the group's 30th annual haunted house, Reindeer Manor (which has a scary history of its own) in Red Oak, the troop has added a flaming oil derrick and two 25-foot spinning tunnels to complement the eight rooms, which take 45 minutes to explore. Reindeer Manor opens Friday and runs weekends through Nov. 1 and Oct. 27-30.

With help from Troop 520, the Red Oak Hawkettes and Maypearl High School students, volunteers put in hundreds of hours beginning in July to bring this house to life, or rather, to death.

"It's an extraordinarily detailed show," said assistant scoutmaster Richard Kinney, who claims the working conditions at Reindeer Manor are rather unusual. "There's a lot of supernatural and paranormal activity that occurs out there. Everyone who has worked out there has had some kind of encounter."

But don't take our word for it. Visit the Web sites and choose the location that suits your holiday spirit. Whichever you choose, these attractions prove one thing: Arlington can be a scary place to visit.