Home » Blog » It’s Alive!

It’s Alive!

Travel through Virtual Reality in Frankenstein’s Mansion — a Halloween Haunted Mansion & Maze

The Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) presents its first-ever haunted mansion and maze on Halloween.

“Frankenstein’s Mansion: An Immersive Experience” is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Health & Life Sciences Building (HLSB) on Shenandoah’s main campus in Winchester. The event, which is open to the public, is intended for anyone 13 years of age and older.

Admission 

  • $5 for students with an ID
  • $10 for adults

The experience, in the large SCiL lab in the HLSB’s basement level, features a glowing physical maze through Frankenstein’s haunted mansion and laboratory filled with ghostly visions and macabre characters—portrayed by Shenandoah students and professional role players. To escape the mansion and Frankenstein’s monster, participants can don a VR headset to take a virtual ride shuttling them through the surrounding city and countryside.

Shenandoah University students created the project.

We’re inviting visitors to play inside of this world. This is not intended to be an intense scare, but a fun, immersive opportunity to see what our students are building.”

J.J. Ruscella, MFA | Executive Director of SCIL

Free Halloween Festivities

The Frankenstein-themed event also includes free festivities outside the lab:

  • German Village
  • Games
  • Tarot card readings
  • Deejay

Food trucks will be parked outside from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Categories: , , ,

Recent News

Camilla Hollen and Zoe Star stand with a sign for the Future Africa Campus at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Shenandoah University PA Student Presents Research At International Conference

Zoe Star ’24, ’26 attended the International Academy of Physician Associate Educators Conference in South Africa

Mural outside of Allen Dining Hall, painted by artist Sarah Callahan, featuring bright, rich colors, including a sunrise/sunset, pink and blue blossoms, and iconic Shenandoah and Winchester structures.

Mural Makes Over Allen Entrance

Exciting New Look Brings Added Vibrancy To Shenandoah University’s Main Campus

2025 Shenandoah Top Ten

The Shenandoah Top 10 for 2025

As an another exciting year at Shenandoah closes, we’re taking a few moments to look back at our top videos, posts and stories of 2025 – our sesquicentennial year.

The 2025 Shenandoah University Marching Band celebrates in the stands.

Class of 2026 Reflects on the Growth and Evolution of the Marching Band

Seniors become the first students to spend all four years in the band

Monthly Archives