New England States

ANNAPOLIS – Got Ghosts? We do...and we’ll tell you all about them...who they are, where they haunt, why they’re still here, and to what ends these troubled souls go to in order to make their presence felt by those currently living in and intruding upon their domain! Take a nighttime ghost walk through the historic Downtown district on a spine-tingling journey

Take a leisurely ghost walk through the historic downtown district on a spine-tingling journey into Annapolis’ dark and troubled history. Get ready to meet some of the more spirited residents and visit their most horrific haunted sites! There are two different types of tours - one is PG-rated and family friendly (7pm) and R-Rated adults versions (9pm)

Inquire about their Haunted Pub Crawls for a delightful evening of spirits and spirits! Where better to find spirits of other worlds than among the liquid spirits of this one? Ghost stories and drinks! Visiting 3-4 bars, you’ll spend between 20-30 minutes at each, before the guide gives a 3-min warning to finish your drinks, then it’s on the next bar...you may also make a few haunted stops along the way!

Annapolis Tours & Crawls has been thrilling guests for nearly 20 years and is consistently rated as the “Best Downtown Tour” and among the best ghost tours in the nation!

Tours depart from the front porch of the Maryland Inn!

Amonth-long celebration of Halloween and fall inNew England, people travel from around the world to visit during October. Welcome to Salem Haunted Happenings, the largest celebration of Halloween in the world! Salem will welcome more than a half-million visitors to the parties, parades, vendor fairs, walking tours, museums, attractions, and special events. Plan ahead, put on your costume, and join this town steeped in history, haunts, and a bit of magic.

Created in 1982, the festival features hundreds of special events through Oct. 31 in addition to the normal attractions, museums and tours available throughout the year. This year’s special events include a Grand Parade, the Haunted Biz Baz Street Fair, Family Film Nights, costume balls, ghost tours, haunted houses, live music, and chilling theatrical presentations.

The best place to start is the new welcome center located within the Pickman House, part of the Peabody Essex Museum. Established in 1637, Charter Street Cemetery is Salem’s oldest cemetery. The welcome center features exhibitions about the cemetery and the Charter Street Historic District, as well as a small gift shop and maps and information for visiting the cemetery. The Pickman House is almost as old, with its first-period structure dating back to 1665. The adjacent Salem Witch Trials Memorial honors all of the victims from 1692 and includes a bench for each person who was wrongfully executed.)

The Salem Witch Museum examines one of the most enduring and emotional events in American History, the Salem witch trials of 1692. There are two presentations. One an immersive look into the events of 1692. Visitors experience the drama of that dark time though thirteen life-size stage sets, figures, lighting and narration as they are witness to the web of lies and intrigue of the Salem witch-hunt. The other is Witches: Evolving Perceptions, explores the meaning behind the word witch and evolution of the image of the witch over time. This presentation focuses on the European witch trials and the background leading to the Salem witch trials. In addition, this presentation discusses the emergence of the stereotypical witch and the phenomenon of witch-hunting.

For complete information visit HauntedHappenings. org.

Attention all ghosts and goblins! It’s time to get back into the Halloween Spirit with Newmarket Rec’s Freakiest Fun Fest of the season on Saturday, Oct. 22nd, with all of your festive fun favorite games and activities. Goblin Gate will OPEN at 1:45p.m. in an effort to speed up the line. However, games will not start until 2 p.m.

Entrance Fee is $5 per child or $10 per family

Additional donations will be accepted if you are feeling freakishly generous because tons of candy and prizes will be given out to all the children at the activities at a pretty scary cost to the Rec! There is plenty of parking at the Community Center and at the Junior/Senior High School!

Costume Contest 1:45- 3:15 p.m: Once again, our Halloween Haunt Goblin Gate entrance will be located in the parking lot in front at the Rec Center. Show up early if you want to be in the Costume Contest! Costume Contest Registration is only open between 1:45pm - 3:15pm - ages and categories listed on the website. Babies through Adult categories, plus a best Family theme category! Prizes given to all winners!

Freaky Fun-Fest: 2-4 p.m. Activities around the Newmarket REC & Community Center including: Terror Toddlers Area, Fortune Teller, Which Witch is Which! Zombie Laser Tazer, Little Devil Diaper Dash, “Booing Ally, The Mortuary, Pumpkin Patch Monster Match, Boo Toss, The 3 Eyed Monster, The “Axe”anator, Walk of the Living Dead, Captain Jack’s Deadman’s Treasure Island Hunt, Hip Hop Glow in the Dark Dance Party, Touch-ATruck with Newmarket’s Fire & Rescue and Police, plus a whole lot more, and of course, all of our Let’s Make a Devilish Deal games!

Entertainment 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. - Head over to the outdoor stage for our Costume Winners Announcement Show Case of winners, More Let’s Make Devilish Deals & a Hip Hop Halloween Performance by none other than the Rec’s very own Next-Gen creative movement performers!

Trolley to Town 4- 6 p.m. - The Trick or Treat Transfer Trolley is back! After the Rec Event, we invite you to hop onto the trolley which will begin transporting families downtown to go Trick or Treating at all the Downtown Main Street Businesses! The Trolley will travel to and from HS parking next to the Rec to down town and then back HS parking lots. No need to park again! Plenty of Parking across street from HS as well at 213 Main Street.

Trick or Treating Businesses Wanted - Are you a business downtown? Please Let us know ASAP you will be open for Trick or Treating that afternoon and/or you would like to donate a gift card that can be used for prizes! The list of participating businesses will be added soon.

This Halloween Haunt is only as good as the volunteers recruited If you or you know someone who just loves Halloween and/or if your house doesn’t get any tricking or treaters and that bums you out… then - this is the perfect event to get anyone and everyone right in the middle of the Halloween Season fun! Just email: RecDesk@newmarketnh. gov for details.

Ready to be spooked? Just in time for the Halloween season, On Location Tours has launched a spook-tacular self-guided version of their Horror Movie Location Tour, featuring filming locations from various horror movies and psychological thrillers set in the Upper West Side of NYC. Too scared to trek it alone? On Location Tours offers a private tour booking option, where you and your closest friends can join alongside a horror film buff tour guide.

The creepy walking journey begins at Greyshot Arch in Central Park, which was featured in the disastrous monster film Cloverfield. Throughout the tour you will have the opportunity to take a photo in front of the iconically brooding Dakota building, as seen in Rosemary’s Baby; catch some ghosts with your ghoul-friends at Spook Central; solve a true murder mystery at the apartment building from Only Murders in the Building, and more! The tour is available as a private tour for $36/person, or as a self-guided version for $15.95/device.

On Location Tours, the Concierge Choice Award Winner for Sightseeing and Tours, is among the world’s largest TV and movie tour companies with tours in New York City, Boston and Chicago. The tours feature sites from the hottest and latest on the big and small screen. Founded in 1999, it is one of the East Coast’s most popular tourist attractions. Some of the tours include: NYC TV & Movie Sites, Gossip Girl Sites, Sopranos Sites, Central Park TV & Movie Sites and Boston TV & Movie Sites.

Considered the “most haunted town in the USA,” Gettysburg is a bucket list destination for every serious ghost hunter — especially on Halloween!

This spooky list (from a life-long Gettysburg resident) is packed with frightening and entertaining Civil War ghost walks, ghost hunts and ghost tours in haunted Gettysburg, Pa!

If you’re ready for a scary journey back in time, then read on and book an adventure that might just be out of this world!

Gettysburg is a small southcentral Pennsylvania town of about 7,000 that was the scene of a bloody three-day battle in July of 1863.

The Battle of Gettysburg took place in the farms and fields surrounding the town as well as in the streets and alleyways.

The horrific clash of armies resulted in 51,000 casualties, many of whom succumbed to their injuries in the houses, churches and barns of local residents.

These days, Gettysburg is a charming historical destination that is home to boutiques, shops, pubs, bars and restaurants — but it’s still THE place to visit for Halloween.

All of the Gettysburg ghost tour providers have their own unique and varied services, so use this guide to help you figure out which one is best for you, your family or your group.

If you really want to get spooked this year, make your plans now, because Gettysburg ghost tours fill up fast!

https://pastlanetravels.com/gettysburg-ghost-tours/