I'm visiting elderly relatives in Box Elder, SD who do not have internet.
Will try to sneak out now and again to an internet cafe to post, but more than likely will not be posting until Wedneday.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Tewksbury, MA Library Hosts Paranormal Experts
From Tewksbury Patch: Tewksbury Library Hosts Paranormal Experts
Every Wednesday night this October, the Tewksbury Public Library is hosting paranormal talks for adults. These programs promise to both scare and fascinate audiences!
Ghosts of Massachusetts with Roxie Zwicker Wednesday, October 12, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
The Bay State is home to some of the most historic places in America. Find out what ghostly stories can be found walking down its roads! Find abandoned places, haunted beaches, tavern ghosts and eerie cemeteries. Take a spirited virtual journey highlighting stops in Marblehead, Boston, Provincetown, Littleton, Springfield - just to name a few. Explore the places and the stories of legends on this fun and scary tour of area haunts.
About The Presenter
Roxie Zwicker is the founder of New England Curiosities, a company that gives haunted tours throughout New Hampshire and Maine. She has been sharing her stories of New England Legends and Lore since 1993. Roxie is the author of five books, including: Haunted Cemeteries of New England: Stones, Stories and Superstitions; Haunted Portland: From Pirates to Ghost Brides; and Haunted Pubs of New England.
Ghost Chronicles with Ron Kolek & Maureen Wood Wednesday, October 19, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
Join Ron Kolek and Maureen Wood as they take you on a journey into the unknown, the unexplained, and the unbelievable. They will reveal the gory details of some of their most interesting cases ripped from the pages of their hit book - The Ghost Chronicles. Meet Ron and Maureen - called "the Burns and Allen of the netherworld" by Channel 5's Chronicle - for a ride you will never forget…no matter how much you try!
About The Presenter
Ron Kolek is the founder and lead investigator of The New England Ghost Project. With a degree in Environmental Science, he was the ultimate skeptic. In addition to hosting Ghost Chronicles on Ghostvillage Radio and iTunes, he hosts a weekly internet radio show on Toginet.com, and has co-written two books with Maureen Wood, The Ghost Chronicles and Ghost a Day. Maureen Wood is a fifth generation Psychic/Trance-medium. For as far back as she can remember, she has communicated with the deceased. She has practiced, studied, and instructed metaphysical studies for more than twenty-five years. Maureen has been with the New England Ghost Project since 2001 and has accompanied the group on over 100 investigations.
Haunted Baseball with Dan Gordon Wednesday, October 26, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Author Dan Gordon's works combine both! In exploring the relationship between the paranormal and baseball, he has interviewed more than 1,000 current and former Major League Baseball players, including Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Tim Linecum, Roy Halladay, and Jacoby Ellsbury. Gordon has also interviewed countless stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans. He will discuss his research, presenting an entertaining and eerie look at our national pastime.
About The Presenter
Dan Gordon co-authored two best-selling books: Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends & Eerie Events and Fields of Scream: Haunted Tales From The Baseball Diamond, The Locker Room, and Beyond. Gordon, who lives and dies with the Red Sox, also authored Cape Encounters: Contemporary Cape Cod Ghost Stories. His writings on baseball have appeared in numerous publications, including the Providence Journal and Fort Worth Star.
Fine Print
All talks are held in the Meeting Room. Doors open 15 minutes prior to start time. Seating is limited. The room is handicap accessible. Light refreshments will be provided. A door prize will be awarded. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as it aids the presenter and staff with planning. Register by stopping by the Reference Desk; calling 978-640-4490 ext. 207; or by visiting the library’s online calendar of events (www.tewksburypl.org).. Talks are FREE thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library. The Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library's Friendly Little Bookshop will be open prior to each talk. Talks are best suited for adults and teens. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. For those interested, a book signing and selling will follow each talk.
Every Wednesday night this October, the Tewksbury Public Library is hosting paranormal talks for adults. These programs promise to both scare and fascinate audiences!
Ghosts of Massachusetts with Roxie Zwicker Wednesday, October 12, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
The Bay State is home to some of the most historic places in America. Find out what ghostly stories can be found walking down its roads! Find abandoned places, haunted beaches, tavern ghosts and eerie cemeteries. Take a spirited virtual journey highlighting stops in Marblehead, Boston, Provincetown, Littleton, Springfield - just to name a few. Explore the places and the stories of legends on this fun and scary tour of area haunts.
About The Presenter
Roxie Zwicker is the founder of New England Curiosities, a company that gives haunted tours throughout New Hampshire and Maine. She has been sharing her stories of New England Legends and Lore since 1993. Roxie is the author of five books, including: Haunted Cemeteries of New England: Stones, Stories and Superstitions; Haunted Portland: From Pirates to Ghost Brides; and Haunted Pubs of New England.
Ghost Chronicles with Ron Kolek & Maureen Wood Wednesday, October 19, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
Join Ron Kolek and Maureen Wood as they take you on a journey into the unknown, the unexplained, and the unbelievable. They will reveal the gory details of some of their most interesting cases ripped from the pages of their hit book - The Ghost Chronicles. Meet Ron and Maureen - called "the Burns and Allen of the netherworld" by Channel 5's Chronicle - for a ride you will never forget…no matter how much you try!
About The Presenter
Ron Kolek is the founder and lead investigator of The New England Ghost Project. With a degree in Environmental Science, he was the ultimate skeptic. In addition to hosting Ghost Chronicles on Ghostvillage Radio and iTunes, he hosts a weekly internet radio show on Toginet.com, and has co-written two books with Maureen Wood, The Ghost Chronicles and Ghost a Day. Maureen Wood is a fifth generation Psychic/Trance-medium. For as far back as she can remember, she has communicated with the deceased. She has practiced, studied, and instructed metaphysical studies for more than twenty-five years. Maureen has been with the New England Ghost Project since 2001 and has accompanied the group on over 100 investigations.
Haunted Baseball with Dan Gordon Wednesday, October 26, 6:30pm-8pm
About The Program
Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Author Dan Gordon's works combine both! In exploring the relationship between the paranormal and baseball, he has interviewed more than 1,000 current and former Major League Baseball players, including Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Tim Linecum, Roy Halladay, and Jacoby Ellsbury. Gordon has also interviewed countless stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans. He will discuss his research, presenting an entertaining and eerie look at our national pastime.
About The Presenter
Dan Gordon co-authored two best-selling books: Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends & Eerie Events and Fields of Scream: Haunted Tales From The Baseball Diamond, The Locker Room, and Beyond. Gordon, who lives and dies with the Red Sox, also authored Cape Encounters: Contemporary Cape Cod Ghost Stories. His writings on baseball have appeared in numerous publications, including the Providence Journal and Fort Worth Star.
Fine Print
All talks are held in the Meeting Room. Doors open 15 minutes prior to start time. Seating is limited. The room is handicap accessible. Light refreshments will be provided. A door prize will be awarded. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as it aids the presenter and staff with planning. Register by stopping by the Reference Desk; calling 978-640-4490 ext. 207; or by visiting the library’s online calendar of events (www.tewksburypl.org).. Talks are FREE thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library. The Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library's Friendly Little Bookshop will be open prior to each talk. Talks are best suited for adults and teens. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. For those interested, a book signing and selling will follow each talk.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
NY: Ghost hunt in Tupper Lake
From Adirondack Daily Enterprise: Ghost hunt in Tupper Lake
TUPPER LAKE - A Tupper Lake home is set to be featured in a documentary on ghost hunting.
Patty Hathaway believes her house at 13 McLaughlin Ave. is haunted. Doors and drawers close and open without people touching them, she constantly hears unexplained noises, and she has what she calls a game with one of the "entities" in which it moves a porcelain shoe she has on display, she rights it, then the ghost tips it again.
She says she has even seen a man hanging from the loft of her garage, who she said was in old-fashioned clothing.
"My granddaughter has seen a young boy," Hathaway said in a phone interview Monday. "She thinks it's her uncle. I don't tell her it's a ghost."
So she contacted the St. Lawrence Association of Paranormal Science.
"I wanted to find out if I was really out of my mind, for one thing, and I wanted to try and pinpoint who was actually there," Hathaway said.
Donny Deragon and Nate Lashomb, the two heads of SLAPS, did two investigations at the house and had some significant findings, so when Malone director Brad Rousell wanted to film a documentary on the group, they chose Hathaway's house as one of the two to feature in it. The other house is in Massena.
When they did a ghost hunt at Hathaway's house about a month ago for the documentary, they were joined by Brian Harnois, who used to be on the Syfy channel's "Ghost Hunters." Deragon said it was interesting because he and his friends got into ghost hunting in part through watching the show.
"It was a really cool experience," Deragon said. "I'm glad we got to do it."
He said it turned out that much of what SLAPS does in an investigation is similar to Harnois' method. The group uses a variety of equipment, including a DVR system, voice recorders, a whole bunch of cameras and a K2 meter, which measures electromagnetic fields. They'll talk to the homeowners, find out what they've been hearing and seeing, then go into the home, set up all the equipment and document what, if anything, goes on throughout a night.
"It's not all what you see on TV, that's for sure," Deragon said. "A lot more goes into it. When they show you something on TV, they just show you the good parts, and if they don't find anything, they don't put it on."
In general, Deragon said, they try to find a natural cause for any complaints the owner has. It's only when they discount any possible natural causes that they turn to the supernatural.
"We really take like a scientific approach towards it," Deragon said.
Deragon wouldn't say much about what actually happened during the investigation of Hathaway's house while they were filming the documentary, because he wants to make sure people watch it, but he said it was a fruitful hunt.
"We had a lot of cool experiences there that haven't happened to us before," Deragon said.
Through research, they found out that a teenage boy with a troubled life shot himself in the home in 1980, and Hathaway believes that's the boy her granddaughter has seen.
"We wanted to do the documentary to show kids that are troubled that are thinking of committing suicide that it's not a better way out," Hathaway said. "You're more or less stuck."
She also believes that there are several other entities in the house, including an old man - or there were before her brother-in-law came in, smoked the house with sage and sea salt, placed crystals around the home and invited the ghosts to leave.
Hathaway said she doesn't mind her house being haunted as long as it remains the harmless, sometimes whimsical presence it's been so far. If it becomes negative or malicious, she said she'll have her brother-in-law come and do a more thorough job of cleansing the house.
"I'm so used to it," Hathaway said. "I've lived there for 13 years."
Hathaway said she's nervous but excited to see the documentary. So far she's only seen the trailer on SLAPS' website.
She's interested to see what the response is to the DVD and how many people buy it. She said she thinks more people are getting interested in, or at least becoming more accepting of, the paranormal.
"Brad and Nate and Donny are fantastic guys," Hathaway said. "They're very easy to work with. They're wonderful. There's not enough words I can say about them. They're a very awesome, professional group."
The documentary is called "Weird Vibes," and it's set to be released this weekend at a paranormal convention at Crete Civic Center in Plattsburgh.
Speakers are set to present at the convention on a variety of topics, including demons, ghosts, the Champy lake monster, UFOs, Bigfoot and Mothman. For more information on the third annual Northern New York Paranormal EXPO, go to www.nnyprs.com.
Deragon, who manages a bank for a living, started SLAPS with a few friends about four years ago, but it wasn't until Lashomb, who Deragon calls a techie, joined the group that it started to grow and evolve into what it is today.
They get calls frequently from people who want them to investigate their homes, and they end up doing about two to three hunts a month. They're based in Massena, but they've done investigations from Madrid, N.Y., to Syracuse.
For more information on SLAPS or to pre-order the DVD, go to www.freeghosthunt.com.
TUPPER LAKE - A Tupper Lake home is set to be featured in a documentary on ghost hunting.
Patty Hathaway believes her house at 13 McLaughlin Ave. is haunted. Doors and drawers close and open without people touching them, she constantly hears unexplained noises, and she has what she calls a game with one of the "entities" in which it moves a porcelain shoe she has on display, she rights it, then the ghost tips it again.
She says she has even seen a man hanging from the loft of her garage, who she said was in old-fashioned clothing.
"My granddaughter has seen a young boy," Hathaway said in a phone interview Monday. "She thinks it's her uncle. I don't tell her it's a ghost."
So she contacted the St. Lawrence Association of Paranormal Science.
"I wanted to find out if I was really out of my mind, for one thing, and I wanted to try and pinpoint who was actually there," Hathaway said.
Donny Deragon and Nate Lashomb, the two heads of SLAPS, did two investigations at the house and had some significant findings, so when Malone director Brad Rousell wanted to film a documentary on the group, they chose Hathaway's house as one of the two to feature in it. The other house is in Massena.
When they did a ghost hunt at Hathaway's house about a month ago for the documentary, they were joined by Brian Harnois, who used to be on the Syfy channel's "Ghost Hunters." Deragon said it was interesting because he and his friends got into ghost hunting in part through watching the show.
"It was a really cool experience," Deragon said. "I'm glad we got to do it."
He said it turned out that much of what SLAPS does in an investigation is similar to Harnois' method. The group uses a variety of equipment, including a DVR system, voice recorders, a whole bunch of cameras and a K2 meter, which measures electromagnetic fields. They'll talk to the homeowners, find out what they've been hearing and seeing, then go into the home, set up all the equipment and document what, if anything, goes on throughout a night.
"It's not all what you see on TV, that's for sure," Deragon said. "A lot more goes into it. When they show you something on TV, they just show you the good parts, and if they don't find anything, they don't put it on."
In general, Deragon said, they try to find a natural cause for any complaints the owner has. It's only when they discount any possible natural causes that they turn to the supernatural.
"We really take like a scientific approach towards it," Deragon said.
Deragon wouldn't say much about what actually happened during the investigation of Hathaway's house while they were filming the documentary, because he wants to make sure people watch it, but he said it was a fruitful hunt.
"We had a lot of cool experiences there that haven't happened to us before," Deragon said.
Through research, they found out that a teenage boy with a troubled life shot himself in the home in 1980, and Hathaway believes that's the boy her granddaughter has seen.
"We wanted to do the documentary to show kids that are troubled that are thinking of committing suicide that it's not a better way out," Hathaway said. "You're more or less stuck."
She also believes that there are several other entities in the house, including an old man - or there were before her brother-in-law came in, smoked the house with sage and sea salt, placed crystals around the home and invited the ghosts to leave.
Hathaway said she doesn't mind her house being haunted as long as it remains the harmless, sometimes whimsical presence it's been so far. If it becomes negative or malicious, she said she'll have her brother-in-law come and do a more thorough job of cleansing the house.
"I'm so used to it," Hathaway said. "I've lived there for 13 years."
Hathaway said she's nervous but excited to see the documentary. So far she's only seen the trailer on SLAPS' website.
She's interested to see what the response is to the DVD and how many people buy it. She said she thinks more people are getting interested in, or at least becoming more accepting of, the paranormal.
"Brad and Nate and Donny are fantastic guys," Hathaway said. "They're very easy to work with. They're wonderful. There's not enough words I can say about them. They're a very awesome, professional group."
The documentary is called "Weird Vibes," and it's set to be released this weekend at a paranormal convention at Crete Civic Center in Plattsburgh.
Speakers are set to present at the convention on a variety of topics, including demons, ghosts, the Champy lake monster, UFOs, Bigfoot and Mothman. For more information on the third annual Northern New York Paranormal EXPO, go to www.nnyprs.com.
Deragon, who manages a bank for a living, started SLAPS with a few friends about four years ago, but it wasn't until Lashomb, who Deragon calls a techie, joined the group that it started to grow and evolve into what it is today.
They get calls frequently from people who want them to investigate their homes, and they end up doing about two to three hunts a month. They're based in Massena, but they've done investigations from Madrid, N.Y., to Syracuse.
For more information on SLAPS or to pre-order the DVD, go to www.freeghosthunt.com.
Drive There: Experience New Jersey's haunted past
From LeHigh Valley Live: Drive There: Experience New Jersey's haunted past
Paranormal Books & Curiosities is not your run of the mill bookstore. In addition to carrying a wide assortment of both rare and popular books, visitors can participate in ghost hunting classes, paranormal investigations and take a variety of historical ghost tours.
Driving: Paranormal Books & Curiosities, in Asbury Park, NJ, is one hour and 40 minutes from the Easton area. Parking is available right outside the book store, but remember to bring money for the meter. For information on Asbury Park, check out their city guide.
Address and information:
627 Cookman Ave.
Asbury Park, N.J.
732-455-3188
The museum:
Current exhibits include The Jersey Devil: Expedition of 1819, Ghost Ship: The Tragedy of the S.S. Morro Castle, Vampires: Fact and Fiction and the featured exhibit Ouija Boards: A History. The museum explores the theory that this toy is a spiritual device that can be used as a portal into the unknown. Keep an inner eye out for upcoming Ouija Board Workshops.
Tickets for the museum cost $5 for adults, $3 for children under 12.
Haunted tours:
The paranormal museum offers several tours, including Asbury Park Ghosts and Legends Downtown Tour, and lists some of Asbury Park's haunted attractions.
Each tour has you explore the haunted past of the Jersey shore as you walk to different historic locations in the area, learning more about their ghostly secrets, such as the mystery of the infamous Jersey Devil. For added effect these tours take place in intimate groups at night.
Tickets for the tour cost $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. All tours are approximately 90 minutes long.
Extra paranormal:
Want a psychic reading? The book store also offers the services of psychic mediums Bill Blount and Linda Fate. Blount offers crystal readings while Linda offers tarot card readings. A 10-minute session gives you a brief glimpse into the events around you and costs $20. A 20-minute session costs $40 and presents you with a fuller perspective with targeted questions, while $50 gets you a comprehensive life reading in 30 minutes.
If you’re dying to find out what lies ahead, or even if you’re only curious, Paranormal Books & Curiosities provides you with a comfortable environment to discover your past, present and future.
And if you want to join the ranks of television's paranormal experts and become a ghost hunter, then a Paranormal Investigation is for you. Join the hunt led by experienced investigators who will train and equip you with all the latest ghost hunting technology and arm you with the leading theories as you take an adventure through a haunted location within the Asbury Park area.
For information on upcoming investigations and expeditions, visit the book store’s online calendar.
Make a day of it:
Visit these Jersey Shore hot spots to complete your day.
The Stone Pony, known as the CBGB of the Jersey Shore, is a historic music venue located at 913 Ocean Ave. in Asbury Park. Call 732-502-0600 for information.
The Langosta Lounge is a bar and restaurant that hosts regular dance parties at 1000 Ocean Ave. at 2nd Avenue in Asbury Park. Call 732-455-3275 for information.
Silver Ball Museum Arcade is the Pinball Hall of Fame at 1000 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park. Call 732-774-4994 for information.
Friday, October 7, 2011
St. Louis: Take a Halloween vacation
From STLToday: Take a Halloween vacation
Looking to celebrate Halloween in a big way? Perhaps a trip out of town? We've got some great ideas for a haunted celebration.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, Orlando, Fla. • For 25 nights beginning Sept. 23, Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights returns with eight haunted houses, six scare zones including a night maze and garden of evil, two live shows, scary thrill rides and throngs of monsters, ghouls and goblins. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased here.
Penitentiary Ghost Tours • Want a ghostly dose of the paranormal to spike your eerie and spooky levels during the month of October? Creep through the Missouri State Penitentiary after dark on a hunt for a possible encounter with the ghosts of the prison's storied past on a "ghost hunt" or "ghost tour." Twilight Ghost Tours cost $25 per person for a two-hour tour and feature exploration of Housing Unit 1, A-Hall, Dungeon Cells and the Gas Chamber, where 40 inmates were put to death. Battery-powered lamps will be provided. Ghost Hunt Tours are also $25 per person for two hours and provide both history and interactive exploration of the prison. Tours are available throughout the month of October, including Halloween weekend. MissouriPenTours.com
Florida Keys • The island chain will host an array of lively hauntings sure to spook visitors above and below the water's surface. For devilish divers who prefer their spookiness submerged, the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest is set for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in Key Largo. (amoray.com). Stay at the beautiful 63-acre Crane Point Hammockin Marathon where a haunting event Oct. 28 will feature ghosts, goblins, spooky hayrides, food, fun and a costume contest. The lush landscape will take a turn for the terrifying with trails and spook houses planned to send chills down visitors' spines (cranepoint.net/events.html). Fort Zachary Taylor, a Civil War-era fort on Key West's Atlantic Ocean shore, will host a Vampire's Ball, set for 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. For complete event information, visit hauntedkeywestfort.com.
SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular • Guests can enjoy an "ocean of Halloween" fun featuring trick-or-treating, dancing with whimsical sea creatures, catching silly and spooky shows and creating sea-themed arts and crafts. SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular in Orlando and San Diego takes place weekends in October. Price included with admission. seaworldspooktacular.com
Halloween Getaway to London • The Langham London is considered one of London's most haunted establishments, and it is offering a Halloween package during the month of Octorber. This annual October package priced £333 (the same number as The Langham's most haunted room) features overnight accommodation for two persons, a Tarantula Cocktail for two in Artesian, a Jack The Ripper Walking Tour and a complimentary history book (complete with ghost stories) of The Langham, London from The Langham Book Butler. Guests may request to stay in room 333, subject to availability. Bookings may be made on-line at langhamhotels.co.uk, by calling the hotel directly on 011 44 20 7973 7503, by e-mail: lon.resv@langhamhotels.com
Looking to celebrate Halloween in a big way? Perhaps a trip out of town? We've got some great ideas for a haunted celebration.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, Orlando, Fla. • For 25 nights beginning Sept. 23, Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights returns with eight haunted houses, six scare zones including a night maze and garden of evil, two live shows, scary thrill rides and throngs of monsters, ghouls and goblins. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased here.
Penitentiary Ghost Tours • Want a ghostly dose of the paranormal to spike your eerie and spooky levels during the month of October? Creep through the Missouri State Penitentiary after dark on a hunt for a possible encounter with the ghosts of the prison's storied past on a "ghost hunt" or "ghost tour." Twilight Ghost Tours cost $25 per person for a two-hour tour and feature exploration of Housing Unit 1, A-Hall, Dungeon Cells and the Gas Chamber, where 40 inmates were put to death. Battery-powered lamps will be provided. Ghost Hunt Tours are also $25 per person for two hours and provide both history and interactive exploration of the prison. Tours are available throughout the month of October, including Halloween weekend. MissouriPenTours.com
Florida Keys • The island chain will host an array of lively hauntings sure to spook visitors above and below the water's surface. For devilish divers who prefer their spookiness submerged, the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest is set for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in Key Largo. (amoray.com). Stay at the beautiful 63-acre Crane Point Hammockin Marathon where a haunting event Oct. 28 will feature ghosts, goblins, spooky hayrides, food, fun and a costume contest. The lush landscape will take a turn for the terrifying with trails and spook houses planned to send chills down visitors' spines (cranepoint.net/events.html). Fort Zachary Taylor, a Civil War-era fort on Key West's Atlantic Ocean shore, will host a Vampire's Ball, set for 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. For complete event information, visit hauntedkeywestfort.com.
SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular • Guests can enjoy an "ocean of Halloween" fun featuring trick-or-treating, dancing with whimsical sea creatures, catching silly and spooky shows and creating sea-themed arts and crafts. SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular in Orlando and San Diego takes place weekends in October. Price included with admission. seaworldspooktacular.com
Halloween Getaway to London • The Langham London is considered one of London's most haunted establishments, and it is offering a Halloween package during the month of Octorber. This annual October package priced £333 (the same number as The Langham's most haunted room) features overnight accommodation for two persons, a Tarantula Cocktail for two in Artesian, a Jack The Ripper Walking Tour and a complimentary history book (complete with ghost stories) of The Langham, London from The Langham Book Butler. Guests may request to stay in room 333, subject to availability. Bookings may be made on-line at langhamhotels.co.uk, by calling the hotel directly on 011 44 20 7973 7503, by e-mail: lon.resv@langhamhotels.com
Canton, OH tonight: Ghost hunters to converge on Palace Theatre
From CantonRep.com: Ghost hunters to converge on Palace Theatre
CANTON — A local ghost hunters group will venture into the Palace Theatre tonight.
The Nearly Everywhere Ohio Ghost Society will host a tour of the downtown movie house on Oct. 7, following a showing of “The Blair Witch Project.” The group also offers private overnight investigations at the Palace, located at 605 Market Ave. N.
They’re looking for signs of this:
Legend is that on opening night in 1926, Palace patrons were treated to sounds of Banks Kennedy and the Kilgen Wonder Organ. In the 1930s, Kennedy was shot and killed in the theater basement on the order of a mob boss, because Banks dated the mobster’s daughter against his wishes. There also have been reports of a little girl seen in the balcony.
Admission to the ghost hunt and movie is $40 and is limited to 30 people.
For more information, visit the Palace Theatre website to check for future ghost tours and hunts, or call 330-454-8172 to reserve tickets.
CANTON — A local ghost hunters group will venture into the Palace Theatre tonight.
The Nearly Everywhere Ohio Ghost Society will host a tour of the downtown movie house on Oct. 7, following a showing of “The Blair Witch Project.” The group also offers private overnight investigations at the Palace, located at 605 Market Ave. N.
They’re looking for signs of this:
Legend is that on opening night in 1926, Palace patrons were treated to sounds of Banks Kennedy and the Kilgen Wonder Organ. In the 1930s, Kennedy was shot and killed in the theater basement on the order of a mob boss, because Banks dated the mobster’s daughter against his wishes. There also have been reports of a little girl seen in the balcony.
Admission to the ghost hunt and movie is $40 and is limited to 30 people.
For more information, visit the Palace Theatre website to check for future ghost tours and hunts, or call 330-454-8172 to reserve tickets.
Oct 7, Fri, Farmington Hills, MI: Halloween fun kicks off at mansion, zoo, park
From Hometown Life: Halloween fun kicks off at mansion, zoo, park
Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan (GHOSM) will talk about ghostly findings from locations they've investigated around the state at a presentation at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at Longacre House, in Farmington Hills.
The program will include a tour and search for paranormal activity at the Longacre House, a Georgian mansion that is owned by the City of Farmington Hills, at 24705 Farmington Road. Coffee and doughnuts also will be served.
Members of Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan share an interest in searching out spirits and abnormal occurrences. The group has conducted tours of The Whitney in Detroit, as well as cemeteries and houses in Flat Rock, Rockwood, Westland, Plymouth, West Bloomfield, Wayne, Redford, Monroe, and Freeland. They record and document ghostly sounds and other evidence as well as “true ghost stories” told by their patrons.
Admission to the tour and presentation is $20 for residents and $25 for non-residents. Participants must be age 18 or older.
Reservations are required. Visit https://recreg.fhgov.com or register in person at the Costick Center, 28600 W. 11 Mile, Farmington Hills.
For more information, call the Cultural Arts Division at (248) 473-1856.
Zoo Boo
The Detroit Zoo's annual “merry-not-scary” Zoo Boo celebration returns this Halloween season, featuring a festively decorated half-mile trick-or-treat trail through the front of the Zoo, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30.
Elaborate pumpkin displays will line the treat trail, where greeters will pass out goodies to children along the route. A trail of eerie fog will lead through a spooky graveyard to the Haunted Reptile House, where friendly witches, vampires and other monsters will take up residence for the Halloween season.
The live mini-musical “Zoo Boo Revue” will be performed in the Events Pavilion. The Ghouly Games Tent will feature Halloween-themed games, prizes, arts and crafts and a hay maze and The Zombie Zone will offer games, spooky activities and pumpkin-carving demonstrations.
Also returning for Zoo Boo is the limited-release pirate adventure “The Curse of Skull Rock” at the Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater in the Ford Education Center. Tickets are an additional $4 per person; children under 2 are free.
Advance tickets for Zoo Boo are available at Booth One at the front of the Detroit Zoo or online at www.detroitzoo.org/zooboo. Tickets are $7 per person ages 2 and up. Time slots for Zoo Boo are 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. If a date and time slot is not sold out, a limited number of tickets may be available at the gate that day after 5 p.m. for $10.
The Detroit Zoo is located at Woodward Ave., and the I-696 service drive, in Royal Oak.
At Hines Park
Wayne County Parks' Halloween Festival 2011 will run 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Nankin Mills Picnic Area, located on Hines Drive, east of Ann arbor Trail in Westland and offer free games, hayrides, inflatables, trick-or-treating, and entertainment. Youngsters may dress in “spook-free” costumes and participate in a costume parade.
Check out the first annual Howl-O-Ween from 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Wayne County Dog Park, located at Hawthorne Ridge Park, located on Hines Drive east of Merriman, in Westland. There will be costume contests, pet related vendors, games and give-aways at this free event.
A spook-free Halloween Hike, with starting times of 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., will include a walk and nature-inspired costumed characters on Friday, Oct. 21 at Nankin Mills Interpretive Center. Cost is $5 and preregistration is required. Call (734) 261-1990.
Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan (GHOSM) will talk about ghostly findings from locations they've investigated around the state at a presentation at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at Longacre House, in Farmington Hills.
The program will include a tour and search for paranormal activity at the Longacre House, a Georgian mansion that is owned by the City of Farmington Hills, at 24705 Farmington Road. Coffee and doughnuts also will be served.
Members of Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan share an interest in searching out spirits and abnormal occurrences. The group has conducted tours of The Whitney in Detroit, as well as cemeteries and houses in Flat Rock, Rockwood, Westland, Plymouth, West Bloomfield, Wayne, Redford, Monroe, and Freeland. They record and document ghostly sounds and other evidence as well as “true ghost stories” told by their patrons.
Admission to the tour and presentation is $20 for residents and $25 for non-residents. Participants must be age 18 or older.
Reservations are required. Visit https://recreg.fhgov.com or register in person at the Costick Center, 28600 W. 11 Mile, Farmington Hills.
For more information, call the Cultural Arts Division at (248) 473-1856.
Zoo Boo
The Detroit Zoo's annual “merry-not-scary” Zoo Boo celebration returns this Halloween season, featuring a festively decorated half-mile trick-or-treat trail through the front of the Zoo, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30.
Elaborate pumpkin displays will line the treat trail, where greeters will pass out goodies to children along the route. A trail of eerie fog will lead through a spooky graveyard to the Haunted Reptile House, where friendly witches, vampires and other monsters will take up residence for the Halloween season.
The live mini-musical “Zoo Boo Revue” will be performed in the Events Pavilion. The Ghouly Games Tent will feature Halloween-themed games, prizes, arts and crafts and a hay maze and The Zombie Zone will offer games, spooky activities and pumpkin-carving demonstrations.
Also returning for Zoo Boo is the limited-release pirate adventure “The Curse of Skull Rock” at the Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater in the Ford Education Center. Tickets are an additional $4 per person; children under 2 are free.
Advance tickets for Zoo Boo are available at Booth One at the front of the Detroit Zoo or online at www.detroitzoo.org/zooboo. Tickets are $7 per person ages 2 and up. Time slots for Zoo Boo are 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. If a date and time slot is not sold out, a limited number of tickets may be available at the gate that day after 5 p.m. for $10.
The Detroit Zoo is located at Woodward Ave., and the I-696 service drive, in Royal Oak.
At Hines Park
Wayne County Parks' Halloween Festival 2011 will run 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Nankin Mills Picnic Area, located on Hines Drive, east of Ann arbor Trail in Westland and offer free games, hayrides, inflatables, trick-or-treating, and entertainment. Youngsters may dress in “spook-free” costumes and participate in a costume parade.
Check out the first annual Howl-O-Ween from 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Wayne County Dog Park, located at Hawthorne Ridge Park, located on Hines Drive east of Merriman, in Westland. There will be costume contests, pet related vendors, games and give-aways at this free event.
A spook-free Halloween Hike, with starting times of 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., will include a walk and nature-inspired costumed characters on Friday, Oct. 21 at Nankin Mills Interpretive Center. Cost is $5 and preregistration is required. Call (734) 261-1990.
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