Perth Amboy, New Jersey: Proprietary House set to kick off Halloween

From My Central New Jersey: Proprietary House set to kick off Halloween
PERTH AMBOY — It’s fall. Are you ready to be spooked for the Halloween season?

The historic Proprietary House, 149 Kearny Ave., is kicking off the Halloween season with a variety of scary events, starting with ghost stories at the museum tonight.
The Proprietary House served as the home of the last appointed Royal Governor of New Jersey, William Franklin. He and his wife lived in the house in Perth Amboy from 1774 to 1776. The building is owned by the state and a portion of it is operated as a museum by the Proprietary House Association.

From 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. tonight, true ghost stories will be told by some of the Proprietary House volunteers who have witnessed the hauntings, and made their hair stand on end. There also will be a a live ghost hunt. Participants are encouraged to bring a camera or digital tape recorder to record electronic voice phenomenons in the house, which is believed to be haunted.

A donation of $20 per person is suggested. Participants are advised to arrive 15 minutes early.

A haunted Perth Amboy walking tour covering about nine blocks in the area of the Proprietary House along the waterfront is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1.

Costumed guides carrying lanterns will explain the details of the dark side of Perth Amboy waterfront district, including ghosts, a murder, pirates, graveyards and legends, during the one-hour tour.

The tour starts at the Proprietary House. Admission is $10 per person and participants are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes early and bring a flashlight. No reservations are needed. Proceeds will benefit the museum. Anyone with questions is asked to call 732-826-5527. If it rains that day, call 732-826-3864 to confirm the tour status.

Bruce Tango from the SyFy Channel’s hit show “Ghost Hunters” will appear at the Proprietary House at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and 14, during which he will show the “Ghost Hunters” episode filmed at the Proprietary House, discuss the haunted history of the building and answer questions. Tango also will tell true ghost tales. The lights will be turned off for an electronic-voice phenomenon session on the main floor. There also will be a meet-and-greet with Tango.

Tickets are $45 for adults and $25 for children 12 to 17. Participants should bring a camera and recorder.

For reservations and tickets, call 732-826-5527.

The annual hourly ghost tours with psychics at the Proprietary House are scheduled for Oct. 21 and 22, Oct. 28 and 29.

Psychic Jennifer Lall, who has been featured on the “Montel Williams Show,” will lead the tours on Oct. 21 and 22. Tours on Oct. 21 will start at 6 p.m.. The last tour that day will be at 10 p.m. Tours on Oct. 22 will begin at 5 p.m., with the last tour at 10 p.m.

Lall also will read people’s aura’s, time permitting.

Psychic Jane Doherty will lead ghost tours on Oct. 28 and 29. Doherty has appeared on the television series “Dead Tenants,” “Jenny Jones” and “The Today Show.” She will talk about waking up your psychic side.

Her hourly tours on Oct. 28 will start at 6 p.m., with the last tour at 10 p.m. Tours on Oct. 29 will start at 5 p.m., with the last tour at 10 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for children 7 to 12. No reservations are needed.