Top 10 Places to Celebrate Halloween 2010
October 30, 2010 / 2148
(Reuters Life!) - If encounters with ghosts, ghouls or vampires are your idea of fun, then Halloween is probably a favorite time. Places across the globe are getting ready to scare people out of their wits — and their money.
This list of the top 10 places to celebrate Halloween is a mixture of lists by advice and information website eHow (wwww.ehow.com) and travel website Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) and not endorsed by Reuters:
1. Salem, Massachusetts
Salem might just be the spookiest town in the United States and around Halloween they turn it up a notch. Take a walk back in time on the candlelit Witch Trial Trail and experience Salem’s dark history first hand. Get in costume for the Annual Halloween Costume Ball held at the historic Hawthorne Hotel.
2. Bran, Romania
Saturated in legend and tied to Emily Gerard’s “The Land Beyond the Forest” and Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” Bran is a perfect international Halloween jaunt. You can visit Bran Castle, where Dracula is said to have lived, as well as areas like Poenari Castle and Hunyad Castle that were associated with Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Read more …
Satan’s Chop Shop - Haunted House
October 16, 2009 / 1552
We take a tour of the Haunted house in Hawthorne, Satan’s Chop Shop.
Halloween Events Calendar By Date
October 12, 2009 / 2434
Check this page for the latest information on dates and locations!
Daily, October 1 through November 1, 2009
* The Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo
Museum Place Mall, 176 Essex Street, 10am - 10pm Read more …
Halloween Event: The Mourning Tea October 25
October 12, 2009 / 1845
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 10:30am - 2:30pm at the Hawthorne Hotel
Join Salem Witches Leanne Marrama and Heather MacDonald for Salem’s annual Mourning Tea, a modern take on a grand Victorian tradition in honor of the dearly departed and the Pale Gentleman who will greet us all at the end of our days.
Don your finest mourning attire and hearken back to a time when mourning customs were elaborate and extravagant. Music will fill the air with sweet sorrow as the resident bards of the long black veil recite a selection of odes to the somber beauty of Death’s final waltz. High tea complete with courses of traditional tea sandwiches and desserts will be served. Read more …
Halloween Event: Voices Of The Dead - Spirit Communication October 24
October 12, 2009 / 3301
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1pm to 5pm at the Hawthorne Hotel
Join Ghost Hunter Ron Kolek and Psychic Medium Maureen Wood, author of the forthcoming book “Ghost Chronicles,” for a four-hour workshop on spirit communication where you’ll learn to listen for the voices of those on the other side.
Explore time-honored methods of spirit communication:
- Automatic Writing:
- Ouija Boards:
- Spirit Dowsing with Pendulums (every guest will receive a pendulum to take home!)
- Table tipping and rapping
Learn the methods of today:
- EVP
- Shack Hack Communicators
- Electromagnetic Trans-communication Devices
For thousands of years man has attempted to reach out in an attempt to find the spirits of the dead. The leaders of empires, countries, corporations, and even the common man have employed a variety of methods in their attempt to reach the “other side”. Many tyrants, most notably Hitler and the Nazi’s utilize these devices and techniques in their quest for power and world domination. Gazers, oracles, psychics, and astrologers became trusted advisers to many leaders, who would never make any significant decisions with out consulting them.
This seminar investigates these methods of communicating with the dead and the results obtained by those who use them. Tarot cards, dowsing, mirror gazing, spirit boards such as the Ouija Board, and newer techniques such as EVP’s and electronic recorders are all discussed in this seminar. How do they work? Are their any inherent dangers in their use? These are just some of the questions answered in this intriguing seminar as we separate the myths from the facts. Be part of several experiments in attempt to communicate with the other side. Can we speak to the dead, but more importantly, can they speak to us? Come and find out!
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1pm to 5pm at the Hawthorne Hotel
Voices of the Dead is held in the library of the Historic Hawthorne Hotel, a haunted hotel featured on the Sci Fi Channel’s show Ghost Hunters!
Get Your Tickets Now!
Tickets are $75 per person. Seating is limited so reserve your tickets below using your credit card! Ticket Sales are Final.
More info and tickets sale: http://www.festivalofthedead.com
Halloween Event: Spectral Evidence Ghost Haunting 101 - October 17 and 24
October 12, 2009 / 888
Saturday, October 17 and 24, 2009, 8pm to Midnight at the Hawthorne Hotel
This Halloween season in Salem, journey into the unknown with renowned professional ghost hunter and radio personality Ron Kolek as you learn modern techniques of paranormal investigation! Founder of the New England Ghost Project and co-host of popular radio show “The Ghost Chronicles,” Kolek has explored and documented some of New England’s most haunted houses. This October, he and his team of ghost hunters will share their adventures in the haunted city of Salem Massachusetts!
Choose Between Two Dates This Year!
Saturday, October 17
Saturday, October 24
You don’t have to be a psychic to prove the existence of spirits. With the right equipment, you can develop the skills necessary to begin your own ghost hunting expeditions! Learn to examine evidence of potential haunting to determine whether unexplained phenomena are the result of authentic supernatural manifestation. Using real-life ghost hunting gear, you’ll conduct your own paranormal investigation into the presence of spirits within The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem’s most haunted hotel! Read more …
Halloween Event: Messages From The Spirit World - Salem’s Only Authentic Seance - Sunday, October 25, 2009
October 11, 2009 / 4017
unday, October 25, 2009, 7pm - 11pm at the Hawthorne Hotel
Fourth generation Spiritualist medium Jeffrey Justice has proven since childhood that the spirit world is real and that our loved ones speak to us from beyond. With his uncanny ability to communicate with those who have crossed over, Jeffrey has guided thousands over the course of his life, reaching through the veil of mortality to make the connection between the living and the dead.
The Order of the Evening Read more …
