At the historic Glebe House Museum on Hollow Rd. in
Woodbury on Saturday, October 26 costumed spirits will lead the way through the
Ancient Burying grounds, where 30 of Woodbury's most famous and infamous
'spirits' await at their grave sites to relate tales from the darker side of
18th and 19th century Woodbury. There will be a spooky candlelit tour in the
museum itself and stories and tales from Moll Cramer, the Witch of Woodbury,
told in the Museum cottage. Madame Suzolo will be offering Tarot Card readings
and there will be free fall refreshments for all. The Hollow will be closed to
traffic and the area, including the walk to and through the cemetery will be
lit with over 200 luminaries. Hours are 5 pm to 8:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $12 and Family
tickets Mom, Dad and their children are $25.
The 6th
Annual Washington Green Cemetery Tour, with a special Swedish immigrant theme,
will take place on Friday October 25 from 6:30-8:30pm. Costumed guides will lead groups of visitors
every ten minutes from the Gunn Museum to the Washington Green Cemetery where
the town’s departed citizens will be stationed at their gravestones to tell
their tales of tragedy and triumph. Tour groups will follow a magical path of
1,000 luminaries spanning a quarter mile through the shadowy cemetery and hear
the lively and dramatic stories of Washington's Swedish immigrants. The
costumed character actors stationed at each gravestone will share the perilous
tales of their travels to America, their work as domestics on estates in
Washington owned by wealthy New Yorkers, and so much more. The Gunn Museum is located at 5
Wykeham Road, at the intersection of Wykeham Road and Route 47, on Washington
Green. Rain date is Oct. 27. www.gunnlibrary.org/museum.html
The Hurd House in Woodbury on Hollow Rd. one of the
oldest houses in the Western part of Connecticut is hosting a Halloween bash
from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on October 26.
Children are invited to come to this magnificent historic house in
costume and listen to a spooky tale, sip cider by the fire and afterward join
the scavenger hunt for some ghoulish fun!
This event is free.
On October 26, Rain date Oct. 27,
Plymouth is holding a PumpkinFest on the Green, 10 Park Street from 4 to 7 p.m.
Bring your carved jack-o-lantern to enter the carving contest prizes; will be
awarded. At 6 p.m. all the pumpkins will be lit for a spectacular display.
Other event activities include face painting, live music, lantern tours of the
old burying ground and a costume parade led by a bagpiper
On October 27 at 6 p.m. the Fairfield Museum and History
Center on 370 Beach Road in Fairfield will host a bone chilling walking tour
that explores Fairfield’s haunting legends and folklore
as night descends. Participants will hear about body snatching in the cemetery,
ghost legends at the Tavern and stand on the site where wary townsfolk tested
alleged witches in the 17th century.
Cost is $8 per person. www.fairfieldhistory.org
As the sun sets, the
spirits come out to play…take a lantern-lit tour through the Mill Hill
graveyard in Norwalk on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 at 6 p.m.,
7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Listen to new chilling tales from the Norwalk spirits at “A Haunting at
Mill Hill”. Meet Anna Howard, the spirit that roams the Norwalk River and
Margaret Gale, the wife of an organ grinder, who met her untimely end along a
deserted Norwalk road, plus more stories of murder, death and destruction!
Refreshments follow each tour in the historic Little Red Schoolhouse. Limited
space on each tour, book early! Event held indoors during inclement
weather. Bring a flashlight. For tickets call 203-846-0525 or
visit www.norwalkhistoricalsociety.org. Cost: Adults/Teens (ages 13 &
up): $14, Child (ages 8-12): $9
