Ghosts, Witches and Goblins, Oh My!

10-05-2009

     

Celebrate the Halloween season with scary happenings, ghoulish festivals and creepy tours throughout the state of Kansas!

 

Oct. 5, 2009, Topeka, Kan., … Throughout the month of October, experience nightmarish Halloween tours and freaky family festivals all over the state of Kansas, from the small communities of Atchison, Hiawatha and Hays to the big town of Kansas City. Be scared, terrified and frightened!

Below is a sampling of Halloween tours and festivals happening throughout the state:

• Head to Kansas City for the Kansas City Ghost Tours, happening throughout the month of October. Kansas City, considered the most haunted city in Kansas, hos! ts ghost tours that include stops at a cursed cemetery and high school.. For more information, visit www.ghosttourkansas.com.

• Check out the Haunted Atchison Tours in Atchison throughout the month of October, featuring over 20 haunted sites. Each Saturday afternoon, one home on the tour will open its doors to take curious visitors to where unusual happenings have been discovered. For more information, visit www.atchisonkansas.net or call 800-234-1854.

• Are you brave enough to witness the eerie tales surrounding Fort Scott's haunted history? From Oct. 16 to 31, the Fort Scott Believe It or Not Tour takes visitors to haunted sites throughout historic Fort Scott aboard Dolly the Trolley. For more information, visit www.fortscott.com or call 800-245-3678.

• For more fun, head to Milford State Park, whi! ch hosts Monster Myths By Moonlight on Oct. 17. Explore nature trail by moonlight and learn the truth about spiders, snakes, bats and other Halloween monsters. Bring flashlights, wear a costume and enjoy hayrack rides, entertainment and food. For more information, call 785-238-3014.

• Spirited spooks will be at The Little Red Barn Halloween Fest at Custer farm just northeast of Hays on Oct. 23-25 and 29-31. Take a hayrack ride through the lighted forest of Halloween displays. Have fun with an outdoor fire pit, live animals, a ghoulish graveyard, Halloween movie and other kid-friendly activities. For more information, call 785-625-4582.

• Grassroots artists will come back from the dead or appear in person at the Haunted Evening in Lucas on Oct. 24. Wear a costume and enjoy pumpkin-ca! rving, hay rides and ghostly stories. For more information, call 785-525-6288.

• Even scarier is the Fort Riley Ghost Tour, held on Oct. 25. Legend has it that certain historic buildings on Fort Riley are haunted – visitors can decide that for themselves. For more information, call 785-238-2885.

• Learn the true history of the oldest boot hill cemetery west of the Mississippi River during Legends of Old Boot Hill on Oct. 31. Costumed narrators from the Ellis County Historical Society Museum tell stories about the lives and deaths of early Hays residents, who often “died with their boots on.” For more information, visit www.elliscountyhistoricalmuseum.org or call 785-628-2624.

• For people of all ages, visit the Children’s Haunted House at Santa Fe Depot in G! arnett Oct. 31. Visit the Santa Fe Depot as it’s transformed into a festive children’s Halloween haunted house and takes the form of another dimension. For more information, visit www.prairiespirittrail.org.

• The oldest Halloween parade in the nation takes place right in Kansas – in the small town of Hiawatha! The 95th Annual Halloween Parade on Oct. 31 is a family friendly event featuring two parades; one in the afternoon and a grand parade in the evening. For more information, call 785-742-7136.

Visit www.TravelKS.com for a comprehensive list of Halloween events in Kansas.

 

For more information on traveling in Kansas, visit www.TravelKS.com

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