Spooktacular October Events

Experience the eerie Side of October at
The Castle

Sunday, October 5th 2008
Victorian Funeral
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Ring the bell softly. There's black crepe upon the door." The year is 1879. The Dread Visitor has entered the Castle and borne away another prize - one of Marietta 's finest citizens has departed Our Fair City and gone to reside with the Immortal Spirits. Mourning wreaths adorn the Castle's front door, the paintings and mirrors are shrouded with black draping and the clocks have been stopped at the precise moment the sad event occurred. The household is ready to receive visitors wishing to offer their condolences. In partnership with Cawley and Peoples Funeral Home, the Castle is hosting a historically accurate re-creation of a Victorian funeral and wake. In addition to a presentation on the traditions, rituals and superstitions surrounding death and mourning during the Victorian era, period artifacts from Peoples' Packards and Museum will be on display. The Victorian Funeral Program will be presented at the Castle on October 5 and 12, 2008 at 3pm. Admission is $10. This program is not appropriate for children

Sunday, October 12th 2008
Victorian Funeral
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Ring the bell softly. There's black crepe upon the door." The Victorian Funeral Program will be presented at the Castle on October 5 and 12, 2008 at 3pm. Admission is $10. This program is not appropriate for children

Saturday, October 18th 2008
Traditions of Halloween - An overnight for the stouthearted.
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Children in grades 3-5 participate in a special Victorian Gothic Halloween with ghost stories and crafts, goblins and midnight hauntings. Reg. fee $45. All materials and meals included. Pre registration, please

Sunday, October 19th 2008
Psychic Readings At The Castle
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Each reading $25

Friday, October 24th 2008 to Saturday, October 25th 2008
Halloween Storytelling
7:30 and 9:00 PM. $7.00 (no matter how brave you are.) Frank McGarvey will be our guest storyteller.

Sunday, October 26th 2008
Holiday Salon Series "Travels with Turina"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
An afternoon of music, information, and desserts. The Trillium Piano Trio will perform. Series of 3 concerts: $40. Members, $30. Single concert: Adults $15, Students $10.00 Reservations, please

Thursday, October 30th 2008
Ghost Walk Tour
7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 PM (and often in between) $7.00 Tour The Castle and hear the eerie stories of the people who lived and died here. Reservations, please

Friday, October 31st 2008
Ghost Walk Tour
7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 PM (and often in between) $7.00 Tour The Castle and hear the eerie stories of the people who lived and died here. Reservations, please

Lafayette Hotel

Murder Mystery Weekend
October 31st & November 1st, 2008
Something was amiss throughout the sleepy little towns of Ohio ever since locals started turning up dead fifteen years ago. They were found as white as ghost with the look of complete horror on their faces and drained of hteir blood in a quite grizzley manner. It was as though the the victims were too scared to scream, that is the ones that could be identified. Many theories were presented as to who the killer(2) were, but still this carnage went on unsolved for a decade and a half, even with the help of the F.B.I. the case could not be cracked. For more information visit: http://www.1Mobinc.com.

Hidden Marietta

Explore Historic and Haunted Downtown Marietta

Ghost Trek walking tours depart from the fountain at the corner of Front and Greene Streets (across from the Lafayette Hotel) every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., weather permitting.

If you have a group of more than 20 people, please contact us for special accomodation.
Tour duration: 1.5 - 2 hours
Cost:
Adults: $10.00
Children 12 and under: $7.00
Cash only. Exact change is greatly appreciated.
Due to subject matter, this tour is not appropriate for young children.

The distance covered is approximately one mile. Although the entire Ghost Trek is over paved or brick streets, sidewalks and alleys, comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended. Flashlights suggested. Cameras welcome!

Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre

The Haunting of Hill House

BY F. Andrew Leslie, from the novel by Shirley Jackson

A chilling and mystifying study in mounting terror in which a small group of "psychically receptive" people are brought together in Hill House, a brooding, mid-Victorian mansion known as a place of evil and "contained ill will." Led by the learned Dr. Montague, who is conducting research in supernatural phenomena, the visitors have come to probe the secrets of the old house and to draw forth the mysterious powers that it is alleged to possess—powers which have brought madness and death to those who have lived there in the past.

October 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 at 8pm & October 19 at 3 pm
Mid- Ohio Valley Players Theatre 29 Putnam St. Marietta
Tickets: $9.00 – adults, $8.00 - seniors/students & $3.00 – children
Tickets available on-line midohiovalleyplayers.org