October 23, 2009
NY's ghost tours, cemetery treks, and a free 'Phantom'
There are a few upcoming haunted tours, cemetery treks and other Halloween-themed events on the calendar:
The Merchant’s House Museum which claims bragging rights to the title “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” leads Candlelight Ghost tours through the end of the month. This Sunday, it will lead the annual procession to New York City Marble Cemetery, re-creating a funeral from 1865.
Also on Sunday, catch Peter and Dan Aykroyd on Ghosts and Other Creepy Things at the 92Y.
Trinity Wall Street will toast resident Alexander Hamilton (“Non-alcoholic beverages will also available.”) in the graveyard on Oct. 30, followed by a screening of Phantom of the Opera” in the Gothic cathedral with live organ accompaniment by Robert Ridgell. Both events are free.
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx will lead three flashflights-required tours of sites associated with its most tragic guests.
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery offers a number of programs and events, including a trolley tour every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Big Onion tours will also lead a Halloween walk through Green-Wood.
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum on Staten Island does historical haunted tours every Friday on October.
Historical walking tours are offered through Staten Island’s Moravian Cemetery.
Ghosts of NY offers frequent walking tours of NYC, including upcoming treks through Edgar Allan Poe’s Greenwich Village and Peter Stuyvesant’s East Village.
Watson Adventures has a number of Halloween-themed scavenger hunts, including haunted Times Square and the ghosts of Greenwich Village.
Update: Additional Halloween-type tours
Oct 30 - Thriller at the Battery free tour of Fort Totten in Queens at 6:30 p.m.
Oct 31 - The Greater Astoria Historical Society will lead a Halloween Walking Tour at 3 p.m. along the Long Island City waterfront.
Picture credit: Trinity Wall Street. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
October 23, 2009 4:28 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, History, Kids, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours
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