Halloween - 2008

Explore Massachusetts' spookiest corners, from Plymouth burial grounds to Salem festivities.

Haunting Tours and Walks

Plymouth Dead of Night Ghost Tours
Ongoing
Plymouth
Take a tour of Burial Hill, Plymouth's oldest cemetery, and find out what mysterious engravings on the tombstones mean.

Tales of Mother Crewe
Weekends, October
Plymouth
Learn of a Plymouth witch who supposedly cursed a family - and if you dare - visit the cursed family's gravesite on Burial Hill.

New England Ghost Tours
Ongoing
Boston Common Visitor's Center
Visit old burial grounds, areas where people were hanged in Boston's early days and the dark corners where ghosts are said to still reside.

Witch's Woods
Through Nov. 1, Thursdays-Sundays
Nashoba Valley, Westford
Head deep into the woods where a coven of witches supposedly met each October.

Haunted Houses

Castle of the Damned
Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1
Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester (Magnolia area)
The North Shore's Hammond Castle acknowledges Halloween with a spookfest of its own.

Spooky World!
Oct. 3-Nov. 1, Fridays-Sundays
Bayside Expo, Boston
Six fiendish attractions.

Harvest of Horrors
Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1
Falmouth, Cape Cod
The night starts with a stage show, but ends with visits trapped in dark, haunted corridors.

Halloween Parties

Hawthorne Hotel's Annual Costume Ball
Oct. 31
Hawthorne Hotel, Salem
$90 per person. Tickets at ticketweb.com.

Salem Witches Halloween Ball
Nov. 1
Hawthorne Hotel
It may be Salem's biggest event of the year. A musical guest appearance by witch Fiona Horne. Tickets are $150 per person.

Halloween Parades

Haunted Happenings Grand Parade
Oct. 2
Downtown Salem
Hosted by the Salem Chamber of Commerce.

Haunted Happenings BizBaz
Oct. 11-12
Downtown Salem
Street festival with crafts, foods, and more.

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