Local designers and decorators have worked on The Chadwick House on 6th St in downtown Fernandina to help raise fund for the Barnabas’s crisis programs and medical/dental clinic. The Designers’ Showcase is now open. Visit The Chadwick House, 121 North 6th Street, Fernandina Beach, Florida. This event continues until November 4. Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm Sunday: 1 – 4 pm. $20 at the door of the Showcase. For more information please call 904-261-7000
Ghosts and Gravestones – St. Augustine, Fla.
Enjoy a most haunting experience on St. Augustine’s premier “Frightseeing” Tour – on Friday, Oct. 19 – Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007- that explores the darker side of St. Augustine’s past. The only tour that takes you inside the three most haunted places in the entire city. Haunts include: The Old Drug Store that rests upon an old Indian burial ground and is a natural gathering place for lost souls and malignant spirits. Enter… and in darkness, you will learn the secrets of embalming and why so many people were buried alive; The Spanish Military Hospital where you can visit a death bed and hear of amputations and strange medical practices shared in whispered tones as you re-live the grizzly duties of 17th century medical practitioners and finally, The Old Jail, featured on the Sci-Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters, that was built in 1891 and housed prisoners for more than 60 years. Listed on the Florida and National Haunted Places Register, the Old Jail has been the site of countless supernatural occurrences. Many criminals met their maker here at the end of a hangman’s noose.
Hours: Tours begin at 8 p.m. Admission: Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for children
904.829.3800
Visit www.trolleytours.com for more information.
A Bone Chilling Howl at Boone Hall – Charleston, S.C.
The Spook-tacular Howl-O-Ween at Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens begins long before actual Halloween. Here you can pick your own Pumpkins, get lost in a Corn Maze, visit the Haunted Mansion or go on a Hay Ride. The Corn Maze feature a six acre maze, so you can keep your family busy here for a while. After you find the perfect pumpkin, families can enjoy Happy Jack, the
animated talking pumpkin, snacks and even a farm animal area. The popular Fright Nights include Haunted Hayrides and The Haunted House – which remains open until midnight on weekends.
For more information, please visit www.boonehallplantation.com.
Spooky Ghosts in Summerville – South Carolina
Summerville Ghost Walk and Harvest Moon Hayride takes place on October 27 in the Town Square from 5-8 p.m. Ghost stories are told at various downtown locations – and these scary stories are probably OK for the little ones. You can also go on a hayride through the downtown area. Call (843) 821-7260 or visit www.visitsummerville.com. for more information.
The Haunted Garrison – Darien, Georgia
A candlelit walk through the fort with a night of goulish thrills and chills is provided by the cursed soldiers of Fort King George. Fee. 912-437-4770.
Friday, October 26, 2007 – Saturday, October 27, 2007
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Fort King George Historic Site
1600 Wayne St
Darien, GA 31305
Located in Darien, 3 miles east of I-95 exit #49.