Ghost walking into Huntsville's spooky season
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Take a guided walk around Huntsville's spooky side if you need some help getting into the Halloween spirit.
Why it matters: Huntsville Ghost Walk offers a look at downtown Huntsville that you won't experience any other way.
How it works: Attendees can "hear stories from Huntsville's haunted past and learn why the spirits remain" on 90-minute to two-hour walks through Twickenham, Downtown or Old Town.
- Tickets, which should be purchased as early as possible, are $12 for adults and $8 for kids. Walks are offered Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
- The next available date is Oct. 24, and Halloween is the last day.
💠Derek's thought bubble: I booked the Twickenham walk last Saturday night with the family and had a blast.
- I don't want to spoil it, but expect to see buildings associated with, and hear stories about, Huntsville's earliest movers and shakers.
- A history buff, I enjoyed the stories from the early 1800s and Civil War era, including a peek inside Helion Lodge #1, where they've got a letter written to the lodge and signed by Old Hickory himself.
- The Twickenham tour is also a good choice if you want to get a nice look at and hear the stories behind all the stately old homes.
Zoom in: Our tour guide, Bob Boyer, related a mix of historical anecdotes, ghost stories, spooky observances, dad jokes and personal flavor.
- He's one of a lineup of tour guides that includes local historian and author Jacquelyn Procter Reeves, the founder of Huntsville Ghost Walk, who employed a medium to get the supernatural skinny about town, which Boyer said aligned with her historical knowledge.
- And for the record, it wasn't too scary for my 4-year-old. It's not a "haunted" tour: There are no costumed actors or jump scares.
What they're saying: "The best part about 'Undertaker Bob' doing this for 16 years is I've got even better stories than the medium," Boyer said as the tour started. "Because I've got stuff that y'all have told me over the years."