From the Historic Batavia Cemetery Association:
The Historic Batavia Cemetery Candlelight Ghostwalk on Oct. 26th is a sellout. People may still call 943-5662 and leave their name and phone number if they wish to be placed on a cancellation list.
Press release:
Join us for some spooky fun on Saturday, Oct. 21st, when the Batavia Cemetery Association will host a candlelight guided ghost walk through the Historic Batavia Cemetery on Harvester Avenue in Batavia.
The tours will feature the famous and infamous movers and shakers who shaped and influenced the City of Batavia. The guided tour will bring guests to meet men and women of Batavia, who, for various reasons, held great power and exerted great influence in their day, were victims of tragic events, or both.
Tours begin at 7 p.m. and run every 15 minutes until 8:30 p.m. Admission is $10 and includes refreshments. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Some tickets may be available at the gate the evening of the event at Historic Batavia Cemetery, Harvester Avenue, Batavia. Proceeds benefit the upkeep and restoration of the cemetery.
For more information, or to make reservations, contact 343-3220.
Press release:
Join us for some spooky fun on Saturday, Oct. 22nd, when the Batavia Cemetery Association will host a candlelight guided ghost walk through the Historic Batavia Cemetery on Harvester Avenue in Batavia.
The tours will feature the famous and infamous movers and shakers who shaped and influenced the City of Batavia.
The guided tour will bring guests to meet men and women of Batavia, who, for various reasons, held great power and exerted great influence in their day, were victims of tragic events, or both: Philemon Tracy, one of the few Confederate officers buried in the north; Ruth, the unknown victim of a horrendous murder; Joseph Ellicott, a man of great power and great flaws; and William Morgan, the man who disappeared and was allegedly murdered before he could reveal the secrets of the Masons. These are some of the ghosts who will tell their stories on the tour.
Also visiting will be: Thomas Hunt, a Union soldier who was wounded at Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge; Rev. John H. Yates, poet, preacher, philanthropist, journalist and author of nationally known hymns; and Civil War veteran General John H. Martindale, who was Military Governor of the District of Columbia in 1865.
Dean and Mary Richmond, who greatly influenced civic life in Batavia in the 1800s, will meet with guests in their mausoleum on the last stop of the tour. Mr. Richmond made a great fortune in Great Lakes shipping and was the second president of the New York Central Railroad. Mrs. Richmond vastly expanded her husband’s fortune after his death and sat on the boards of many businesses and civic organizations.
Tours begin at 7 p.m. and run every 15 minutes until 8:30 p.m. Admission is $10 and includes refreshments.
Tickets are available at the gate the day of the event at Historic Batavia Cemetery, Harvester Avenue, Batavia. Reservations are suggested. Proceeds benefit the upkeep and restoration of the cemetery.
For more information, or to make reservations, contact 343-0248.
A Spring Ghost Tour is planned at the historic Batavia Cemetery tommorow.
It will highlight "some of the finest ladies who ever graced the community."
The guided ghost walk costs $10 and includes iced tea and cookies. Tickets are available at the cemetery gate, located on Harvester Avenue, on the day of the event -- June 4.
Tours begin at 2 p.m. and run every 15 minutes. The last tour begins at 4.
All proceeds benefit the cemetery.
For more information, call the history department at 344-2550, ext. 2613.
If you love being seriously creeped out from the safety of your couch cushions, tune in the Travel Channel tonight at 8 and check out Ghost Adventures.
I discovered Ghost Adventures a few weeks ago, and I love it. These guys are fun and funny - there’s goofy ghost provocations and real spookiness that gives me shivers and goose bumps… Ghost Hunters never did that to me.
There’s a brief historical overview at the beginning of each episode, along with interviews with locals and witnesses to unexplained happenings. The guys use this information to determine the focus of their investigation during the all-night lockdown.
I don’t necessarily believe in ghosts as traditionally depicted, but do I believe in having lots of fun being spooked in dark scary places with my buddies? Hell, yeah. That’s what you’ll get from Ghost Adventures.
Recommended viewing with all lights off.
(Friday and Saturday nights on Travel Channel.)
My children and I went to the "Haunted Barn" on Hwy 98 between Batavia and Alexander last night and had a blast! The barn has been fully converted into a haunted house with several themed rooms and many actors to enhance the experience. I believe it will be open next Friday and Saturday nights, and I highly recommend it! If I say any more it will spoil the fun, so go and get scared!
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