PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are available for several events on the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend event set for just before Halloween.
Although the Haunted Walks and the Paranormal Investigation at Manresa Castle are sold out, tickets were still available for the paranormal investigations at Alexander’s Castle/the Schoolhouse, Point Wilson Lighthouse/Duplex at Fort Worden, and at the Mount Baker Block Building, according to Mari Mullen, executive director of Port Townsend Main Street, which is sponsoring the Oct. 28-29 Halloween festival.
Ticket/event information is available at ptmainstreet.org. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.com (search Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend). Ticket prices range from $20 to $75.
The event information center will be at The Cotton Building in Downtown Port Townsend on both days at 11 a.m.
Haunted Histories & Mysteries is open to ticket-holders 16 and older. The two free events for ticket holders (Boo’s & Spirits Mixer and Tell Your Tales) are held in bars and guests must be 21 or older to enter the bars.
The festival explores historic Port Townsend’s haunted past in downtown Port Townsend, Manresa Castle and Fort Worden State Park.
Experiences will include paranormal investigations at Manresa Castle, the Mount Baker Block Building and four Fort Worden sites. In addition to Haunted Walks in Downtown Port Townsend are set “Connecting with the Other Side” presentations with psychic medium Ankhasha Amenti, tours of the historic Hastings Building, and a chance to share one’s own paranormal experiences.
The “Boo’s & Spirits” Mixer will take place at the Green Room Bar at Manresa Castle.
“Tell Your Tales” will be hosted by Taps at the Haunted Guardhouse at Fort Worden at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 and will stay open until 10 p.m. The event is free. Taps is donating a percentage of proceeds to the nonprofit Main Street Program.
Ticket holders are required to wear masks at indoor experiences; some events are held in close spaces.
This event is sponsored by Richmond American Homes, New American Funding, Fort Worden Hospitality, the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader and KPTZ 91.9 FM.
