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Scare Tactics

These spooky events elicit chills and thrills leading up to Halloween

House of Lecter and The Catacombs
Friday-Saturdays and select Thursdays and Sundays through Nov. 1, 325 Main St.
Explore three floors of twisted experiments, grotesque surgeries, and spooky brilliance turned madness, plus a blackout maze in the basement. General admission is $25.

Zombie Farm
Thursdays-Sundays through Nov. 1, Newburgh Civitan Club, 5466 Vann Road, Newburgh
“Don’t wander off the path, unless you want to be zombie food,” organizers warn of this spooky attraction. No-scare guided tours are available 5:30-6:45 p.m. each night the Zombie Farm is open. Scare-less tours are $5; full scares cost $15.

Henderson Haunts
Friday-Saturdays and select Thursdays and Sundays through Nov. 1, 2481 U.S. 41, Unit 180, Henderson, Kentucky
Get your fright on at this immersive haunted experience in the so-called “Tranquil Meadows Health Facility.” Will you make it out? Admission starts at $15. No-scare days for kids are Oct. 18 and 25 for $10.

We Can BOO It!
noon Oct. 16-31, Evansville Wartime Museum, 7503 Petersburg Road 
Join in on scavenger hunts, skeletons in World War II gear, a Halloween-themed graveyard, and treats for kids. Museum general admission is $11, $8 for children 6-11, as well as active duty military, veterans, seniors, and first responders, and free for children 0-5. There also will be story telling from local celebrities on Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26: Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry, Newburgh Museum Executive Director Ivy Clark, students from New Tech Institute High School, Channel 14 WFIE-TV reporter Robinson Miles, WEHT Channel 25 Eyewitness News host Ange Humphrey, top producing F.C. Tucker Emge Team McClintock realtor Carol McClintock, Channel 14 WFIE-TV meteorologist Jeff Lyons, and Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. superintendent Darla Hoover.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
midnight Nov. 1, STAGETwo@321, 321 N. Congress Ave.
STAGETwo Productions’ 10th staging of this interactive cult classic is a local favorite. Check the troupe’s website for when ticket sales open.  

Downtown Trick-or-Treat
3-5 p.m. Oct. 31, Downtown Henderson, Kentucky 
Enjoy an afternoon of costumes, community, and sweet treats with hundreds of local families across the river.

Harry Potter Halloween
7-9 p.m. Oct. 31, Germania Maennerchor, 916 N. Fulton Ave.
Don your Hogwarts house’s robe for this themed party featuring “Harry Potter” trivia, costume contests, and more.

Regional Events

Haunted New Harmony
Throughout October, New Harmony, Indiana
The former Utopian settlement knows how to do Halloween. Choose from several ghost walks — one via golf cart — plus Paranormal 101 workshops, mysteries along Church Street, and even a paranormal investigation at the historic Carnegie Library on Oct. 11. Admission varies by event, but prices range from $15 to $40.

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John Martin
John Martin
John Martin joined Tucker Publishing Group, Inc., in January 2023 as a senior writer after more than two decades covering a variety of beats for the Evansville Courier & Press. He previously worked for newspapers in Owensboro and Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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