Halloween in New England
Here's a round-up of spooky New England spots to explore at Halloween time.
Pumpkin Carving Gallery
Pumpkin carving photo gallery. Photos of carved jack-o-lanterns in New England.
Pumpkin carving photo gallery. Photos of carved jack-o-lanterns in New England.
The Great Pumpkin: A Guide to New England's Pumpkin Patches
From your About Guide, you'll find golden gourds for cooking or carving in New England's pumpkin patches this fall. Pumpkin recipes from New England inns and restaurants, too.
From your About Guide, you'll find golden gourds for cooking or carving in New England's pumpkin patches this fall. Pumpkin recipes from New England inns and restaurants, too.
Halloween Cards from New England
From your About Guide, send a free New England-themed Halloween email greeting to your favorite gourd or ghoul.
From your About Guide, send a free New England-themed Halloween email greeting to your favorite gourd or ghoul.
Haunted Graveyard is Southern New England's Largest Event
Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, Connecticut, is the home to Southern New England's largest Halloween attraction--the Haunted Graveyard.
Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, Connecticut, is the home to Southern New England's largest Halloween attraction--the Haunted Graveyard.
How to Pick a Pumpkin
Heading to the pumpkin patch? Here are tips for picking a pumpkin. Many apply to selecting a pumpkin at the store, too.
Heading to the pumpkin patch? Here are tips for picking a pumpkin. Many apply to selecting a pumpkin at the store, too.
Kim's Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns
Here is a collection of pumpkin carving patterns designed by your Guide. Print these free pumpkin carving patterns and use them to carve or paint a pumpkin this Halloween.
Here is a collection of pumpkin carving patterns designed by your Guide. Print these free pumpkin carving patterns and use them to carve or paint a pumpkin this Halloween.
Halloween in Salem: A Photo Album
There's no better place in all of America to watch the spooks go by on Halloween than Salem, Massachusetts. Come along with me on this photo tour... if you dare!
There's no better place in all of America to watch the spooks go by on Halloween than Salem, Massachusetts. Come along with me on this photo tour... if you dare!
New Haven's Best Kept Se-Crypt
From your About Guide, you'll see historic Colonial gravestones when you venture into the subterranean underworld of New Haven, Connecticut's Center Church for a tour of the crypt.
From your About Guide, you'll see historic Colonial gravestones when you venture into the subterranean underworld of New Haven, Connecticut's Center Church for a tour of the crypt.
Spooktacular Salem
From your About Guide, there's no American place spookier than Salem, Massachusetts, and October is a bewitching time for a visit.
From your About Guide, there's no American place spookier than Salem, Massachusetts, and October is a bewitching time for a visit.
TOMB at 5W!TS in Boston
What do you get when you blend a haunted house, a theme park attraction, a Hollywood movie set, a reality TV show and a traveling museum exhibit? You can find out in a somewhat unlikely place--Boston.
What do you get when you blend a haunted house, a theme park attraction, a Hollywood movie set, a reality TV show and a traveling museum exhibit? You can find out in a somewhat unlikely place--Boston.
What is a White Pumpkin?
Orange is so yesterday. Here in New England, white pumpkins, once a novelty, are becoming increasingly common, and these intriguing white orbs are all the rage when it comes to chic autumn decorating. But what is a white pumpkin? And what can you do with a white pumpkin? Here's everything you wanted to know about cooking, carving, painting and decorating with white pumpkins.
Orange is so yesterday. Here in New England, white pumpkins, once a novelty, are becoming increasingly common, and these intriguing white orbs are all the rage when it comes to chic autumn decorating. But what is a white pumpkin? And what can you do with a white pumpkin? Here's everything you wanted to know about cooking, carving, painting and decorating with white pumpkins.
Fright Fest
Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, is one of the many Six Flags amusement parks that hosts Fright Fest during the month of October.
Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, is one of the many Six Flags amusement parks that hosts Fright Fest during the month of October.
Asylum of Horror
The name alone is enough to scare me. If you're feeling brave, head to Fall River, Massachusetts, for a visit to this haunted house that bills itself as "the next level in ultimate horror."
The name alone is enough to scare me. If you're feeling brave, head to Fall River, Massachusetts, for a visit to this haunted house that bills itself as "the next level in ultimate horror."
Boston Costume
With thousands of masquerade and theatrical costumes available for rent, Boston Costume has rentals that are sure to make you the hit of the party.
With thousands of masquerade and theatrical costumes available for rent, Boston Costume has rentals that are sure to make you the hit of the party.
Festival of the Dead
The Witches of Salem host a Halloween celebration featuring lectures, a psychic fair, a seance, a dinner with the dead and the Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball.
The Witches of Salem host a Halloween celebration featuring lectures, a psychic fair, a seance, a dinner with the dead and the Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball.
Field of Screams
Head for West Greenwich, Rhode Island, for howling hayrides through a Field of Screams and a tour of the Psycho House of Horrors.
Head for West Greenwich, Rhode Island, for howling hayrides through a Field of Screams and a tour of the Psycho House of Horrors.
Ghost Tours at Belcourt Castle
Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island, promises nights of Halloween fun and fright in September and October.
Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island, promises nights of Halloween fun and fright in September and October.
Ghost Tours of Newport
Join the hunt for spooks with Ghost Tours and Graveyard Walking Tours in Newport, Rhode Island, this Halloween season.
Join the hunt for spooks with Ghost Tours and Graveyard Walking Tours in Newport, Rhode Island, this Halloween season.
Harvest of Horror
Be prepared to be scared as you set out aboard the horse-drawn Wagon of Fear at Charmingfare Farm in Candia, New Hampshire. It's just one of the four scary attractions you'll enjoy for one price at this farm.
Be prepared to be scared as you set out aboard the horse-drawn Wagon of Fear at Charmingfare Farm in Candia, New Hampshire. It's just one of the four scary attractions you'll enjoy for one price at this farm.
Halloween Town
Halloween Town, a benefit for the Kid's Fund at Boston Medical Center presented by iParty, promises to be the Halloween party of the year. Head to Boston's Seaport World Trade Center on October 25 and 26, 2008 for games, pumpkin decorating, performances by Dan Zanes, the Monster Midway, Hershey's Trick or Treat Trail and interactive exhibits for toddlers to 12-year-olds.
Halloween Town, a benefit for the Kid's Fund at Boston Medical Center presented by iParty, promises to be the Halloween party of the year. Head to Boston's Seaport World Trade Center on October 25 and 26, 2008 for games, pumpkin decorating, performances by Dan Zanes, the Monster Midway, Hershey's Trick or Treat Trail and interactive exhibits for toddlers to 12-year-olds.
Harvest of Horrors
Bruce Allen’s Harvest of Horrors in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod combines an original stage show with a haunted attraction.
Bruce Allen’s Harvest of Horrors in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod combines an original stage show with a haunted attraction.
Haunted Acres
Head to Epping, New Hampshire, to tour this scary haunted ghost town at the New England Dragway. Before you go, play Zombie Shoot-out online for your chance to win a $2 off coupon.
Head to Epping, New Hampshire, to tour this scary haunted ghost town at the New England Dragway. Before you go, play Zombie Shoot-out online for your chance to win a $2 off coupon.
Haunted ConneCTicut Tours
When Halloween rolls around, ConneCTions offers several public tours of haunted places in Connecticut. This inbound tour operator also leads groups to spooky spots year-round. Book one of their four haunted itineraries for your group; you can even dine at a haunted restaurant!
When Halloween rolls around, ConneCTions offers several public tours of haunted places in Connecticut. This inbound tour operator also leads groups to spooky spots year-round. Book one of their four haunted itineraries for your group; you can even dine at a haunted restaurant!
Cirque d'Horreur
Visit Cirque d'Horreur (formerly the Haunted Labyrinth) in Cranston, Rhode Island, for a terrifying time. In fact, they bill it as "The Greatest Scare on Earth."
Visit Cirque d'Horreur (formerly the Haunted Labyrinth) in Cranston, Rhode Island, for a terrifying time. In fact, they bill it as "The Greatest Scare on Earth."
Haunted Overload
Can a New Hampshire farm be transformed into one of America's best haunted Halloween attractions while raising funds to support the New Hampshire SPCA? Visit Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire, and decide for yourself.
Can a New Hampshire farm be transformed into one of America's best haunted Halloween attractions while raising funds to support the New Hampshire SPCA? Visit Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire, and decide for yourself.
Howl Night at Wolf Hollow
Howl with the wolves at Wolf Hollow in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on this night of Howl-oween fun for kids and adults.
Howl with the wolves at Wolf Hollow in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on this night of Howl-oween fun for kids and adults.
Haunted Fun in the Other Salem
Each year, Timmons Bros. Productions brings Halloween haunting to Salem, New Hampshire. Watch their Web site for news about this year's attraction.
Each year, Timmons Bros. Productions brings Halloween haunting to Salem, New Hampshire. Watch their Web site for news about this year's attraction.
Keene Pumpkin Festival
The Keene Pumpkin Festival promises to be the place to be if you're a fan of glowing gourds. Help Keene set a new World Record this year!
The Keene Pumpkin Festival promises to be the place to be if you're a fan of glowing gourds. Help Keene set a new World Record this year!
Legend Weekend In Sleepy Hollow
In neighboring New York's Westchester County, you can spend a spooky weekend with the Headless Horseman at Historic Hudson Valley's "Legend Weekend."
In neighboring New York's Westchester County, you can spend a spooky weekend with the Headless Horseman at Historic Hudson Valley's "Legend Weekend."
New England Ghost Tours
As night falls, search for Boston spirits with New England Ghost Tours. Tours leave the Boston Common Information Center and are led by ghost hunter and storyteller Jim McCabe.
As night falls, search for Boston spirits with New England Ghost Tours. Tours leave the Boston Common Information Center and are led by ghost hunter and storyteller Jim McCabe.
Sea Scare at Mystic Aquarium
Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, hosts two nights of ghostly Halloween fun on October 24 and 25, 2008. Enjoy costume contests, trick or treating along a trail lit with hundreds of grinning jack-o-lanterns, games and special Halloween shows.
Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, hosts two nights of ghostly Halloween fun on October 24 and 25, 2008. Enjoy costume contests, trick or treating along a trail lit with hundreds of grinning jack-o-lanterns, games and special Halloween shows.
Six Flags Fright Fest
Fright Fest turns Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, into a Halloween playground.
Fright Fest turns Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, into a Halloween playground.
Spooky World
A giant Halloween theme park and haunted house at the Bayside Exposition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, Spooky World is sure to entertain and frighten you.
A giant Halloween theme park and haunted house at the Bayside Exposition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, Spooky World is sure to entertain and frighten you.
Trail of Terror
This is scary stuff! Head to the Trail of Terror in Wallingford, Connecticut... if you dare! Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.
This is scary stuff! Head to the Trail of Terror in Wallingford, Connecticut... if you dare! Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.
The Ben & Jerry's Halloween Experience
They're always concocting something at Ben & Jerry's in Vermont, and the famous ice cream maker's special Halloween Web site features everything from creepy crafts and ghoulish games to coloring pages for kids.
They're always concocting something at Ben & Jerry's in Vermont, and the famous ice cream maker's special Halloween Web site features everything from creepy crafts and ghoulish games to coloring pages for kids.
The Witch's Dungeon House of Wax
The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum, now the Witch's Dungeon House of Wax, in Bristol, Connecticut, is in its 42nd season of scaring folks with wax models of movie monsters. It is open on select evenings in October. Click "Dates" on the attraction's Web site for a schedule of horror movie screening times, lectures and special events.
The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum, now the Witch's Dungeon House of Wax, in Bristol, Connecticut, is in its 42nd season of scaring folks with wax models of movie monsters. It is open on select evenings in October. Click "Dates" on the attraction's Web site for a schedule of horror movie screening times, lectures and special events.