Category Archives: Meetups
Magic and Mystery at The Haunted Cottage
Mystical performer and occultist Don Wingo will be coming to The Haunted Cottage every Saturday in October from 10:00 PM until Midnight to mystify and entertain!
Only you will be able to decide if what he is doing is real magic or merely macabre illusions!
Weekend schedule: 6/10 – 6/11
We have an overnight scheduled for Friday night, so there will be no 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM tours on the 10th.
On Saturday, we will have a rare daytime tour. Yes, I know, we have said we don’t do those anymore, but enough people recently asked about it. So, we’re going to give it a try.
Here is Saturday’s schedule:
SATURDAY 6/11/2011
Workshop at 1:00 PM (FREE).
In this workshop, we will answer questions on ghosts and hauntings. I usually runs less than an hour.
Investigation and tour at 3:00 PM and then at 8:00 PM ($10)
Investigate The Haunted Cottage. Learn the history and hauntings of the Booth House and use ghost hunting gadgets! This tour runs about two hours.
October at The Cottage
October can be a very busy month for those in the field of paranormal research. We have had a lot of requests to put something together for October. Requests acknowledged!
Learn the true history of Halloween!
Author and paranormal researcher Vince Wilson will give a lecture on the history of Halloween, All Saints Day. Then, he will give guests a tour of The Haunted Cottage and investigate its reports of hauntings with actual paranormal investigative equipment. Sat and Sun October 30th and 31st 2010 at 1:00 PM. $10
Houdini Séance
Learn about the life and death of one the world’s greatest and most mysterious entertainers – Harry Houdini!
We will start with a video on Houdini and learn about this fascinating character who inspired so many magicians and, indeed, paranormal investigators and skeptics alike! Then, we gather for a séance in order to try an contact the great master of prestidigitation! Will he return as he claimed he would so many years ago? Perhaps, in an actual haunted location will inspire hime to make one more spectacular appearance! Sunday Morning October 31st 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM. $10
Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Death
Learn the about the life and death of one America’s most iconic authors and citizens – Edgar Allan Poe.
Guests will learn the theories about what happened to Poe on his last day. Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 03:00 PM. $10
Register for any of these events here:
Help investigate The Haunted Cottage… From home!
This Monday night, August 9th, starting at 10:00 PM EST, we will be broadcasting live from the Haunted Cottage’s infamous ‘servants quarters’!!
The broadcast will continue all night and into the morning. You can watch live from here:
http://www.thehauntedcottage.com/investigations/live-from-the-haunted-cottage
Write and let us know if you see anything “pop” in during the video.
Vince
Overnight Investigation of the Booth House
Notorious assassin John Wilkes Booth rented this property as a summer home. Is it he or someone else that still haunts this mysterious house? Here is your chance to find out!
Join Vince Wilson and others from the Paranormal Investigators Coalition on their quest to solve the mysteries of Harpers Ferry’s most haunted house – The Haunted Cottage! Now, also home to America’s premiere paranormal training facility and The National Paranormal History Museum.
Haunt Central
Haunt Central is the center for the paranormal in the Mid-Atlantic! Find out about new and upcoming events at The Haunted Cottage and National Paranormal History Museum by joining our official Meetup Group at Haunt Central!
