Spirits Alive Cemetery Lantern Tours

Event Description

Spirits Alive Cemetery Lantern Tour
Hillside Cemetery, 44 Wallingford Road by Grange Hall , Cheshire, CT 06410
Friday and Saturday October 11th & 12th, 2019
203-250-9350

Spirits Alive Cemetery Lantern Tours depart between 5:00pm with last tour at 8:30pm and the complete experience last approximately 2 hours.

Tickets are sold online at Eventbrite and you can click through here to purchase. This event sells out every year, so we encourage people to purchase their tickets early!

Dead men (and women) tell no tales until Cheshire's Historic Hillside Cemetery opens after dark just once each year. Spirits Alive Historic Hillside Cemetery Lantern Tour will be held in Cheshire, Connecticut on Friday and Saturday, October 19th and 20th.
Guests will be guided by lantern along paths lit by more than 1000 candles, stopping among the tombstones to hear 8 firsthand accounts of Cheshire’s dearly departed. Spirits Alive Historic Hillside Cemetery Lantern Tour is a fun and unique way to connect with our local history. Our all new stories told are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes shocking, and always entertaining and educational.
In 2018, Cheshire's forgotten history is revealed through the true stories of a newlywed, a soldier, a criminal, an activist, an alarmist, an inventor, a hostess and a revolutionary. Come hear their stories and figure out which will tell of the dark story of the canal; a 100 year old heinous crime; a family secret; a brazen burglary; a night of fun that took a wrong turn; a crime and punishment; a revolutionary and a spy; and a town ruined by change and more.
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Tickets: $16/pp. Available at 203-250-9350.