Area trick or treat times

West Virginia

Friendly: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Middlebourne: Monday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hundred: Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Also, trunk or treat by Lori’s Cup of Joe at same time.
New Martinsville: Monday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Paden City: Monday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Pine Grove: Monday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sistersville: Thursday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parade line-up at 7 p.m. at the old WesBanco building with parade stepping off at 7:30 p.m.
St. Marys: Saturday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Ohio
Barnesville: Thursday, Oct. 27, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Bellaire: Monday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Bridgeport: Monday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parade starts at 5 p.m.
Clarington: Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Lowell: Saturday, Oct. 29; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
New Matamoras: Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Turn on porch lights if you’re giving out treats.
Newport: Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Powhatan Point: Monday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sardis: Saturday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Shadyside: Monday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Woodsfield: Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

First-ever Pumpkin Carving Contest by New Martinsville Parks & Recreation Department! All shapes and sizes of pumpkins are allowed, but they must be real. Pumpkins need to be carved/painted prior to drop off. Drop off is Thursday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Mini Golf building in Bruce Park. Pumpkins will be displayed at Boo at Bruce (Oct. 28) and winners announced after. Pumpkins can be picked up at that time by their owners. Trophies will be awarded!

The Monroe Theatre, 104 N. Main St. in Woodsfield, will be hosting Nightmare at the Monroe, Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29. Perhaps they have disturbed some spirits during their extensive renovations, hmm? Admission $8 Standard or $15 VIP. Ticket window opens at 6:30 p.m. each night with the first group in at 7:30 p.m. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. See their Facebook page for complete details. Tickets also available at monroetheatretickets.com and skip the line. SOUVENIRS available every night during event.

Need some kiddie entertainment? Check out The Strand Theatre’s offering. Ready to get your spooky on? Bring the kids and join them at 811 5th St., Moundsville, for a craft followed by the movie Hotel Transylvania Saturday, Oct. 29. They will work on crafts at 1:15 p.m. followed by the movie will begin at 2 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase.

However, if your ideal Halloween prefers a more adult classic, you can catch The Rocky Horror Picture Show Saturday, Oct. 29, at The Strand Theatre. The 100-minute show begins at 9 p.m.; doors open at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $15 and another $5 gets you that all-important bag of props for the all-on audience participation experience! Tickets may be purchased online [with an extra $1 fee each] at https://www.strandtheatrewv.com/ or at the door.

Anchorage Mansion, 424 George St. in Marietta. Hidden Marietta Tour Co., Marietta, Ohio. Check https://www.hiddenmarietta.com/ for days and times. Includes 1.5 hour tour (guided or self-guided depending on time you choose) and 30 minute paranormal investigation using our ghost hunting equipment! The nights are getting longer, and the spookiest time of year will soon be upon us! Book a private Anchorage Mansion paranormal investigation for your group. This once stunning Italianate mansion was the home of Marietta’s wealthiest couple, Douglas and Eliza Putnam. It was built for Eliza, at her special request, but she died just three short years after it was completed. She is said to still be seen, however, standing forlornly in the tower or at the top of the main staircase. Later, other families came to live in the house, but after the last owner died in the early 1960s, the building became a nursing home. Many spirits are said to reside in this lonely mansion, including a little girl who is seen all over the house and has been heard calling out by many visitors. Sounds of a gurney can be heard on the upper floors, as well as footsteps and the sound of sighing, talking and screams. Bring your private investigation group and spend six hours overnight in the mansion and see what you can find! Flat fee of $500 for up to eight people, each additional participant is $65. 740-373-1788.

Always worth the trip!

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (formerly the Weston State Hospital), above, was constructed between 1858 and 1881 and is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994. In the halls of what once was the area’s most reputable hospital, a demented doctor has brought his patients’ nightmares to life. Society’s undesirable souls have been abandoned in the dark recesses of this once safe haven. Their sole purpose is to serve the good doctor and his sadistic experiments. Scratching and clawing their way through their new existence, patients succumb to delirious visions before becoming one of the doctor’s creatures. Can you survive a journey into the Asylum, where the veil between realities is twisted? Visit www.theasylumwv.com for more information or to purchase tickets or call 304-269-5070 for more information.

Asylum After Dark. In a celebration of all things spooky during October, visit the award-winning Haunted House and three new flashlight tours of the main building, paranormal tours and ghost hunts. Thursday through Sunday in October.

Through Oct. 30, MADHOUSE. Stretch the limitations of your imagination in the Haunted House. You and your friends will have a horrific good time and have something to talk about ’til the next year’s haunted house.

Through Oct. 31, Flashlight Tours. Did you see that? You just might when you join a flashlight tour at the Asylum!

Moundsville Prison

Moundsville Prison tour, 90 minutes – Get ready to face your fears at Moundsville Prison, top. Do you dare? Perhaps choose a guided tour of astonishing history, a touch of art, cold hard facts and an insight into the justice system. Stroll through this Gothic-style structure in amazement and wonder - and maybe a little fear? You’ll see the location of the riot of 1986, as well as cell blocks, “The Alamo” that once housed the most dangerous and violent inmates, and “New Wall,” where some visitors have been LOCKED UP! Cameras are allowed and encouraged. This tour will NOT take you through the Sugar Shack, the Boiler Room, or the Psych Ward/Infirmary. Access to these areas are limited to the History Mystery Monday tours in the Summer and the Paranormal Tours. The Administration building is closed to all.
No open-toed shoes or heels. Well-behaved, friendly pets are welcome to attend guided day tour, but not on paranormal tour, Dungeon of Horrors or the North Walk. All tickets and payments are non-refundable, but are transferable by calling 304-845-6200.

West Virginia Penitentiary’s Dungeon of Horrors, 45 minutes — As you walk through, you’ll become witness to murder, decapitation, suffocation, and hopefully… escape the Dungeon with your life. How many ways to die will you find… or will find you??? Get your tickets today so you can experience the fright of being locked in a cell, the fear of being lost in a maze, and the terror of a nightmarish walk through the Dungeon of Horrors. This is not your average “haunted house.” After all, it’s at the penitentiary, as in - a dungeon! Will you manage to keep up with your group and not get separated? Do you have what it takes to make it through? Don’t worry, their actors will be there to help you along ... The Dungeon of Horrors utilizes fog machines, multiple strobe lights, low ceilings, stairs, jump scares and general disorientation. If you have a medical condition that is triggered by any of the aforementioned, they strongly suggest that you do NOT attend.
The Dungeon of Horrors is a NO TOUCH haunt. They employ several underage, high school children. Please do not touch, grab, or speak inappropriately to the children. Touching an underage person could lead to a felony charge and they do have police officers on site nightly.
Print your tickets or take a screenshot of your codes for faster check-in; designated waiting areas for each event coincide with the timed entry. For example, if your ticket is for 7 p.m., you will go to the holding area :00. 9:15 would go to the :15 area and so on. The Dungeon of Horrors is not wheelchair accessible. If you are planning on attending both the Dungeon of Horrors and the North Walk on the same night, then you MUST schedule to do the North Walk first.

Paranormal flashlight tour, 45 minutes — Known as the area with the most paranormal activity, a place where murders, violence and brutality were common everyday occurrences, you will visit where the most dangerous inmates were housed, the maximum security area, North Hall. The inmates called it – The Alamo. You will enter this part of the prison through the “Administration Building” and the “wheel” – these areas have been closed to the public for years and only opened for the Haunted House season.

The North Walk is NOT an attraction, but a flashlight tour of an area that was once considered one of the bloodiest institutions in the nation. The North Walk is not a staged attraction. You will not see Halloween props or any actors to scare you. The North Walk is a guided tour led by one of our regular tour guides. You will hear real stories of the prison and have the opportunity to experience real paranormal activity. There will be no lights on for this event. Just you, your group, the tour guide, a flashlight ...
and whatever (or whoever) you might encounter. This event is not wheelchair accessible.

If you’re planning on attending both the Dungeon of Horrors and the North Walk the same night, you MUST schedule to do the North Walk first.