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Walking Ghost Tour of Downtown Racine

Racine's history is strange and compelling containing myths, folklore and ghost stories. The Walking Ghost Tour of Downtown Racine is a journey into Racine's past, an excellent adventure for those interested in local folklore and legend tripping. Over the years many strange occurrences have happened in this working living city.

The Walking Ghost Tour of Downtown Racine is Come walk with us into the wild adventure of Racine's past.

  • Saturday October 8
  • Sunday October 9
  • Saturday October 15
  • Sunday October 16
  • Saturday October 22
  • Sunday October 23
  • Sunday October 30

The tour will begin at 7PM and participants will Gather at Circa Celeste at 619 Wisconsin Avenue in Downtown Racine. The Tour is expected to approximately three hours.

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Tickets Go On Sale October 1, 2011
Tickets will be on sale at Party on the Pavement!

Limited Availability
$5.00 surcharge to purchase tickets at the door subject to availability.

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No children under 8 years of age. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets are on sale at:
The Volunteer Center of Racine County
Open Mon-Fri 8 - 5
In the Western Village at
6216 Washington Avenue Suite G
Racine, WI 53406
Tel: (262) 886-9612
info@volunteercenterofracine.org

 

Adult

  • $15.00

Child

8-12 Years

  • $10.00


Proceeds for the tour will go to the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Inc a 501(c)(3) organization. The exact locations visited will vary from tour to tour based on availability of the locations.

What to expect

Unlike Halloween themed haunted houses or costumed pub crawls, This tour will take you through the places of real legends. You will get to walk the streets of downtown Racine and even tour some of the haunted buildings. This tour will take you into the past of a real working and living history and we will enter places not normally open to the public. This is the haunted history of Racine.

You are welcome to bring whatever ghost detecting devices you like provided they can be carried while walking on the tour and do not disrupt the working locations we will tour. You are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather as this tour will proceed rain or shine. Please be sure you're clothing is warm and comfortable. Some of the areas we will be going are quite narrow be sure not to wear anything that may snag. We recommend bringing your camera to see if you can catch the image of a ghost!

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