The Allentown Association presents Haunted Allentown
Walking Tour of Haunted Sites, Psychic Readings and Other Spooky Events
Saturday, October 20, 2007
12 - 7 pm
The Addams Family. Black cats wandering the streets. A full moon casting an eerie light on the
turrets and gargoyles of a dark mansion.
Ghosts of former cemeteries rising up to haunt the houses built atop
their gravesites.
October and Halloween
bring thoughts of the supernatural to mind.
This year, the Allentown Association has teamed with noted author and
paranormal expert Mason Winfield to bring these thoughts to life with the first-ever
Haunted Allentown
event on Saturday October 20, 2007, from noon until 7 p.m. Held just one day only, Haunted Allentown features a host of entertaining experiences to welcome
the myths and mysteries of the season.
Events Headquarters will
be at the “Haunted” Hamlin House, 432
Franklin St. (between Virginia & Allen Sts.)
with treats for the whole family. Wine
tasting, warm cider, donuts, and more await, along with the opportunity to have
a reading by some of the area’s top psychics including Cassandra Joan. With it’s Mansard roof, tall windows, stone
porch and long, narrow hallway, Hamlin House has all the trappings of a Hollywood set for a ghost story.
The main attraction will
be a new twist on the popular Secrets of Allentown house tour that draws
thousands of visitors each year.
Haunted Allentown
will offer self-Guided Haunted Walking Tours sites throughout the Historic
District. Each location will feature
interpreters that recount the site's haunted history. Many of the sites will offer interior tours,
while some will be “porch” tours only with an interpreter telling the ghoulish
tales associated with the property. For
those with their own ghosts at home who are looking for information on dealing
with supernatural guests, one site will feature high-tech ghost-hunting
demonstrations, given by the Ghosthunters of Rolling Hills. Naturally, there will be a total of thirteen
sites to visit.
For many people, the
mention of the phrase haunted house’, conjures images of an abandoned
Victorian mansion whose occupants linger long after their demise. Association
president Christopher N. Brown says. “Allentown
is a perfect backdrop to the supernatural stories and folklore that have developed
over the neighborhood’s 150-year history”.
“Allentown's
Victorian-era homes are authentically spooky, with soaring chimneys, glaring
gargoyles, and witch's hat turrets.”
One particular neighborhood house has been informally referred to for
decades as the Addams Family house’ by locals and tourists alike for its
remarkable resemblance to the home of Gomez and Morticia.
Paranormal talks will be
held at Hamlin House each hour with topics such as “Buffalo’s Haunted
Architecture”, given by Mason Winfield, “The Frontier’s Most Haunted Cemetery”,
given by Rob Lockhart and “Halloween and Psychic Communication”, given by Ellen
Bourn, president of the Lily Dale Association.
Each visitor to Haunted Allentown will receive a
beautiful, full-color booklet entitled The
Streets of Allentown. This keepsake features descriptions of every street
in the Allentown Historic District and some of the most significant historic
and architecturally significant homes.
The publication is lavishly illustrated with color photographs
celebrating Allentown’s
exceptional architecture. The booklets
will be helpful during one of two guided walking tours given during the event,
at 2 p.m. (featuring picturesque Irving Place and Park Street), and
at 5 p.m. (highlighting Symphony
Circle and Days Park). Tour attendees will learn that these
beautiful neighborhoods were both built over former cemeteries and
battlefields.
There is more!
Augmenting the events at
Hamlin House will be a Haunted Courtyard at "Steel Crazy" on Allen Street at the
corner of Elmwood Avenue. Participating Allentown
merchants will offer tour attendees free or discounted access to other Allentown attractions
including restaurants and retail stores.
To ensure that the
haunted ambiance permeates the entire neighborhood, residents throughout Allentown are getting in the “spirit” by participating in Allentown's Spookiest
House Contest.
Tickets for Haunted
Allentown are on sale now for only $10 (pre-sale) or $13 (day of event)
at Positively Main Street (773
Elmwood Ave.), Quaker Bonnet Eatery (175 Allen St.),
Steel Crazy (Allen St.
at Elmwood Ave.),
online at www.tickets.com or in person at Tickets.com outlets in all Tops
Friendly Markets locations. Allentown Association
members and children under 12 may receive a $2 discount on the day of the event
only. Tickets may be purchased the day
of the event at the Hamlin House, 432
Franklin Street.
An additional charge applies for psychic readings.
This fun and unique
event will showcase Allentown in a way that has
never been done before, while supporting Allentown Association’s mission to
preserve and promote the Allentown National Historic District in Buffalo.
About the Allentown Association
The Allentown Association, Inc. is a 501(C)3
not-for-profit association formed in 1962 to encourage preservation and
improvement of the 36-block National Historic District in Buffalo
known as Allentown. The Association’s mission is to serve the
neighborhood encompassed by the Preservation District and to ensure its
vitality as a first-rate urban neighborhood for families and individuals as
well as a vibrant commercial and dining district that attracts visitors from
around the world.
Donations to support the Allentown Association
may be sent to the Allentown Association, Inc., 14 Allen Street, Buffalo,
New York 14202. All donations are fully tax deductible to the
extent allowed by law.
HAUNTED ALLENTOWN EVENT LISTING
DATE: Saturday, October 20, 2007
HEADQUARTERS: Hamlin House, 432 Franklin Street, Buffalo Noon - 7 PM — Self
Guided Tour, 13 of Allentown’s
most haunted sites
Noon - 7 PM — Steel
Crazy Haunted Courtyard (Elmwood at Allen)
Noon - 7 PM — Psychic
Readings (Hamlin House, additional
charge applies)
1:00 PM — Talk: Hostage to the Devil: Exorcism and Possession, John Koerner
(Hamlin House)
2:00 PM — Talk: Buffalo’s Haunted Architecture, Mason
Winfield (Hamlin House)
2:00 PM — Guided
Architectural Walking Tour: Irving
Place/Park Street (starts at corner of Park and Allen Sts.)
3:00 PM — Talk: Hill of the Ghouls: The Frontier’s Most Haunted Cemetery,
Rob Lockhart (Hamlin House)
3:30 PM — Talk: Halloween & Psychic Communication,
Jim Lagona and Ellen Bourn (Hamlin House)
5:00 PM — Talk: Earth Magic!
Dowsing and Power-Sites, Ray Watson (Hamlin House)
5:00 PM — Guided
Architectural Walking Tour: Symphony
Circle/Days Park (tour starts at Symphony Circle/Kleinhans Music Hall)
6:00 PM — Talk: The Spooks that Speak: Psychic Readers and Spirit-Guides,
Tim Shaw (Hamlin House)
All day — Discounts
to area restaurants and attractions
All day — Allentown’s “Spookiest House” contest
Related Attachments
 Haunted Allentown Event Listing
Official Press Release
Spookiest House Halloween Decorating Contest
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