Haunting on Wheels
Haunted Planes, Trains and Automobiles! OK, not exactly planes,
but we do have haunted tours, great Halloween train rides, and a few more
eclectic Halloween things on wheels.
See even more eclectic Halloween events <here>
Planes - Airport Fundraiser
Los Angeles -
Fundraiser for CAAF
 Dream
Halloween is a unique national awareness and fundraising campaign launched
annually in October to expand the efforts of the foundation. Major fund
raising party for the Children Affected by Aids Foundation.
Featuring a fantasy-come-true “Trick-or-Treat Lane” with fabulous costume
characters, amazing treats for kids, arts & crafts activities, face painting,
sponsor reception, gourmet food from Los Angeles’ finest restaurants, stage
shows, live and silent auctions, celebrity sightings and other fabulous
surprises! Big stars get together at
this annual event at Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport to create a
party for the kids and raise major money. (note ticket prices below
before you jump in the car to go... but it's a very good cause, and where
else do you get to meet this many celebrities?)
"Witches and wizards and goblins and ghosts. Batman™ and Barbie® and
celebrity hosts. Trick-or-treating, sundae-eating, doesn't it sound grand?
Paint your face and have a taste of food from every land! Center stage is
all the rage with song and dance and fun. One-of-a-kind dolls, line the
walls, there's something for everyone"
 | Info: http://www.dreamhalloween.org/
or http://www.caaf4kids.org , 310.201.5033
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Saturday, Oct 29, 2011, 5-9pm
 | Barker Hanger, 3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica Airport |
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| Tickets: $250 for kids, $300 for adults, sponsorship packages available. |
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| Dream Halloween events in Chicago and New York the weekend before |
Trains - Haunts & Festivals
Playful Spooks invade the mini-trains ( 1/8 scale) at Griffith Park.
Evening rides feature 30 display around the track. Come ride a train!
The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum has been demonstrates
railroads in miniature, 3 different gages, for almost 50 Years. It has
been haunting since 2001. Checkout
pictures from other years.
| Info: http://www.lals.org or
323-662-8030
| Oct. 14-16, 21-23, 28-31, 2011 7:00 - 10 pm.
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| Near Travel Town, at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
5202 Zoo Drive, Griffith Park, Los Angeles |
| Donation $7 |
| No one under 34", scary
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Ride a vintage train to their pumpkin patch. Children's museum,
jumps, carousel, hay maze, arts and crafts, food and fun. See
the home of the Hollywood Trains! There are 3 different themed events,
see below for details. Check out their site for previous years
pictures.
| Info: http://www.fwry.com/ ,
then click on Specialty Trains
| Make reservations: 800-773-8724 |
| Will call is at 364 Main Street, Fillmore <-- New Location |
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Ride a vintage train to “ICHABOG” our private pumpkin patch at Loose
Caboose Garden Center and Gift Emporium to pick the perfect jack-o-lantern.
Activities and attractions include: Jolly Jumps, Carousel, Arts & Crafts
Booths, BBQ food booth, face painting and much, much more. They're dying to see you there!
| Saturday and Sundays - Starting October 1, 2011
| Trains depart 11, 2:10pm |
| Tickets: $19, 4-12 yrs $ 12, smalls $10, under 2 on lap,
free |
| Reservations suggested
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If you dare, creep onboard a hauntingly ancient vintage train for a
spooktacular
adventure searching for the Headless Horseman with "Ichabog" as your
destination for a pumpkin patch and a BBQ
dinner.
| Friday & Sunday nights, Oct 14, 21, 23, 28, 30,
2011
| Bodies board - 6:45, dying return - aprox 10:15
| Tickets $47/ 4-12 kids $32/ 1-3 $24, kids under 2 on lap,
free |
| Reservations required |
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| Costumes Encouraged
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Just their
fall schedule... (see the rest of the year at their site.)
"Fright Night" - Scare yourself silly with monsters and murders on an
evening of spooky entertainment. You never know what may happen or who
it may happen to. Your hair will stand on end as you split your sides
laughing at this motley crew.
| Sat Oct 8, 22, 29, 2011 |
"Main Street Murders" - They year is 1935 in Ventura, California,
where the young, hot-shot attorney, Mason Perry, is earning his reputation
as a smart, aggressive defender of the less fortunate. Madame Fong, a
local proprietress who runs the "Lucky You" casino, has been targeted by the
DA's office as the prime suspect in the murder of Henry McCrew.
Without Perry's help, she doesn't stand a chance.
| Sat Sept 24, 2011 |
"Viva Lost Vegas" (The Rat Pack) - Set in the Vegas days
of the infamous "Rat Pack". Meet Vegas type celebrities while trying
to determine who is responsible for the murder. Martini's anyone?
"What happens on the train, stays on the train!"
| ? November 20, 2010 |
"Bugle Boy Murders of Company C" - Go back to 1942. Murder, mystery
and intrigue fill the air as the train makes a pit stop to murder.
This interactive murder mystery is filled with audience participations -- so
get out your old uniforms and period costumes to come join the fun --
wouldn't want this murder to take off with out you!
| Sat Sep 10, Nov 26, 2011 |
Enjoy an evening train ride with a 3 course dinner and less-than-serious
sleuthing. Join in or sit back and watch.
"The Wizard Express" (Family) - Don your robes and dust off your
wands. Travel to the land of wizards, dragons and magic. Help solve the
mystery but take care for something wicked this way comes. Feast on
Medieval cuisine.
| Sat, Oct 15, 2011
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"Family Murder Mystery - For a Few Dollars Less" - Family style
murder mystery that takes place where Eastwood meets Westwood. A real
spaghetti western murder mystery onboard one of the great trains of the
silver screen.
| Sat,
Sept 3 &
Nov 12, 2011
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Plan a family evening. Enjoy an
evening train ride with a 3 course dinner and less-than-serious sleuthing.
Join in or sit back and watch.
Their train circles
the pumpkin patch giving you a perfect chance to scope out the whole field.
There are train rides, pony rides, John Deer Gator Racers, Halloween
Bounce House Jumper, good "county fair" food and on the weekend face painting and carnival
games.
Haunted House and hay maze.
Other activities include The Orange County Zoo, Wheel Fun Rentals at Irvine Park
for bike and paddle boat rentals, and a lot more
| Info: www.irvineparkrailroad.com or
<event
details> or (714) 997-3968
| September 17 - October 31, 2011
| Open 7 days a week (weather permitting)
| Weekdays 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Weekends 10:00am – 5:30 pm |
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| Irvine Regional Park, far east end of Jamboree in the City of
Orange. |
| Pricing:
| $3 entry fee per car on weekdays, $5 on weekend. Free walk-in
allowed. |
| Admission to the pumpkin patch and hay maze is free.
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| Extra items individually priced. Discounted groups of tickets
available. See the site for details and pricing. |
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Internet Coupons |
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| School Groups Welcome…call about weekday group rates! 714) 997-3968 |
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Treat Festival/Halloween Hearse Show and Procession: “Freak Out”
The Orange County Market
place presents their annual Halloween Procession and Show along with their Trick
or Treat Festival. Farmer Mike & his pumpkins, and much more entertainment Free Trick or
Treating for the kids, face painting, Puppet
show, strolling entertainers mixed in with the
swap meet vendors, artisans and crafters. Giant Pumpkin Carving all day.
Procession is open to all hearses, ambulances, flower cars and any
funeral going vehicle. Free entry. RSVP by Oct 13 to participate.
See the event detail for more entry info. by
Phantom Coaches Hearse Club
| Info:
http://www.ocmarketplace.com/ or (714) 708-1500 or
event detail
| Sunday, October 30, 2011
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| Orange County Fair & Event Center
| 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa |
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| Admission to fest is free w/ $2 swap-meet admission. 12
and under free
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"Not your ordinary
tour bus company. Routes veer off into fascinating, neglected neighborhoods.
... Tour themes are provocative and complex, but never dry, mixing crime and
social history, rock and roll and architecture, literature and film, fine
art and urban studies into a simmering stew of original research and
startling observations."
Find out bizarre and fascinating info on Los Angeles History in this
collection of bus and walking tours. Haunting highlights listed below,
see their website for more tours and details. Join Esotouric on bus adventures into the secret heart of LA.
| Info: http://www.esotouric.com/
| Tickets: $58-$62 for most but prices vary, $10 walking tour tickets.
| Reservations required |
| See details of a tour for meet-up points |
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| Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice
| Saturday, Sept 10, 2011 |
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| The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's Southern California Nightmare
| Saturday, Sept 24, 2011 |
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| The Real Black Dahlia
| Saturday, October 1, 2011 |
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| Ray Chandler's Los Angeles: In a Llonely Place
| Saturday, Oct, 15, 2011 |
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| Blood and Dumplings:
| Saturday, October 23, 2011 |
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| Weird West Adams
| Saturday, Nov 5, 2011 |
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| Haunts Of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles
| Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 |
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| Fall events only listed above. See their site for even more noir thrills and chills |
Join your
knowledgable guide on an escorted journey through death, murder and scandal in
Los Angeles in the cool comfort of the luxurious Dearly Departed Tomb Buggy.
Once your tour um... departs, you'll visit almost 100 sites of either historical
or hysterical interest where events of the most scandalous nature took place.
All in all, about 100 sights in 2.5 hours. It's a "Light hearted look at the
Dark Side of Hollywood." See site for more details.
| Info:
http://www.dearlydepartedtours.com
| Dearly Departed's Hollywood Tragical History Tour
| Daily, September, October, 2011, 1pm |
| Tickets $40 per body |
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| Helter Skelter:
| Over 40 years have passed since the infamous Tate/LaBianca
murders at the hands of the Manson Family. The world's
fascination with this case have never stopped. Retrace
this horrific and historical crime by traveling to the actual
locations where these people lived, and died while the top 40
songs of 1969 play. |
| Sat, Sept 3, 24, Oct 15, Nov 5, 19, 2011
- 9am |
| Tickets $50 per body |
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| Halloween Horror Film Location Tour
| Just for Halloween, Dearly Departed Tours will take you on
an escorted journey through spooky film madness, with a
Halloween tour devoted to the famous horror film locations
around Hollywood and Pasadena. |
| Sat-Sun, 22-23, 29-30, 2011 - 1pm |
| Tickets $50 per body |
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| If you have a party of at least 4, more tours are possible,
inquiry |
| Pickup location:
| Hollywood Blvd, near North Cherokee Ave (Los Angeles, CA)
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| RSVP required, some tours sell out, Adult content & language |
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Looking for more Haunted Tours??? Check out
Walking Tours in Eclectic.
Extras Wheeling Events
Everyone is
welcome to participate in this unique, one-of-a-kind family fun
competition.
Build
your own Pumpkin RaceCar and enter the Pumpkin Race for free! Or,
pickup a pre-carved pumpkin and Pumpkin RaceCar Kit at the event for a $20
dollar donation. Pumpkin RaceCar Kits and entry into the race are on a
first come, first served basis. If plan to enter the race, arrive at
1:00pm and
register your Pumpkin Race Car to secure your spot. Pumpkin Pit
Row contains all of the necessary tools, accessories, and expert assistance
(and encouragement!) to build a Pumpkin RaceCar. Stock items include
wheels, axels, tools, hardware accessories and assorted decoration options.
Activity booths, fun and excitement for the entire family will be open
from 1:00pm – 6:30pm. Tour the display of competitors, or watch the
"cheaters" be smashed to pie with a large mallet. Since 1990.
| Info:
http://www.manhattanbeachpumpkinrace.com/
| Sunday October 30, 2011 12:00pm - 6:30pm
| Pre-register on the web, or early the day of event |
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| Manhattan Beach Pier
| Manhattan Ave. & MB Blvd for the street fair |
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| Costumes! |
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Los Angeles's only all
ages Goth / Industrial / EBM / Darkwave / Alternate monthly roller-skating
event. It's a dead man's skate. Be sure to prep those chainsaws
and polish your broomsticks, because we expect everyone to come as either a
Zombie or a Zombie Hunter. Dress up and
come skate.
Annual Haunted Skate Contest (Laguna Niguel)
??? Costumed skate.
Rolling chills. Competitions will be all day with prizes for first,
second and third in each division, plus giveaways throughout the day. Points
awarded for costumed contestants. Get there early as space is limited.
Registration begins at 9:00 am Haunting since 2003.
Da Graveyard....
Stuff that we can't get current info on, or has been canceled...
Haunted Car Show & Horror Artist Exhibit
??? You're invited to a spooky
Halloween monster party. Saint Jude Children's Hospital and Halloween
Adventure presents -- Ben von Strawn's Mad Mad Monster Party. Haunted
vendors, monster music, spooky artists, monsters! Guest: Barris
Kustoms, the Mad-Makers of the world famous Mmunster Koach and Batmobile!
Haunted vendors and spooky artists in person.
Harleyween
Ghoulish Entertainment, Haunted House, Monster Poker Run, and a
Biker Costume Contest.
HarleyWeen - LAFD FireHogs
Head over to Boo News for more sources for even
more events.
See even more eclectic Halloween events <here>
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