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
Dream Halloween,
Los Angeles -
Fundraiser for CAAF
 Major fund raising party for the Children Affected by Aids Foundation.
Hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis, event co-chairs Bob Eckert & Jerry Starch. 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.caaf4kids.org , 310.201.5033
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Saturday, Oct 24, 2009, 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. 16-18, 23-25, 29-31, 2009. 7:00 - 10 pm. |
| Near Travel Town, at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
5202 Zoo Drive, Griffith Park, Los Angeles |
| Donation $5 |
| 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 the Red Ticket Caboose next to Fillmore City Hall,
240 Central Ave., north side |
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Ride a vintage train to "Ichabog", our private pumpkin patch to pick the
perfect jack-o-lantern. Activists and attractions include:
Jolly Jumps, Carousel, Haunted Hay Maze, arts and crafts, BBQ sandwiches and
other edible "goodies" They're dying to see you there!
| Saturday and Sundays - Starting October 3, 2009
| Trains depart 10, 12, 2pm |
| Tickets: $17, 4-12yrs $ 10, smalls $8 |
| 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 9, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, 2009
| Bodies board - 6:45, dying return - 9:00
| Tickets $45/ 4-12 kids $30/ 1-3 $22 |
| Reservations required |
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| Costumes Encouraged
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"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 Cosine.$61/$22
| Sat Oct 3, 2009 |
"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 10, 17, 24, 2009 |
"Viva Lost Vegas" (The Rat Pack) -
| November 7, 2009 |
"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 Nov 28, 2009 |
Enjoy an evening train ride with a 3 course dinner and less-than-serious
sleuthing. Join in or sit back and watch.
Their miniature 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, moonbouce, haystacks, good "county fair" food and on
the weekend face painting and carnival games. Haunted House and hay
maze. The Orange
County Zoo is just minutes away for a combined experience.
Also, there's a costume contest on the final Saturday .
Trick or Treat Festival and Halloween Hearse Procession
The Orange County Market
place presents their annual Halloween Procession and Show along with their Trick
or Treat Festival. Dr. Demento as
Grand Marshal, w/ Count Smokula. Farmer Mike & his pumpkins, Gothic
Parodies and poetry by the League of Vampiric Bards. Free Trick or
Treating for the kids, face painting, Goldilocks and the Three Buccaneers 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 8 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 25, 2009
| 9-4 |
| Hearse procession leaves at 10am sharp. |
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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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| The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's Southern California Nightmare
| Saturday, Sept 12, 2009 |
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| Wild Wild West Side:
| Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 |
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| Ray Chandler's Bay City
| Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 |
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| Ray Chandler's Los Angeles
| Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 |
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| Maja's Mysteries: A Magical Excursion into Secret Los Angeles
| Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 |
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| East Side Babylon
| Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 |
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| Haunts Of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles
| Sat, Nov 7, 2009 |
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| The Real Black Dahlia
| Sat, Nov 14, 2009 |
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| See their site for even more noir thrills and chills |
The "Tragical
History Tour". Your Director of Undertakings, Scott Michaels, will narrate
you through decades of death, murder, and just plain fun. Once your tour
um... departs, you will be treated to the most tickling tales of tinsel town
tragedies in a Dearly Departed Tomb Buggy. In a little over three
hours, you will be escorted to such infamous locations such as The Manson
Murders (the LaBianca site), the Menendez Murders, Paramount/RKO Studios,
and more
| Info:
http://www.dearlydepartedtours.com
| Dearly Departed Tours
| Daily, October 2009, 1pm |
| Tickets $35 per body |
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| Helter Skelter:
| Sat, Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 14, 2008 - 9am |
| Tickets $50 per body |
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| Nasty Nellie
| Mon, Sept 14, Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 9, 2009 - 5:30 |
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| If you have a party of at least 4, more tours are possible,
inquiry |
| Pickup location:
| McCadden Place and Hollywood Boulevard -
Behind Starbucks, and next to the the parking lot. |
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| RSVP required, 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 25, 2009 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...
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.
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