Victorian Fall Spook-tacular Festival at Mansion Museum
Join the Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum for a spooky night under October’s fall sky! Activities include cemetery tours, psychic readings, and a silent movie on the back lawn.
This year’s graveyard tour features Barnesville’s Northern Cemetery. Participants will learn Barnesville’s history through the stories of the people buried there. Tours will leave the Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum at 3:30 pm and at 5:30 pm. The tour is approximately one mile long and takes place on uneven ground. Please wear appropriate shoes. The tour is approximately an hour.
From 2:00-7:00 pm, mediumship and psychic readings are available from Rev. Carol Borkoski, Julie Yeksky, Rev. Tara Harkless, and Bonnie Franchuk. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Victorian mansion at 740-425-2926. The cost is $30 per person for a 20-minute session. Victorian psychic readings were popularized by the Spiritualist movement, which was based on the belief that the living could communicate with the dead through a medium during a seance. Modern readings are often entertainment-based and involve methods like tarot cards and palmistry.
Finally, a screening of the 1922 film Nosferatu on the mansion’s back lawn will begin at 6:30 pm. This German film was an unauthorized adaptation of Brom Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. The film is regarded as a cinematic masterpiece and a template for the horror genre. Please bring your own chairs and blankets. Freshly popped popcorn, s’mores, candy, and beverages will be available for purchase.
For more information about the Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum and its events, visit their webpage or Facebook page. You can also call the Victorian Mansion at 740-425-2926.
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