The event will be held on two consecutive weekends:
Friday and Saturday, October 10th & 11th, 2025
Friday and Saturday, October 17th & 18th, 2025
The evening will feature two primary attractions:
Museum Ghost Tour: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Younger attendees may find "fleeting moments of eerie delight" with jack-o-lanterns and ghostly stories in the Clinton Engines Building during this time. )
Machine Shed Haunted House: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (This is described as a "gauntlet not for the faint of heart" that requires navigating a desecrated cemetery and a "twisting, suffocating prairie maze." )
Admission and Food
Tickets are priced as follows:
Museum Only: $7
Haunted Shed: $7
Both Attractions: $10
A special Family Night deal, priced at $30 for families of 5 or more, will be offered on October 10th and 17th. Patrons are forewarned that "even the bravest souls may find themselves trembling."
Meals will be available for purchase at the LaMotte Depot to "replenish your courage before or after your terrifying ordeal."
The Jackson County Historical Society beckons all to find out what "unspeakable horrors lie in wait within the shadows"
