Date:   Oct. 13, 19-20, 26-31 Times:  8 - 11:30 p.m. Event:   Terror of Tallahassee Phone:  850.513.9190 826 W. Gaines St. Come quiver in your boots and feel your hair rise, as this isn't just some small kiddy haunted house.  This house is 12,000 sq. ft. equipped with mazes, tunnels, special effects and illusions.  Fee. Dates:  Oct. 17-19 & 24-25 & 31 Times:  7:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. & 8 p.m. Event:  Historic Monticello Ghost Tours Monticello/Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce; 420 W. Washington Street, Monticello, FL The city of Monticello has been declared "The Most Haunted Small Town in America" by ABC News.  The Big Bend Ghost Trackers, professional paranormal investigators, will conduct tours of historical buildings in downtown Monticello.  Fee.  Date: Oct. 17-19 & 24-26 Times: 6 – 9:30pm (40 minute tour) Event: Ghost Tours Phone: 850.561.0317 or 850.212.2063 Downtown, Tallahassee Hilarious, educational and healthy for all ages! This lively 40 minute walking tour is led by costumed guides who recount local ghostly lore while actors step out from historic sites to tell tales of woe. Fee   Date: Oct. 19 Time: 7:30 – 9:00pm Event: Spooky Stories Phone: 850.575.8684 Tallahassee Museum Have you ever found a ghost baby in a graveyard? Have you ever seen movement in the soft earth of your garden, and chopped off some creature’s big, green toe? Have you heard about the boy who didn’t believe in ghosts? Join local author and storyteller, Doug Alderson, for an evening of spooky stories around a cozy fire at the Seminole Camp. No children under six. $5 members/ $7 nonmembers. Fee Date: Oct. 18 Event: Havana’s Annual Pumpkin Festival Phone: 850.539.1544 Downtown, Havana, Florida The annual Pumpkin Festival is Havana’s signature event and the perfect way to celebrate the beautiful fall season. Streets are lined with art, crafts, and food vendors selling their wares. The town comes alive in a carnival-like atmosphere full of activities for the entire family: hay rides, pony & carriage rides, costume contests, live auction, face-painting, magicians, pumpkin decorating and much, much more. Local merchants show their creativity with beautiful displays of pumpkins, Halloween and fall décor. Visit the uniquely-decorated "pumpkin patch" where you can purchase that perfect pumpkin…and hear an old fashioned yarn told by the mesmerizing storyteller! Pumpkin festival proceeds, in part, benefit Native Americans & Big Bend Hospice. Free                                                       Date: Oct. 24-25 Times: 6pm – 10pm Event: Halloween Howl Phone: 850.575.8684 Website: www.tallahasseemuseum.org Address: 3945 Museum Drive The goblins and ghosts will be out, lurking around the grounds at the Tallahassee Museum. For the younger children we have a less frightening "children’s" trail as well as tricks and treats on our 1880s farmstead, carnival-type games throughout the grounds, costume contests and much, much more. There’s a haunted trail for younger goblins and the Museum’s famous haunted trail for veterans ghouls where a surprise lurks around each turn. This family event is a haunting, howling good time with its haunted trails for adults and children, tricks and treats, live music and things that go bump in the night. Fee   Date:  Oct 25, 2008  Time:  7:30pm Event:  Edgar Allan Poe - Victorian Master of the Macabre Phone: (229) 225-4004 Address:  626 N. Dawson St., Thomasville; Lapham-Patterson House Museum This annual favorite features the Lapham Literary Society performing Poe's masterpieces by candlelight on the staircase balcony of this most unusual historic landmark home.  $8 Adults, $3 Children   Date:  Oct 26 Time:  1:00pm-5:00pm Event:  Fall Nature Festival Phone:  800-953-2473 Address:  2106 Meridian Rd., Thomasville; Birdsong Nature Center Website:  birdsong@birdsongnaturecenter.org Join us at Birdsong's traditional annual celebration of nature and autumn. Bring your own seating and a picnic! Live music throughout the day, guided walks, bird window, animal display, gift shop, nature crafts, and more!$5 Adults, $3 Children    Date:  Oct 31, 2008  Time:  6:00 pm Event:  Ghosts on the Farm Phone:  850-222-4400 Address:  Willow Pond; West Lake Road, Monticello Website:  www.willowpondplantation.com Join a hayride with the ghosts and goblins of Willow Pond. A barrel of fun for the whole family. Hot dogs and cola available.  Click Here for the Online Calendar of Events Return to Holiday Happenings Main Page