This is Halloween

Happy HaLLoween!

Lexie Hoyt and Gus, Beaumont Rachel Hitchcock, Dunmore Emilia Normil, Scranton

Patrick, Daniel, and Rosalie Johnson, Pittston Madison Hayhoe, Union, Ontario with

family in NEPA Brooks DePhillips, Clarks Summit

Barley Creek Brewing Company Haunted Brewery

For all of October, Barley

Creek Brewing Company will be creeping it real while they transform into their famous haunted brewery.

The “Boo Crew” at Barley Creek works day and night over the course of three days to put up a scary number of decorations they’ve amassed over the past quarter century plus. (Maybe enough to fill five graveyards!) The decorations are wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor, inside and outside. Halloween is the time for boos and spirits, and Barley Creek features award-winning craft brews and spirits that are made right in-house.

They will also be hosting free Friday night scary movie nights on October 14 and October 28, featuring family-friendly Halloween movies that they play outside at their Pint Size Park & Biergarten, on a

big screen (like a drive-in movie). Look for spooky food and drink specials all month, especially on Freaky Fridays. Trick and treat yourself to Barley Creek this October for a ghoulishly good time. Drink up, witches! H

Old Jail Candlelight Ghost Tours

Spine-tingling tales of mysterious voices

and touches by unseen hands will send chills along your spine during the Old Jail Candlelight Ghost Tours on Saturday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. October 8, 15, 22 and 29, at the Old Jail Museum, 128 W.

Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA. The Ghost Tours describe unexplained experiences of prisoners, guards and visitors to the Old Jail. On June 21, 1877, four Irish coal miners accused of murder without evidence were hanged on the gallows in the Old Jail. In 1878 another miner was hanged on the same gallows and in 1879 two more miners were hanged. Before being led to the gallows one man proclaimed his innocence most unusually. He placed his hand on the dirty cell floor and then on the cell wall declaring, “I am innocent. My mark will remain to show I am innocent.” The mysterious handprint remains on the cell wall today. Ghost Tour admission is $15.00. Because of the unsettling nature of the tours, children under 12 are not admitted. Tickets may be purchased at the time of the tour on a first-come basis. Reservations and advance tickets are not available. The Old Jail’s unseen spirits are very real - the Old Jail is not a haunted house. Bring your camera and perhaps you’ll find a ghost - or perhaps a ghost will find you! Tours describing the history of the Molly Maguire tragedy and the Old Jail building are held daily through October. Weekday tours are from 1 p.m. to the last tour at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday tours are from 12 p.m. to the last tour at 4:30 p.m. Daytime tours do not include ghost stories. No tours on Wednesdays. For information on Ghost Tours and History Tours check www.TheOldJailMuseum.com or call 570-325-5259. H