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Do the Halloween pumpkin patches and candy sales have you in the mood for ghost-hunting
in a cemetery? You’re in luck: ‘Tis the season for old cemetery tours.

These events offer the chance to take in interesting local history, nice scenery and
slight spookery. You can find tours by day or night, for free or a fee (they often
serve as fundraisers for historical societies).

A Google search or visiting the website of a local historic cemetery or historical
society will help you find tours near you. Here are some tours around the country
that my searches turned up:

• In Mississippi, there’ll be free tours at the Old Biloxi Cemetery (Oct.
  25), Krebs Cemetery in Pascagoula (Oct. 27) and Cedar Rest Cemetery in Bay
  St. Louis (Halloween night). Read
  more in the SunHerald.com online news article. 

• Watch out for headless horsemen during Sleepy
  Hollow Cemetery daytime and nighttime tours in Sleepy Hollow, NY, taking
  place weekends in October. Fees vary; reservations are required. 

• Oct. 29, the Historical Society of Long Beach (Calif.) holds a nonscary tour
  of Long Beach Municipal Cemetery and Sunnyside Cemetery, featuring actors in period
  garb delivering graveside presentations (based on sources such as obituaries, newspaper
  articles and oral histories) about the person who lies at rest. General admission
  costs $18, with specials for society members and students younger than age 18.

• Riverside Cemetery (which has an online burial database), established in 1887 in Macon,
  Ga., holds its Spirits
  in October series Oct. 20-22 and 27-29, with cemetery tours and more. Advance
  tickets are required; admission costs $10 to $20.

• Capturing the Spirit
  of Oakland at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta features nighttime tours with
  historical accounts from cemetery “residents” and candlelit mausoleums. Tickets must
  be purchased in advance; admission ranges from $10 to $17.50.

• Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo., has a free Halloween
  Tour Oct. 30.
  

• Historic All Hallows Eve cemetery tours with
  costumed interpreters are happening on Halloween evening at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg,
  Va. Adults: $7; children 12 and younger, $5.