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HAUNTED SCAVENGER HUNTS FOR HALLOWEEN |
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| Private Haunted Scavenger Hunts Public Haunted Scavenger Hunts New York Boston Chicago Los Angeles New Hope Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Other Public Hunts New York Boston Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, D.C. Gift Certificates Media Raves Subscribe to E-newsletter Frequently Asked Questions  |
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Join a Watson Adventures haunted scavenger hunt this October! Choose from two options: Haunted Scavenger Hunts in Historic Neighborhoods Go on an eerie, clue-infused nighttime walking tour through some of the country’s most haunted spots. You’ll need a sharp mind, a good flashlight and a dash of courage to succeed. Available in New York, Hollywood, Philadelphia, New Hope, PA, Salem, MA, and Washington, D.C. The Fright at the Museum Scavenger Hunt Explore the creepy side of art at your local museum: Artists definitely have a dark side, and you’ll discover it at your peril while searching for skulls and skeletons, hideous monsters, severed heads, horrifying devices, mortifying martyrs, cold-blooded killers, freaky beasts, and other assorted ghouls in the galleries. You might wind up asking yourself, “Sick...or treat?” Available in Boston and Chicago. NY1 and Travel with Val featured our Halloween-themed scavenger hunts in Greenwich Village and Times Square. Check out the segment “Halloween In New York Can Be A Scream”! Our haunted and ghost-themed scavenger hunts are offered during Halloween season as well as on select weekends throughout the year. On the hunts, teams of up to six people will tackle tricky, humorous questions about the objects and places discovered. We can stage any of our hunts for private events, birthday parties, bachelorette parties and other celebrations. Our team-building scavenger hunts are also a unique option for company holiday parties and corporate outings. In addition to ghost-themed Halloween activities, Watson Adventures leads cultural scavenger hunts throughout museums and historical neighborhoods in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Questions? Learn about how the hunts work on our FAQ page. Choose your fright below! Haunted New York Scavenger Hunts for Adults Haunted New York Scavenger Hunts for Families Haunted Boston/Salem Scavenger Hunts for Adults Creepy Boston Scavenger Hunts at the Art Museum for Adults Creepy Chicago Scavenger Hunts at the Art Museum for Adults Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunts for Adults Haunted New Hope Scavenger Hunts for Adults Haunted Philadelphia Scavenger Hunts for Adults Haunted Philadelphia Scavenger Hunts for Families Haunted Washington, D.C. Scavenger Hunts for Adults Click here if you’re interested in booking a private or corporate event (Minimum of 15 people required) NEW YORK The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 22, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, October 28, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 9 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Armed with a flashlight, you’ll visit ghost-plagued buildings and secret cemeteries while learning the stories of the restless souls you might disturb. Starring the spirits of Mark Twain, Aaron Burr, Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, Thomas Paine, artist John LaFarge, The Shadow, Clement Clarke Moore, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Lee Chumley, Patrolman Schwartz, a few skeletons and various other apparitions, sudden chills, rustlings and knockings. Click here to buy tickets for The Ghosts of Greenwich Village public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. The Haunted Times Square Scavenger Hunt Monday, October 31, 6:30 to 9 p.m. The Great White Way turns into the Great Fright Way as you learn the creepy stories connected with theaters, old hotels and other eerie locales. You’ll find out who's been haunting such places as the Belasco Theater, Radio City Music Hall, the New Amsterdam Theater, the Harvard Club and the Algonquin Hotel, plus cursed locations where gangsters and other fiends met their fates. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted Times Square public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Family Hunt Saturday, October 22, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 3 to 5 p.m. Kids and adults work together to uncover the stories of creepy places and the ghosts that have haunted them. Starring secret cemeteries, looming skeletons, the haunted homes of Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain, bats on a building, Dickensian door knockers, Harry Potter’s nemesis and a gorilla in a window. Not recommended for children under the age of 7. Kids must be accompanied by an adult, and vice versa—teams with only adults are not permitted on this hunt. Click here to buy tickets for The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Family public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. BOSTON/SALEM The Haunted Salem Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 22, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, October 22, 7:30 to 10 p.m. BOO! Sorry to startle you like that, but you might as well prepare now for this “spirited” search for the ghosts and historic highlights of this, um, bewitching town. Armed with only a flashlight, you’ll learn the tales of the restless souls you disturb. Find out how Witch Trials villain Sheriff Corwin has helped one house become the “fourth most haunted” in America, visit locations associated with the crushed-to-death execution of suspected wizard Giles Corey and assorted witches, see where Nathaniel Hawthorne met a ghost, and learn from one murder victim why you should never brag about treasure hidden in your home. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted Salem public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. The Fright at the Museum Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 1:30 to 4 p.m. Celebrate Halloween by exploring the creepy side of art at the Museum of Fine Arts. Artists definitely have a dark side, and you’ll discover it at your peril while searching for skulls and skeletons, hideous monsters, severed heads, horrifying devices, mortifying martyrs, cold-blooded killers, freaky beasts, and other assorted ghouls in the galleries. You might wind up asking yourself, “Sick...or treat?” Click here to buy tickets for The Fright at the Museum public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. CHICAGO The Fright at the Museum Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Celebrate Halloween by exploring the creepy side of art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Artists definitely have a dark side, and you’ll discover it at your peril while searching for skulls and skeletons, hideous monsters, severed heads, horrifying devices, mortifying martyrs, cold-blooded killers, freaky beasts, and other assorted ghouls in the galleries. You might wind up asking yourself, “Sick...or treat?” Click here to buy tickets for The Fright at the Museum public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. LOS ANGELES The Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Visit ghost-plagued buildings and haunted spots on Hollywood’s famous strip while learning stories about the restless souls you might disturb. Learn about the celebrity ghost who plays a bugle in room 928 at a hotel, check out a movie-themed bookshop whose owner stuck his head in an oven and see if you feel the spirit of a man with a cape and top hat at the famously haunted Hollywood Wax Museum. You’ll also discover the haunting secret of the Hollywood sign, why the pool at Hollywood High is a dangerous place, where a blonde bombshell’s ghost gets wet, and whose ghost likes to pace in front of the Chinese Theater. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted Hollywood public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. NEW HOPE The Haunted New Hope Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Better bring your favorite hex, because the historic buildings and byways of this town are rife with cranky poltergeists. Be careful not to rile the restless Revolutionary War soldiers, the many ghosts in an eerie inn, the floating forms at the Parry Mansion, the man with the noose at the Ichabod Wilkinson house, Pickett the peripatetic painter, and assorted ladies in black, to name just a few specters. You'll learn their stories while exploring this charming Delaware River town and searching for answers to devilish questions. Just remember: Don't stop for the New Hope Hitchhiker. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted New Hope public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. PHILADELPHIA The Haunted Philadelphia Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Armed with a flashlight, you’ll visit ghost-plagued buildings and secret cemeteries while learning the stories of the restless souls you might disturb. Starring the spirits of 1776 in Independence Hall, Ben Franklin (of course), the Hag of Pine Street, the spectral poltergeist of St. Peter’s, a Quaker to make you quake in Washington Square, the burning bride of City Tavern, and various other apparitions, sudden chills, rustlings and knockings. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted Philadelphia public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. The Ghosts of Philadelphia Family Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 22, 5 to 7 p.m. Kids and adults work together to uncover the stories of creepy places and the ghosts that have haunted them. Starring the spirits of 1776 in Independence Hall, Ben Franklin (of course), the Hag of Pine Street, a Quaker to make you quake in Washington Square, the burning bride of City Tavern, and various other sudden chills, rustlings, and knockings. Click here to buy tickets for The Ghosts of Philadelphia Family public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. WASHINGTON, D.C. The Haunted Washington Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 29, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 5 to 7:30 p.m. BOO! Sorry to startle you, but you better get used to it if you’re joining this hunt. Armed with only a flashlight, you’ll visit ghost-plagued buildings around and near Lafayette Park while learning the stories of the restless souls you might disturb. Possible cameos by the spirits of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Abigail Adams, Andrew Jackson, the (allegedly) suicidal Mrs. Henry Adams, and losing duelist Stephen Decatur. Click here to buy tickets for The Haunted Washington public scavenger hunt or Contact Us to stage this hunt as a private event. MURDER MYSTERY SCAVENGER HUNTS Thirsty for another spooky adventure? Fancy yourself a sleuth? Wish that you could go hunting for clues throughout a museum just like Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code? Join one of Watson Adventures’ Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunts. Offered throughout the year museums in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Corporate Hunts • Social Occasion Hunts • Kids & School Group Hunts Bachelorette Scavenger Hunts • Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunts • Haunted Scavenger Hunts Wizard School Scavenger Hunts for Harry Potter Fans • Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunts The Liar Show • Gift Certificates • Facebook • Twitter • Media • Client Raves • Contact Us |
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