For an ideal means of stirring up that spooky Halloween spirit, check out ‘Night of Terror at the Booseum’ Oct. 24 to 26. in Stettler.
The hours run from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Thursday evening and then from 7 to 11 p.m. on the Friday and Saturday evenings with a cost of $10 per person, said Karen Wahlund, Stettler Town and Country Museum manager.
Get ready for a true-blue Halloween experience.
“It’s really geared to the adults,” she said.
Rooms throughout the creaking, sprawling Old Court House have been decorated by various businesses and organizations. It’s recommended that participants be over the age of 13, Wahlund stated, adding with a laugh that she prefers to check it out in the daytime.
The site will also be decked out in full-out, ghostly Halloween ‘charm’.
“We go by a whole mutual theme, and they each set up their own display,” she said, noting that during the last Booseum, volunteers poured some 1,500 hundred hours in their rooms.
Visitors go from room to room, sometimes with a guide, and the feedback is always terrific, added Wahlund.
This year’s theme touches on the topic of horror movies, so people can be sure they will get plenty of chills thanks to the various set-ups.
“Two years ago, we had 100 people line up on the Friday and Saturday,” she said.
“This year, we are also hoping to have a tent onsite to help keep people out of the wind, or any inclement weather.”
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The museum, which features several buildings from Stettler’s past, also puts on a Light the Night event over the Christmas season where folks can check out the glittering light displays.
“It starts on the first Friday of December,” said Wahlund.
”It will run Fridays and Saturdays except for the week before Christmas, when we are open every night.”
There will be a horse-drawn wagon ride the first two nights that week with the antique tractor club doing the work the rest of the week.
“You can also walk, or you can also drive (around the site) in the warmth of your own vehicle,” she said. “Buildings are decorated by local businesses and groups, and also by some community members. It’s our biggest fundraiser.”
There were 70 participants last year and Wahlund added they are always looking for more.
For more information, check out www.stettlermuseum.com.