Halloween isn't just a day, it's a season! If you're a thrill-seeker getting ready for a month-long celebration of all things scary, Lancaster County has what you're looking for. When you stay with us at B.F. Hiestand House, you're just minutes from some of the best haunted attractions, paranormal tours and theatrical ghost stories that Pennsylvania Dutch Country has to offer. Here are six frightening favorites to check out during your fall getaway to our historic inn.
1. Ghost Tours of Lancaster and Strasburg
Enter the shadows of nearly 300 years of history and discover the chilling tales of deadly curses, star-crossed lovers and mysteries hidden deep in Pennsylvania Dutch folklore. Choose between two 90-minute candlelight tours (historic city or quaint country town) and search for spirits from Lancaster County's dark side.
2. Bube's Brewery Paranormal Investigations and Ghost Tours
The history of Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy dates back to the 1800s, so it should be no surprise that ghosts are said to roam its catacombs. They have a paranormal investigation team that leads believers and skeptics on an immersive, hands-on hunt for long-departed spirits. Or opt for an equally spine-tingling ghost tour of the nooks and crannies of the 19th century brewery.
3. Field of Screams
Field of Screams in Mountville has been harvesting fears for 30 years. Your worst bone-chilling nightmares come alive with four heart-pounding attractions in one creepy location – a horrifying hayride, two massive haunted houses, and a scary trail through the woods. See for yourself why Field of Screams is ranked as one of the nation's top haunted attractions... if you dare.
4. Jason's Woods
Jason's Woods in Lancaster is not for the faint of heart. With five unparalleled haunted attractions including a gruesome hayride, horror shows and a walk through a crazed cornfield, you'll be scared out of your wits while being wowed by the dazzling special effects. New for 2022 is Twisted, an integrated motion thrill ride unlike anything you'll see elsewhere.
6. Rock Ford Plantation's Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In collaboration with the Theater of the Seventh Sister, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow comes to the historic Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster as an intimate and immersive play. Guests travel through the candlelit rooms of the first-floor of this early-American mansion house while the classic tale unfolds. The mansion itself, once home to Revolutionary War General Edward Hand, is said to be haunted by the spirits of several members of the Hand family who died here.
