Ghost Tours On the Square Starting October 2

Dallas, NC - October is here, and so are the wildly popular Friday night Haunted Ghost Tours on the Court Square in Dallas.

Have you ever smelled the stench of the Red Eyed Devil (yuck!) or heard the Gentleman Caller knocking on your door (should I answer it?!)? Join the staff of the Gaston County Museum and the Dallas Branch Library on a lantern-lit stroll through Historic Dallas and the 1852 Hoffman Hotel and hear about these hauntings and more!

“Who doesn’t like a good October scare?” asks Alexandrea Pizza, Director of the Art & History Museum. “Inside the Museum, we stick strictly to the historic facts, but during the month of October, we like to give a wink and a nod to old-fashioned ghost lore!”

Museum Community Engagement Manager Alex Brooks has been giving ghost tours around the square for several years, and he says that visitors can expect the unexpected. “Every year people bring us new stories or add to our existing ones,” he said. “Dallas is definitely a contender for the most haunted town in Gaston County! And this year, we’re adding a peek inside the Hoffman Hotel, rumored to be the most haunted building on the Square.”

Tours are family friendly, though ages 13 and up are encouraged. Children under 13 are free. The tours involve approximately an hour of walking, with some non-paved terrain and stairs. Guests with accessibility concerns are asked to let staff know prior to the start of the tour. 

Tours are every Friday evening in October at 7:00 and 8:00 pm. (October 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th.) All tours will begin at the front of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History, 131 W. Main St., Dallas.

Tickets are $15 for the general public 13 and older and $5 for Museum members. Tickets are available at Zeffy.com or by calling the Museum at (704) 922-7681.