Nemacolin Castle begins popular ghost tours Sept. 28
As the Halloween season approaches, Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville will once again offer its popular ghosts tours.
Times are 6-10 p.m. Sept. 28, opening night. Then the tours will be held 7-11 p.m. Fridays, 6-11 p.m. Saturdays and 6-10 p.m. Sundays through October and 7-11 p.m. on Halloween.
“We’re nearly sold out for the first night,” noted Rocky Brashear, president of the Brownsville Historical Society, when discussing the popularity of the tours. “We were sold out most of last year.”
Visitors who would like to take a ghost tour are asked to purchase tickets through www.eventbrite.com. Search Event Brite for Candlelight Ghost Tours at Nemacolin Castle or access the link through the Nemacolin Castle website at www.nemacolincastle.net.
For opening night only, tickets are being sold for $10 and must be purchased through Event Brite. There are no walk on’s opening night.
Afterwards, tickets are $15. While patrons are also encouraged to use Event Brite for the remaining tours, Brashear noted, “We will take walk-ins but they might have to wait a little. They won’t wait very long. It depends on the crowd. We don’t turn anyone away.”
To accommodate crowds, the historical society is adding more guides to the line up.
Tour guides tell stories of the paranormal and unexplained happenings that have taken place in the castle over the years. These stories have attracted many visitors, including paranormal investigators.
Brashear noted that funds raised by the historical society are put back into improvements for the castle.
Nemacolin Castle is located at 136 Front St. in Brownsville. Visitors should park on Brashear Street. For more information, call the castle at 724-785-6882.