hammond castle haunted tour

Hammond Castle Museum's 2016 Haunted Tour

Echos from the deep, fridays and saturdays, october 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, tickets $15, free parking at stage fort park at 9 hough ave in gloucester ma, with shuttle bus provided., please note that parking is at stage fort park only. there will be no parking available at hammond castle museum..

HALLS OF DARKNESS

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HAMMOND CASTLE PRESENTS: HALLS OF DARKNESS

HALLS OF DARKNESS AT HAMMOND CASTLE

Located at the historic Hammond Castle in Gloucester, this is a truly frightening (and fun) haunted castle experience.  Join us and sacrifice yourselves to awaken the darkness this October. This is a non-profit, volunteer generated event. All profits go to the Hammond Castle Museum.

Halls of Darkness at Hammond Castle is a non profit haunted tour. You will be guided through the historic Hammond Castle for a truly frightening and fun experience you will never forget. Tickets will be available for $15 per person the days of the event and can be purchased upon arrival.

Expect long lines/ wait time

WHEN AND WHERE

Hurry down because this haunted experience is for a limited time only! Located at Hammond Castle in Gloucester, MA

Event Dates:

October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

Rain or Shine

DISCLAIMERS

-there will be NO parking at the castle during this event. Free parking will be available at Stage Fort Park and a shuttle will be provided for transportation to and from Hammond Castle -Not handicapped accessible as there are many stairs and no ramps -Parental supervision suggested for children under the age of 13

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We visited Columbus Day weekend and they were doing a haunted house on the weekend and bussing people from a nearby parking lot. It was so much fun! The grounds were so nice to explore and the castle was decorated for Halloween. Even thought you were walking through a haunted castle you could get a very good feel of what the castle is like and it was really cool. Just as you would imagine a medevil castle, right down to the drawbridge.

My kids we so amazed. It felt like we were in a fairytale. This place was so beautiful with amazing outdoor views. You can chose to tour with a group and a guide or just roam the castle on your own. We chose to go off on our own and enjoyed every moment of it. There are bathrooms inside as well as a gift shop. Great place to explore!

It was closed, as per the website it was supposed to be open, we took a Uber ride that cost us about 20$ to see this castle,even the sign outside the castle said it was open.They should keep their website updated.

The castle was closed on the day we visited, so we didn't have chance to get inside. We walk on their property and or really beautiful.

Went for the haunted tour with my husband. As far as the scare factor goes, I’d rate it rather low. It was still pretty fun. We found out that most of the scarers are high school students who volunteer which I thought was kind of cool. The castle itself is beautiful and I’d love to go back during the day for one of their regular tours.

What an experience and perfect day to visit this amazing place once owned by John Hays Hammond a man considered a genius and his wife Irene.

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Windy. A mixture of rain and snow this morning will change to all rain this afternoon. High near 40F. Winds NE at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph..

Windy conditions and light snow this evening will give way to snow showers overnight. Low 34F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

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MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times Chloe Bailey performs in the "Castle of Madness" Halloween event at Hammond Castle in Gloucester. The castle will host two more evenings in its 2013 Haunted Halloween series this Friday and Saturday.

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Melanie Poole of Gloucester, one of the post-apocalyptic-looking tour guides, carries a lantern through a dark corridor in the Hammond Castle during the "Castle of Madness" Halloween event Saturday in Gloucester. The castle will host two more evenings in its 2013 Haunted Halloween series this Friday and Saturday.

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Bailey Houghton, who plays a demon-like winged creature, lurks in a corner of Hammond Castle during the "Castle of Madness" Halloween event in Gloucester. The castle will host two more evenings in its 2013 Haunted Halloween series this Friday and Saturday.

Mad, crazy, scary: Haunted castle tours extended

• By Gail McCarthy Staff Writer
• Oct 29, 2013

John Hays Hammond Jr.’s favorite time of year was Halloween, and for the past 28 years, the Hammond Castle, which he built in mid-1920s, has treasured the season of eerie fun with its annual haunted benefit event.

This year is no different. The haunted tour, titled “Castle of Madness,” through the medieval-style castle, has been extended past Halloween to include this Friday, Nov. 1 (All Saints Day), and Saturday, and Nov. 2 (All Souls Day) for the first time.

Castle curator John Pettibone always gets into the festivities, and for the past decade has temporarily adopted the persona of the cannibalistic serial-killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter for this event, which this year starts at Stage Fort Park, the only site for tickets and boarding the castle shuttle.

“Are the lambs still silent?” he asked visitors last weekend before they boarded the bus. He also handed out Lecter’s business card —stamped with a brain. Over the years, he has mastered the voice of Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of the character.

Aboard the shuttle, visitors hear about a murderer who killed his family and are tasked with attempting to enter the killer’s mind and being a witness to his nightmares. At the castle, visitors are greeted and escorted by mad scientists toting blue lanterns before entering the seaside estate in small groups.

The visitors pass through about 20 rooms and common areas where they will take in an array of sinister scenes and characters, ranging from screaming women to a butcher in the kitchen to a creepy clown.

An element from years back is reincarnated this year.

“You might find it ‘amazing’ that in a room of 2,800 square feet, guests will find a maze,” said Pettibone.

He has seen many of his haunted house volunteers — about 50 are needed each year — pass down their role to their children who are now part of the annual escapades. The volunteers range in age from teen-agers to senior citizens.

Pettibone said castle staff started the Halloween haunts nearly 30 years ago in honor of Hammond’s legacy. He shared some of the history that inspired the annual event.

“(Hammond’s) cook Nellie Connors always stood ready to provide on a moment’s notice the food befitted that season as she was never sure how many celebrities would be pestering Hammond’s secretary for an invitation to come and visit his ‘abbey by the sea’ during October,” he related.

“Hammond, who was married to a psychic, believed if you bring back antiquities, you bring the spirit of the original owner or makers, too,” he added.

And the castle is filled with antiquities. Pettibone noted that the castle was filmed for a new Travel Channel series, in which he will discuss “things that go bump in the night.”

The nature of the haunted event has evolved over the years. In the beginning, each staff member created a haunted room.

“This was the era of the fake cobwebs and fog machines, but I think we have gotten more sophisticated since then,” said Pettibone.

Then a theme-based event emerged.

This year’s effort was spearheaded by Matt Parisi with the help of castle staffers Jay Craveiro and Linda Rose, with a corps of volunteers, who did a masterful job of decorating, said Pettibone.

Parisi said this year they were trying to do something different.

“It’s not like some of the other haunted houses in the past,” said Parisi. “We are trying to get inside people’s head with a lot of suspense along the way.”

The castle has taken on many shades of horror.

One year Pettibone played an eccentric proprietor who tried to lasso people who walked by him; the lasso was made of fake snakes.

“But one woman almost passed out on me and I had to stop. It was so effective we had to get rid of it because it was too effective,” he said.

Another time he played Norman Bates of “Psycho” fame; he sat in an early American bedroom with a bloody shower curtain and a sign that read “vacancy.” His “mother,” rocking in a nearby chair, every now and then would reach out to try to grab someone passing by.

For several years, a man played Michael Myers, the masked killer from the “Halloween” horror film series, who actually owned one of the four masks from the film production.

“One year he stood on a platform holding a machete, and he wore knee pads to protect himself from being kicked because that’s what people would do when they got scared,” said Pettibone.

In the era of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” film, Pettibone played that character for about 10 years, and spent close to a $1,000 on a replica of the costume; the volunteers received custom-fitted vampire teeth.

But about nine years ago he moved on to play the role of Dr. Lecter.

“My Hannibal even had a Facebook website, and some people wanted group hugs,” he recalled. “Overall, we have come a long way to ensuring that the spirit of Hammond is still very much alive in his ‘abbey by the sea.’”

Gail McCarthy can be reached at 978-283-7000 x3445, or [email protected] .

'Castle of Madness' at Hammond Castle What: Final haunted castle tours. When: Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2, from 7 to 11 p.m., with last tickets sold at 10:30 p.m. Ticket booth opens at 6:30 p.m. at Stage Fort Park. Where: All tickets sold at Stage Fort Park, where there is a small midway with treats, activities and entertainment. Ticket holders will ride free shuttle to the castle. Organizers note that parking and ticketing will only be at Stage Fort Park, off Hough Avenue in Gloucester. Caveats: "Castle of Madness" is not recommended for young children. It is a 20- to 30-minute indoor and outdoor walking tour involving stairs and uneven footing. How much: $15 at HauntCastle.com . Proceeds benefit the castle. For more information, visit www.HammondCastle.org .

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In a 1924 letter to his father, John Hays Hammond Jr. shares what his aspirations are for his dream home and laboratory:

“My ambition is to leave a modest, but beautiful, museum.…I want only an authentic atmosphere, some furniture, and genuine architectural pieces — doors, windows, etc. In cold restrained New England, a place with the romantic beauty of the Italian and French past may prove the inspiration of many poor artists and students to come. It will give them something that I have been fortunate enough to know and enjoy. It also gives me satisfaction to think that I may be able to produce something of lasting worth.”

Tom and I visited this beautiful museum and grounds which are really a treasure to behold that is inspiring and awesome, an antique extravaganza set in four structures of the past, thanks to a creative, gifted inventor. He not only collected pieces of art and interesting artifacts, but found a way to offer quite an unusual museum that inspires everyone who walks in the door, a real blast from the past!

As the visitor walks down the steps from the upper parking lot, there are flower beds along the stairway to the entrance. The garden then wraps around the structures to the back, where there is grass and a glorious view of the bay itself. The gravesite of Jack Hammond himself is in the front garden in the corner.

Settled on a piece of ocean access property, there are four connected structures sitting side by side that are a step back in time. Romanesque, Medieval, Renaissance French, and Gothic architecture can be enjoyed here.The far west building was inspired by a 15th Century French Chateau, complete with a draw bridge leading into a huge Great Hall, that captures the essence and feel of a 13th Century Gothic Cathedral, which is connected to a 13th Century Castle, with a direct passage into Hammond’s Research Lab.

The Bell Tower and Cloister add a special crowning touch. When we visited, the Chateau wasn’t open but everything else was available to peruse.

These structures are the home of Jack Hammond’s huge collection of 13th-16th antiquities and art from his favorite eras of time, creating a museum full of artistic endeavors that inspire visitors.

My favorite part has to be The Great Hall. A wide, stone staircase leads into The Great Hall that was the most amazing structure, sure to lift you up. It is the most impressive building among the four, a sure crowd-pleaser and quite the place to entertain Hammond’s guests. It has the feel of a Gothic cathedral with its eighty foot ceilings, stained-glass windows, religious artifacts and Hammond’s organ; that he invented with the help of experts.

The 13th Century Castle was my second favorite structure, being the main living space for the Hammonds. In the center of the first floor there is a courtyard with a small, rectangular pool, and with vegetation watered by a lever to provide artificial rain. The second and third floors are built around this courtyard. In the space in front of this pool, is a Roman stone burial box for a child who perished so long ago, something you don’t see everyday. The Library, Living Room, Drawing Room, and bedrooms were all located here, filled with antiques and beauty.

JACK HAMMOND JR, The father of modern Radio and Remote Control

John “Jack” Hays Hammond Jr. was born in San Francisco. At an early age, his family moved to South Africa where his father, a trained mining engineer, worked with mine owners and earned a fortune doing so. At the age of ten, Jack moved with his family to England. He fell in love with the artwork and architectural styles of past eras, especially the Romanesque, Medieval, Renaissance French, and Gothic styles, which fueled his adult passion to collect both art and 14th to 15th century pieces of structures.

From England, the Hammond family moved back to the United States, settling along the Atlantic on a choice piece of ocean view property in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Young Jack’s abilities must of appeared early in his life. His father decided to take him along on a business trip to visit Thomas Edison’s main laboratory, in West Orange, New Jersey. Young Jack made quite an impression on Edison because of his intelligent questions, so Edison gave the Hammonds a more extensive tour of his facilities.

Edison’s personal interest in Jack continued and they stayed in close contact through the rest of Edison’s life. Edison was a great mentor to Jack, giving him helpful advice.

Jack graduated from Yale in 1910. Edison advised him that being an inventor can be very profitable. To find out what scientific inventions had become the cutting edge, he got a job in the patent office, as a sort of self-apprenticeship.

After leaving this job, Jack started his own company called the Hammond Radio Research Laboratory, on his parents’ Gloucester estate, like the Davidson brothers who set up their Harley Davidson Co. in their mother’s garage. Jack turned out to be the brilliant inventor that Edison and Bell both saw. Throughout his career, he was awarded 400 patents for his inventions in radio control, electronics, naval weapons, national defense and also consumer products, many for RCA.

Money flowed into his company, some of which he spent on his favorite hobby; collecting antiquities and elements of structures built long ago.

He met the love of his life, Irene Fenton Reynolds of Gloucester, who was married at the time. She fell in love with him also. Irene divorced her husband and married Jack, much to the disapproval of their families. Scandal!

After being told to leave the family estate, Jack bought the vacant land nearby and started to build his dream home seaside residence, from 1926-1929, that was truly one-of-a-kind. It was very large, with four structures that were attached together. All of his collections were put inside or outside near the appropriate structure. One of these structures became his laboratory. He could work and live in the same place, which was a very convenient set-up.

The eighty-seven foot tall Great Hall became a most impressive place to entertain visitors, decorated with real church stain glass windows, church artifacts, medieval items, even a knight’s armour. Hammond’s organ that he invented with the help of organ specialists, was put together and played for private and community concerts, sometimes by famous organists including Richard Elisasser and Virl Fox.

Jack opened up the first two floors of the three structures of his living space to the public as a museum. He reserved his laboratory and third floor bedroom as private spaces.

After he and his wife died, a Hammond Castle organization kept the museum open, and held the community social events here, though the organ stopped working in 2004, and would take a boatload of money to fix it.

Hammond’s dream is being fulfilled in that many visitors are learning and being inspired by what he left behind to encourage us all. Or, has he really left? Who may be keeping him company?

HISTORY OF MANIFESTATIONS

Hammond Castle Museum offers the full sports package of paranormal activity due to the feelings people had for this special place, for the items on display, and the material of the structures themselves that was brought from Europe to be a part of Jack’s dream home.

Structures where spiritualism has been practiced using seances to conjure up spirits, and other means that were used to contact the spiritual realm, often have open portals, making it easy for spirits to visit.

LeDuc Mansion, MN (The LeDuc sisters and their father practiced spiritualism through seances, opening up spectral portals).

The White House, Washington D.C. (Mrs. Lincoln held seances here, hoping to make contact with her dead sons. This opened a portal, allowing former spectral residents to visit whenever they felt the need to do so).

Villa Montezuma, CA (The original owner, Jess Shepard, was a spiritualist composer who summoned up the spirits of Chopin and Mozart, in his special seance room to help him play music on his piano. The portal is still open, allowing the spirit of Jesse to visit often).

Hammond Castle, MA (Both Jack and Irene Hammond, a psychic, were fascinated with the paranormal and set the table for today’s paranormal investigation groups. He conducted scientific experiments, funded by the Parapsychology Foundation in 1950-1951, using an electrified Faraday cage with psychic Eileen Garrett inside. The Faraday cage was designed to keep out electromagnetic waves, to determine whether ESP used electromagnetic frequencies as a carrier wave. Jack and Irene held seances as well, to perhaps talk to the spirits attached to their artifacts, A portal or two were opened up as a result).

People who once enjoyed living in their dream home while alive, sometimes choose to reside there in their afterlife.

Edith Wharton Estate, MA (This special structure and its grounds were where Edith felt at home, where she wrote twelve of her forty books. It is not surprising that she and her husband Teddy are staying there together while repairing their relationship, now that his mental issues are gone).

1890 House Museum, NY (Former residents have chosen to spend their afterlife in their family forever home, enjoying what they liked to do while alive).

Joslyn Castle, NE (The spirits of the Joslyn family have reunited in their beloved forever home, a glorious castle).

Hammond Castle, MA (Apparently the spirits of the Hammonds, a former employee, and their friends are still enjoying this unique structure).

When cherished artifacts and information are on display in an original structure turned museum, they act like an environmental trigger which draws back the spirits who once owned them. Besides finding peace by being with their favorite possessions, these spirits want to enjoy what is written and displayed about their lives and times; their successes as well.

Belcourt Castle, RI (Among some of the extensive collections of antiquities found here, spirits that have attached themselves to favorite antiques and also enjoy the castle).

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park, NE (All of Buffalo Bill’s memorabilia and artifacts are on display here, and his spirit likes to visit his stuff and memories, as well as claiming his old bedroom as his special place).

Hill-Stead House, CT (Spectral members of the Pope family love to visit their collections of French Impressionist Paintings, furnishings and decorative arts, along with other artifacts, including Theodate’s grand collection of books on the paranormal and Spiritualism).

Hammond Castle, MA (The interior of the museum looks like the Hammonds just went out for a walk, as it is set up exactly as they liked it. In Jack’s laboratory, all of his accomplishments are on display. The library has Hammond’s entire book collection, furniture and antiques are still where the Hammonds placed them, and their bedroom on the third floor is still off limits to the public, giving them a very private spot to be when the museum is open during the day).

(Spirits that have attached to the antiquities on display in Hammond Castle Museum, are quite happy here. Jack himself said that spirits had attached to some of the items in his large collection).

When a person dies suddenly while doing a job they love, their spirit wants to continue working; not being ready to stop just yet.

Clevelands Grays Armory, OH (A caretaker died of a heart attack in the middle of doing his work list, in a place that he loved).

Brewery Arts Center, NV (The spirit of a dedicated Masonic maintenance officer continues to fulfill his duties).

The Pittsburgh Playhouse, PA (A popular actor of his time, John Johns was looking forward to a role he was to perform on stage. He died suddenly of a heart attack. His spirit still tried to be involved with the theatre before it was torn down. He may have attached to some theatre items that were going to another theatre still standing).

Hammond Castle Museum, MA (Hammond’s groundsman died suddenly while tending to the landscaping around the castle. His spirit has stayed to become an extra spectral employee).

In some cases, friendships last into the afterlife, especially if spirits enjoyed themselves and the company of their hosts while everyone was alive.

Edith Wharton Estate, MA (Spirits of Edith’s friends still enjoy visiting her, as she has chosen to spend her afterlife in the place she loved the most).

Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum, TX (The host and hostess still hold great parties for their friends, complete with music. They even invited the live-in curator to join them!).

Beauregard Keyes House Museum, LA (Parties and dancing are still being held in this house museum’s ballroom, as spirits are still enjoying the great times they had during these social affairs).

Hammond Castle Museum, MA (The Hammonds are still hosting spectral friends; apparently being dead hasn’t hindered their hospitality skills toward their spectral friends).

MANIFESTATIONS

The spirit of jack hammond.

He always seems to be at peace and in a good mood, always the host.

He likes to be sociable to all, as he was while alive.

He has made personal appearances in the Great Hall, by standing in the balcony. He has appeared to Girl Scouts, visitors, docents, workmen, and paranormal investigators.

People have heard his footsteps, an unusual sound indeed, because of the special shoes he wore to help with his feet issues.

When investigators ask for a sign of his presence, they can hear a male voice answering them, or he finds other ways to communicate, such as swinging the chandelier, or other playful ways.

The Spirit of Irene Hammond

Her spirit is described as being pleasant, cordial, but restless.

Her apparition has been seen moving around the castle.

She likes to look out the windows of the castle and enjoy the view of the courtyard and pool.

Her favorite bedroom on the second floor is in the back, The Medieval Room.

Irene will also communicate with the living if they ask her questions.

Her apparition was seen by a visitor, who ran to tell the docent that a woman was sleeping on the museum bed.

When the docent came to scold the naughty visitor, no one was there, as she had disappeared. If the woman had been living, there would’ve been no time to get off the bed and out of the room.

The visitor could identify the woman as being Irene after looking at a picture of her.

The Spirit of Hammond’s Groundsman

This spirit was profoundly disappointed about suddenly dying on the job.

Apparently, the museum has a spectral gardener who is not on the payroll.

To make himself feel better, his apparition has been seen tending to young plants, as well as helping to take care of the gardens and landscaping.

Perhaps he is a friendly unseen presence who follows the living gardeners around, to make sure they do their yard chores correctly, and to see if they need his help.

Spectral Friends of the Hammonds

Spectral friends enjoy themselves at the Hammonds.

They like to photo-bomb visitors’ pictures of the castle’s Library. Visitors have complained to the museum about this.

Disembodied voices have been recorded in the library as they may still be discussing topics of interest with their host Jack Hammond.

Leading Spectral Tours

Being a good host, the spirit of Jack may give spectral guests a tour of his castle.

The voices of spirits can be heard up on the balcony of the Great Hall, perhaps conversing with the Hammonds. They may enjoy watching the living gape at the beauty of the Great Hall.

Unknown Spirits

These spirits seem to be happy and at peace.

Personal appearances by unknown spirits have been spotted by the living just walking around and enjoying the exhibits and items on display, as well as the interesting decor of the castle that may help them feel at home.

They may be spectral guests of the Hammonds, spectral tourists who have found their way here through an open portal, or spirits attached to the antiquities collected by the Hammonds and on display.

Auditory cues of their presences such as disembodied voices, footsteps, etc., suggest their unseen presences as well.

PARANORMAL FINDINGS

Docents, visitors, employees and workmen have had personal experiences for years with the spirits that reside or visit this magnificent castle.

Paranormal investigators are never disappointed, as the spirits here are benign and welcoming. The TV series, Ghost Hunters (TAPS), found that out when they filmed an episode there (Season 8, Ep 23). The spirit of Jack found direct and fun ways to communicate with the TAPs crew; sitting near them in the library so they could feel his friendly presence, vocal utterances, swinging lights and chandeliers and making his distinct footsteps.

When Ghost Hunters (TAPS) put devices on the bed where the apparition of a woman had startled a visitor, they had a conversation with the spirit of Irene who was cordial and answered all their questions.

STILL HAUNTED?

A big YES INDEED is in order!

The spirit of Jack Hammond is still the friendly host with a sense of humor for both the living and spirits as well.There is a positive energy that permeates the structure, making everyone, whether living or dead, happy to visit or work there.

The spirit of Irene finds peace for her restlessness by staying with Jack in their forever home. She may have unresolved issues about the divorce from her first husband, and the furor it caused when she married the love of her life, Jack. Jack paid a price as he was shunned by his own family for marrying Irene, though he still wrote letters to his father.

Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Ave., Gloucester, MA 0193 (978) 283-2080

Hammond Castle property is located on seven acres by the Atlantic coast in the Magnolia area of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It sits on a rocky cliff that has a great view of Gloucester Harbor, Norman’s Woe Rock Reef and Cape Ann.

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• https://www.hammondcastle.org/
• Hammond Castle – Wikipedia
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• http://www.johndandola.com/JohnHaysHammondJr.html
• https://historyofmassachusetts.org/john-hammond-jr-conducted-telepathic-experiments-at-hammond-castle/ Rebecca Beatrice Brooks April 16, 2012 4 Commentson John Hammond, Jr.’s,Telepathic Experiments at Hammond Castle
• https://www.mahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/hammond-castle.html
• https://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/hammond-castle.html
• NRHP Reference Number: 73000298

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This tour is not for the faint-hearted. It beckons those who seek the extraordinary, the unexplained, and the enigmatic. Beware, for you may find what you’re looking for and more in the shadows of New England and Salem.  Dare you to journey with us into the twilight of Halloween week? This is your chance to embrace the spectral energy that courses through New England and Salem, where every shadow is intentional and holds a story.

Welcome to our world in the most spectral time of the year, in one of the most haunted cities in America.

What's included / excluded, *** 10-day incredible package inclusions ***.

• Airport Transfers from and to Boston Logan International Airport
• 9 Nights of 3/4 Star Rated Hotel Accommodations
• Halloween Extravaganza party.
• Service charges and taxes at your hotels.
• Experienced tour guide and director during the duration of the trip.
• Fees for all venues and activities listed on the final itinerary
• 11 meals as described in the itinerary. This includes: A Breakfast each Morning, A Welcome Dinner, A Celebratory farewell dinner, Luxury Coach with Expert Drivers
• Special Guests: Ambassadors including Frightfully Good and Neil Storey leading us through Paranormal Experiences during this magical journey.
• Local historian tour guide with much interest and experience with the local haunts and regional lore.
• Use of Paranormal Investigation tools as made available (You may bring your own gear and protection tools)
• Snacks and soft drinks on the bus for longer transport days.
• Information of each location’s information, history, and tales of legends
• Our signature “Secret” whimsical surprise
• 24-Hour Emergency Customer Service
• A great group of fellow Mysterious Adventures Tours travelers, excited to explore all that Halloween has to offer!

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• This is a Land Package only. Travel to/from Airfare, Bus, and rail Fare are not covered. (We will assist you in capturing the best route and rates.)
• Pre and Post Accommodations (may purchase separately; During the tour, accommodation not listed in the final itinerary)
• Any other destinations/services not listed on the final itinerary
• Any personal expenses, such as laundry, room service, mini bar, telephone, etc.
• Travel Insurance (recommended)
• Expenses incurred due to unforeseen travel disruptions such as catastrophic natural weather conditions/disasters, and local conditions (strikes, protests, political disturbances, etc.)
• Additional meals and drinks outside of the itinerary’s offerings, including alcoholic beverages
• Passport Fees
• Excess baggage fees
• Required (or elective) COVID-19 Testing
• Tips for MAT Tour Guide, location tour guides, Coach Driver, and hotel staff.

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• Incredible location close/near Salem Massachusetts (3/4 star quality)
• Spectacular location in Providence, Rhode Island

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Flight (Please remember to book separately)

DAY 1- Welcome To New England! Providence, Rhode Island

DAY 2- Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Belcourt House

DAY 3- Old Sturbridge Village, Harrisville Cemetery

DAY 4- Supernatural Intensity of the Bridgewater Triangle

DAY 5- Welcome to Salem!

DAY 6- Exploring the Supernatural in Salem

DAY 7- Behold more of Salem's Wickedness & Lore!

DAY 8- Danvers, Rebecca Nurse Homestead,

DAY 9- Gloucester, Hammond Castle Museum, Dogtown Village

DAY 10- Good Bye New England!

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With over half a million visitors expected, the city is buzzing with parties, parades, vendor fairs, walking tours, museums, attractions, and special events.

DAY 1: Oct. 27, 2024

Breathtaking New England Welcomes you to her spookiest days!

We will start our adventure by embarking on an unforgettable journey through the shadowy heart of  providence, rhode island , where the past intertwines with the present and the eerie whispers of history beckon., 🍽️ included meal(s): breakfast and dinner, day 2: oct. 28, 2024.

The Legends of Rhode Island's History & Mansions are ready for you!

Today our journey begins at  chestnut hill cemetery , where centuries-old gravestones whisper secrets of the past that few know., day 3: oct. 29, 2024.

Challenge yourself with Paranormal Intensity

On this autumn day, we will continue our eerie explorations of rhode island with some of the most iconic properties in the supernatural world.,  🍽️ included meal(s): breakfast, day 4: oct. 30, 2024.

The Supernatural Intensity of the Bridgewater Triangle

Today we leave rhode island and journey up north into the wicked bowels of haunted massachusetts, 🍽️ included meal(s): breakfast, day 5: oct. 31, 2024.

Halloween Celebrated with It's Finest! Welcome to Salem!

On the most bewitching night of the year, when the ethereal veil is the thinnest, delve into the heart of salem, massachusetts, and uncover the chilling enigmas that can only be experienced here., day 6: nov. 1, 2024.

Exploring the Supernatural in Salem!

We’ve survived our halloween experience in salem, but nevertheless, our journey will continue as we continue to explore the wonder of salem., day 7: nov. 2, 2024.

Behold more of Salem's Wickedness & Lore!

Our journey commences today at the  joshua ward house , a dwelling steeped in unsettling legends., day 8: nov. 3, 2024.

Exploring the Original Salem

Our day begins in the original salem, now known as  danvers , where the eerie echoes of history still reverberate., day 9: nov. 4, 2024.

Gloucester, Hammon Castle Museum & Other Old Haunts

Our last full day together will be nothing less than spectacular spooky, day 10: nov. 5, 2024.

Good Bye New England!

Your Tour Ambassadors

Aussie's frightfully good.

• Awards 2020 – Female Paranormal Investigator of the Year (The Paranormal Awards USA)
• 2021 – Runner-Up Female Paranormal Investigator of the Year
• 2020 & 2021 Australian Ambassadors of the Year (Anne and Renata) 2021 – Best Podcast of the Year (True Hauntings)

Renata Daniel

Anne Rzechowicz

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A Man and His Castle

The eclectic legacy of inventor john hays hammond jr..

November-December 2020

Hammond Castle Museum is a romantic pastiche of medieval and Renaissance European architecture, a passionate testament to the past where John Hays Hammond Jr. foresaw the technological future.

The prolific inventor built the massive dwelling, with its flying buttresses, drawbridge, cloister courtyard, and bell tower perched on Gloucester’s rocky Atlantic coast, in the late 1920s. Then he filled its Gothic-revival rooms with hundreds of artifacts salvaged from the ruins of World War I, opening the showplace as a museum in 1930.

Cape Ann residents, Hammond’s friends, and luminaries including Walt Disney, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. flocked to his tours and galas. Disney privately screened his 1940 masterpiece Fantasia in the Great Hall, which doubled, thanks to Hammond’s acoustical innovations, as a concert arena and recording studio where George Gershwin and other prominent musicians performed and played its 7,400-pipe organ. Overnight guests were treated to “playful” pranks. Hammond might appear suddenly in their rooms, late at night, from a hidden passageway, asking his favorite question: “What do you think of the castle?” Or, as visitors gasped in fear, he’d swan-dive into the courtyard’s decoratively green-tinged fountain and fish pond—then surface, smiling: the water was dyed to mask a nearly nine-foot swimming pool. They might also be subject to his in-house “weather system”: doused by rain or shrouded in fog through specially designed steam pipes, which primarily watered his collection of tropical plants.

“He was totally theatrical,” says museum curator and creative director Scott Cordiner. “Bigger than life, like a P.T. Barnum-type.”

The Gothic-revival and ecclesiastical architecture firm Allen & Collens built the castle, but it was Hammond who specified the transformation of contemporary materials to look time-worn. Scores of craftsmen worked on the house for years, some cleverly beating “the heck out of” the thick wooden doors and stone tiles so they would blend in with Hammond’s actual antiques, Cordiner explains. Workers even carefully carved and polished indentations in the treads of the poured-concrete spiral staircase to make them seem old, and distressed the courtyard’s twentieth-century plaster and timber-framing to better match the three fifteenth-century French village storefronts Hammond bought and had installed.

“Visitors do have a hard time distinguishing between what is an artifact and what is, shall I say, décor,” says Cordiner. “Going through these heavy wooden doors, they don’t know that some of them are actually from the 1400s.” The same is true for more than 50 funerary head stones scattered throughout the museum, including a child’s uncarved (therefore, unused) sarcophagus, and a glass case of human remains discovered by a nineteenth-century German archaeologist who declared, Cordiner adds, that “the fragments came from crew members from Columbus’s first voyage.”

The cathedral-like Great Hall, with Eileen Fenton’s sun room at left

Photograph courtesy of Hammond Castle

Besides being a collector, Hammond was also a Yale-educated engineer, a protégé of Alexander Graham Bell, and ultimately held 437 U.S. patents and 40 foreign ones. Known as “the father of radio control,” he was fascinated by sound and electricity, developing devices and systems for the military and radio-broadcast industry. His pioneering work on remote control was integral to today’s drones and unmanned air and ground vehicles, Cordiner says, and for decades he produced innovations relevant to guided missiles and torpedoes. He also developed the “dynamic multiplier”—the precursor to the modern home stereo system—and more than 200 diverse patents for the pipe organ, piano, toys, robots, cookware, nautical tools, and television.

As early as 1930, Hammond publicly proclaimed “that radio is going to be passé; TV’s going to be king,” reports Cordiner, and he continued to research and design inventions with a team of scientists in castle laboratories until his death in 1965. Hammond, who is buried under a plaque not far from the castle drawbridge, even presciently planned his own legacy. “After I am gone, all my scientific creations will be old-fashioned and forgotten,” he wrote to his father in 1924. “I want to build something in hard stone and engrave on it for posterity a name of which I am justly proud.”

And he was right. Cordiner notes: “We’re constantly having to refresh the world’s memory about John Hays Hammond Jr. He might still be part of the past, but he’s also about today and the future.” The museum is intent on repositioning the site to highlight STEM history and education. Through extensive research and new, expanded exhibits still in progress in the castle’s Invention, Exploration, and War Rooms, Cordiner says, the mission “is to continue to present truthfully Hammond’s art and architecture collection, but, even more so, to build awareness about his scientific contributions.”

Hammond was the son of mining engineer and magnate John Hays Hammond, who earned an initial fortune operating the South African mines of English imperialist Cecil Rhodes. After narrowly escaping a death sentence for his role in the British-backed 1895 Jameson Raid against the Boer republics, he moved the family to England, and then returned to America. There, with friends like President William Howard Taft, he was appointed a special ambassador, and amassed more money through oil-drilling.

The charming “round room” library features Hammond’s creative acoustics.

Photograph by Loretta Craverio/Courtesy of Hammond Castle

The younger Hammond shared his father’s drive for business-oriented innovation. Although he was wealthy, he worked in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after graduating from college, learning about the application process and potential commercial markets, and then founded a corporation and laboratory at his father’s Gloucester estate, eventually earning his own fortune through selling his patents, while genuinely enjoying his scientific work.

During the 1910s, he filed at least 75 successful patents toward the development of radio-controlled torpedoes, but with the end of World War I, as Congress moved slowly toward purchasing his military patents, Hammond sought other clients. Most significantly, in 1923, during the heady days of early radio, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) bought 81 of his radio patents and patents-pending for $125,000 and 70,000 shares of RCA stock, Cordiner reports. RCA was among the greatest growth stocks of the time, and Hammond put his new wealth toward construction of his castle.

The Inventions Room details Hammond’s commercial work in sound reproduction and amplification. “It is with television that Hammond attempted to solve one of the earliest problems facing commercial air travel: how does one land at night and during inclement weather?” Cordiner says. “Beginning in 1929 and continuing through 1937, he developed technologies which would allow pilots to land their planes by receiving televised images of the aircraft’s location in relation to the landing strip. Another solution used lights to intersect a safe path for aircraft to follow as the they landed.”

Following a more personal passion, Hammond worked to enhance musical instruments, creating automatic-player systems for the pipe organ and piano, while collecting unusual instruments, like the nineteenth-century claviharp. That harp-cum-keyboard is displayed in the library, a round room with a ceiling Hammond designed to amplify not only musical notes, but also his guests’ conversations. Standing in the middle of the room, one could speak in a way that reverberates, as if from a microphone, as Cordiner demonstrates during a tour. Hammond used it to eavesdrop easily on guests seated around after dinner.

Although nearly half his patents had military applications, he also pursued the civilian market. Early automobile patents signaled the need for an oil change, for example; other patents yielded signage that used electrical dots to form letters; radio channel-selectors allowing listeners to jump automatically to stations playing their preferred music; and television signal-scramblers that required subscription payments to access a program. “His answer to the housing crisis for returning veterans of World War II was a mobile housing system whereby luxury apartments could be moved and inserted into specially designed buildings,” Cordiner notes. “Certainly, some of his patents must be considered as failures, such as his combination lighter/cigarette case, but anyone who has ever stepped on a bottle cap can appreciate his Magnatop Bottlecap Opener, a device noted for its elegant design, which magnetically captured the cap as it was being removed.”

Unlike his father, Cordiner explains, Hammond was not, at core, a capitalist. He fell in love with castles and cathedrals while living in England as a boy, and went on to lead a far more creative, multifarious life than his parents. For one, he married an older divorcée, portrait painter (and social climber, Cordiner says) Irene Fenton Reynolds, whom his mother could never tolerate. The couple were part of the nation’s social and business elite, and especially close to a cadre of artistic and affluent people who summered in Cape Ann—including interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper, who built and lived in Beauport (now a museum owned by Historic New England) and economist Abram Piatt Andrew, Ph.D. 1900. Cordiner says Hammond also had “a longstanding, very caring and loving affair” with another one of their mutual friends in Gloucester, the English-born amateur actor Leslie Buswell. The museum has recently made that fact more explicit—just as Beauport tours now acknowledge Sleeper’s longtime relationship with Andrew. “This is something that has been part of rumors and innuendo in the past, and I believe it is part of his identity and needs to be embraced, explained, and expressed,” the curator says. “The best definition for how Hammond was is ‘pan-sexual’….He loved people based on their personalities.”

The Hammonds themselves were a modern, independent couple. He admired her artistic talents, and they had a loving, compatible, and respectful union, even though she disliked medieval architecture—viewing the Great Hall as a “waste of space,” Cordiner says—and preferred to spend time in the adjacent, more comfortable sun room. Hammond liked to read in a Great Hall alcove, seated in a bishop’s sixth-century marble cathedra (kitty-corner from a fifteenth-century cathedra from Spain’s Cathedral of La Seu d’Urgell). He was often up all night, turning in as she awoke, so they might not see each other for days, leaving notes to communicate.

They also shared an interest in the occult, hosting mediums and seances at the castle. She was a devout spiritualist, and he had long been curious about the capabilities and impacts of sound waves and electromagnetic charges on the emotional lives of human beings. In the early 1950s, he conducted experiments into telepathy using Faraday cages (which obstruct electromagnetic fields) and working with the psychic Eileen J. Garrett. This history, and the traditional cultural attraction of “haunted castles,” explains in part the museum’s previous cooperation with paranormal investigators and the TV show Ghosthunters .

The museum still offers tours focused on spiritualism, and others that emphasize science, sci-fi literature, and the castle’s art and architecture. But during November and December, visitors can enjoy the grand proportions, specially decorated for the holidays, during “Deck the Halls” tours on Fridays through Sundays. (See the website for advance reservations for all events and the museum’s COVID protocols.)

Extravagant décor, the blending of fact and fiction, the push to innovate—all align with Hammond’s vision of his medieval castle by the sea. “People walk past things here and they are not always sure of what they are seeing,” he continues—but they are always surprised and impressed by the castle’s myriad ingenuities. And Hammond would have savored that. Like many of the world’s most successful creative people, he sought to entertain, educate, and advance society through his own faith that whatever he dreamed up could, or someday would, exist.  

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Trick or Treat at Hammond Castle Museum

Join Hammond Castle Museum for their annual Trick Or Treat at the Castle!

What better place to trick or treat than at an old seaside castle? We have everything you need to ignite your child’s imagination: a drawbridge, spiral staircase, and a Great Hall!

We will have spooky music, multiple trick or treat stations inside the castle and bubbles, snacks, and a craft at our 13th Century arches. You bring the scary costumes.

Timed Trick or Treat sessions will last approximately 15 minutes with six treat stations set up within the Castle starting on our drawbridge and leading into the Great Hall. The program will conclude with bubbles and a craft. Admission: Trick or Treater tickets are $10 Adult chaperone tickets are $5

*This ticket grants you access to the Trick Or Treat event. At the time of this event, the Museum will be closed to tours. 

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).