| Ready to say "I do?" Are you the type of couple | | | | Want the ultimate in Spooky Halloween |
| who enjoys a good ghost tale or loves | | | | Weddings? Head over to Salem, Massachusetts, |
| Halloween? Then why not turn your "I do" into "I | | | | just north of Boston, and site of the infamous |
| boo" with a haunted Halloween wedding? | | | | Witch Trials in the early 1690s. During the trials |
| Not only has Halloween become a favorite holiday | | | | many people were accused of being witches and |
| for adults, it's also become a day many couples | | | | executed, with many more being imprisoned. |
| decide to tie the knot. Some couples go for | | | | Today Salem is a tourist attraction, with such |
| Halloween-themed weddings with skull and | | | | "scary" sites as the Witch Dungeon Museum, the |
| pumpkin decorations, and a masquerade reception. | | | | Salem Wax Museum of Witches & |
| Some couples hire companies to come in and turn | | | | Seafarers, the New England Pirate Museum and |
| their weddings into "Murder Mystery" events. | | | | the House of Seven Gables. Salem is particularly |
| Many couples, though, take Halloween weddings | | | | popular during October, with month-long Halloween |
| one step further, having their weddings at spooky | | | | celebrations featuring tours of haunted houses, a |
| venues, or locations which are supposedly | | | | narrated stroll through Salem's oldest graveyard, |
| haunted. If you'd like to push the envelope for | | | | séances, costume balls and street fairs. |
| your Halloween wedding, here are a few venues | | | | You might want to consider having your wedding |
| you might consider: | | | | at The House of Seven Gables, the oldest |
| The Queen Mary - Long Beach, California | | | | surviving 17th century wooden mansion in New |
| The Queen Mary is an Art Deco wonder, once | | | | England, and which was the inspiration for |
| cruising the high seas, now permanently berthed in | | | | Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven |
| Long Beach, California as a tourist attraction and | | | | Gables." The mansion's Seaside Lawn can |
| hotel. Some say it's also haunted, with reports by | | | | accommodate 200 guests seated for dinner, |
| employees, guests and visiting psychics of | | | | including a dance floor. |
| paranormal activity. The Queen Mary also offers | | | | The Myrtles Plantation - St. Francisville, Louisiana |
| wedding packages in the Queen Mary's Chapel or | | | | If you want your wedding in a haunted venue, |
| on the deck, and, for over 12 years has hosted | | | | then why not go for "One of America's Most |
| an annual "Halloween Terrorfest," with "terrifying | | | | Haunted Homes?" Located on U.S. Highway 61, 30 |
| mazes" and dance parties from Oct. 5 through | | | | miles north of Baton Rouge, the mansion was built |
| Halloween night. | | | | in 1796, by General David Bradford, and is now a |
| Thayer's B&B - Annandale, Minnesota | | | | tourist attraction and Bed & Breakfast. |
| Thayer's B&B is the perfect place for your | | | | Considered on of the most haunted houses in |
| haunted wedding or honeymoon. This B&B is | | | | America, The Myrtles Plantation has been |
| an Old West Victorian mansion just minutes from | | | | featured in the New York Times, the Oprah |
| the Twin Cities, offering weddings every day of | | | | Show, The History Chanel and National Geographic |
| the year, as well as a "Haunted Honeymoon | | | | Explorer. And, it can feature in your wedding |
| Package" which includes a one-hour Couple's | | | | plans, as it is also available for weddings and |
| Psychic Reading, a 1/2-hour of private ghost | | | | receptions. |
| hunting instruction, and a disposable camera to | | | | Whichever spooky location you choose for your |
| photograph the many ghosts which inhabit | | | | Halloween wedding, do be sure to make plans well |
| Thayer's B&B. | | | | in advance of the date, as venues at Halloween |
| Salem, Massachusetts | | | | tend to fill up quickly. |