Haunted Tours Offer a Unique Way to Experience History in Shreveport
Shreveport, La. (PRWEB) September 19, 2014 -- As Halloween approaches, several groups have announced that they will will be offering haunted tours of historic sites in Shreveport, Louisiana during the 2014 Halloween season.
The Logan Mansion, located at 725 Austin Place in Shreveport, will once again host its popular haunted candlelight tours on Halloween night, Fri., Oct. 31. Guided tours exploring the house will begin every 20 minutes, 6-9 p.m. Admission is $10 and tours last approximately one hour. Reservations are not necessary.
“This isn’t a staged tour, there aren’t people jumping out at you or anything like that,” said Logan Mansion owner Vicki Lebrun, who has owned the historic mansion since 2005. “Guests will get a tour of the entire house, and they’ll hear stories about the haunting that we have here.”
Built in 1897, the Victorian-style mansion has long been rumored to be haunted by the spirit of a young girl who is said to have fallen from an upstairs window. During haunted tours at the Logan Mansion, guests will see all 17 rooms of the mansion as well as the 2,000-square-foot attic, hearing ghost stories along the way. For more information, visit http://www.theloganmansion.com.
Historic Haunts of Shreveport is a “historic and haunted” trolley tour of historic sites in Shreveport that are reputed to be haunted. Sites visited during the Historic Haunts of Shreveport tour vary due to availability, but frequently include Oakland Cemetery, the Mabry House, the Spring Street Museum, the Ogilvie-Weiner Mansion and more. Tours last approximately three hours and include trolley transportation, mini-lectures at each site and refreshments.
Upcoming Historic Haunts of Shreveport tour dates are: Thursday, Sept. 25; Thursday, Oct. 2; and Saturday, Nov. 1. Tickets are $55 per person, and may be purchased at http://www.historichauntsofshreveport.com. Net proceeds from the Historic Haunts of Shreveport tours benefit historic preservation efforts.
The Shreve Town Ghost Walk is a walking tour of downtown Shreveport, which lasts one hour and forty-five minutes and visits buildings that are reported to be haunted. The cost to take the tour is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Tours are offered each Saturday night at 8 p.m. Tours begin and end at the Caddo Courthouse, located at 501 Texas Street in downtown Shreveport. Reservations are not required. The Shreve Town Ghost Walk tour season ends on Saturday, Oct. 25. For more information, visit http://www.shrevetownghostwalk.com.
For more information on things to see and do in Shreveport-Bossier, visit http://www.sbfunguide.com.
Chris Jay, Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana's Other Side, http://www.shreveport-bossier.org, +1 (318) 429-0658, [email protected]
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