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Hegeler Carus Mansion schedules Victorian death tours and a movie night for Halloween season · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Hegeler Karas Mansion schedules Victorian Death tours and a movie night for
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  Halloween season. Written by Michael Urbanek. This article is being
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  read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. The Hagler-Kerras
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  Mansion is hosting two Victorian-themed Halloween tours October 22, 24, followed by
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  a black and white movie night October 30th, all at the historic
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  mansion at 1307 7th Street in La Salle, according to a news
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  release. The mansion is not haunted. Tour is scheduled from 5 to
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  9 p.m. Each of the three nights. Costume guides will lead guests
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  through the mansion's main level, sharing Gilded Age funeral traditions and superstitions,
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  including the fear of being buried alive and what visitors might find
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  in a Victorian cemetery. The tour lasts about an hour. Tickets are
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  40 per person or 140 for a four-pack. A new upper floor
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  lore tour is set for 6 p.m. Only on the same three
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  nights. Guides will take guests through the main level, second level, attic,
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  second attic, and cupola, covering topics such as the origins of trick-or-treating
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  and the connection between running water and ghost stories. The tour lasts
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  about 2.5 hours. Tickets are 125 per person. Victorian
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  dress is encouraged but not required for both tours. Spiked shoes are
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  not allowed on the main level tour, and heels are not allowed
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  on the upper floor tour. Guests under the eighteenth of may attend
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  with an adult, but the mansion cautions that the content, which focuses
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  on Victorian funeral and Halloween traditions, may be macabre or unsettling for
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  some. The news black and white movie night is scheduled from 6
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  to 8 p.m. October 30th. Guests will watch a classic black and
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  white film and eat a TV tray dinner from sponsor Seattle Sutton's
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  Healthy Eating. Tickets are 55 per person or 100 for a two-pack.
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  The code POPCON takes 25 off tickets, according to the news release.