PORT TOWNSEND — The inaugural Haunted Histories & Mysteries of Port Townsend is set for today and Saturday.
The Port Townsend Main Street Program and the Jefferson County Historical Society are collaborating on the activities, which will take place in downtown and uptown Port Townsend.
They are a mixture of paranormal investigations, haunted walks, an escape room at the old jail in the Jefferson County Museum of Art & History, flashlight tours, classes and historic building tours.
Each offering is priced separately, ranging from $10 to $75. Seven paid events and two free events for ticket holders are offered.
Tickets are on sale at ptmainstreet.org and event brite.com (search for Haunted Histories & Mysteries of Port Townsend.)
Participants must be 16 or older; the two free events are for those 21 and older because they take place in bars — “Boo’s & Spirits Mixer” tonight and “Tell Your Tales” on Saturday.
Those interested in paranormal activity can use the equipment as they visit three historic buildings with paranormal investigators — the Olympic Peninsula Paranormal Society and Beyond the Paranormal.
Investigations have been done in the Hastings Building, the Mount Baker Block Building and the Jefferson County Historical Society’s museum and old jail, said Mari Mullen, executive director of the Port Townsend Main Street Program.
To break out of the escape room at the 1892 museum jail, participants will have to solve puzzles.
Key City Public Theatre actors will lead haunted walks downtown while telling stories about each site.
The 1889 Hastings Building will be explored. Flashlight tours of the Rothschild House — a former residence that is virtually unchanged from its heyday in the 1800s — will be offered.
Ankhasha will lead a psychic presentation.
For more information, see ptmainstreet.org.
