A popular haunting event is returning this Halloween season, and it’s the perfect chance to lift the veil on the creepy and bizarre secrets hidden away in Northern Kentucky.
The Spooky Secrets Tour is returning to Covington for its fifth year with five dates, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26 and Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 29-30. Each tour is two hours long, starting at 5:30 p.m., with two miles of walking from the Covington Riverfront to MainStrasse Village. Inspired by Kathryn Witt’s book Secret Cincinnati: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure, the tour highlights more than a dozen spooky locales along the way, including a number of “secrets” from the book, like the Baker-Hunt Art and Cultural Center, the Riverside Drive Statue Tour and Hail – Records and Oddities.
“One of Covington’s best-known arts landmarks, Baker-Hunt Art and Cultural Center, has stories of tragic deaths, seances and hauntings,” Witt said in a previous press release. “Listening to these stories on a lamplit street in the shadow of the building is particularly creepy.”
The tour is led by Jill Morenz, the president and CEO of Aviatra Accelerators, a local nonprofit that helps women entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Proceeds from the tour will go toward the nonprofit.
“We’ll tell ghost stories, uncover the city’s spooky past and experience a few close encounters with Covington’s most haunted locations,” said Morenz. “It’s a fun and memorable way for friends, co-workers or groups to get into the spirit of the season and explore the city together.”
Each Spooky Secrets Tour can accommodate up to 30 guests. Tickets are $28.50 and can be bought at Eventbrite.