Nightmare on Main: All Hallow's Eve --- Creeping Through Time
- Average Review
- (27 reviews)
- Scare Factor
- Moderately Scary
- Appropriate For
- 10 and up
- Organization Type
- Charity / NOT For Profit
- Listing Categories
- Haunted Houses, Theaters & Plays, Haunted Museums
- More Info
- Wheelchair Accessible, Snacks & Refreshments, Outdoor Event(s), Indoor Event(s), Touching Not Allowed, Free Parking
The 2023 theme will present scenes that depict historical events about the origins of Halloween. Take a dark journey from the chilling rituals of the ancient Celts evolving into America's Halloween traditions.
Nightmare on Main Tours are rain or shine and will start every twenty minutes between 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. The event is scary, creepy but not bloody gorey, and appropriate for ages 10+. Refreshments will be available. The event is a fund raiser to benefit the Eastern CT Veteran Community Center. Tickets are on line at Spooktober.org. The center is located at 47 Crescent Street in Willimantic. Parking is free. For more information contact director@windhamarts.org
Facebook: NightmareonMain Willimantic phone 860-742-6143
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Hours of Operation: Guide tours will leave every 20 minutes between 7:00 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Rain or Shine
Admission Costs: The cost is $15 pp and on line tickets are available at Spooktober.org which takes you to the America Museum. Click on Spooktober. Events. Click on Nightmare on Main. Select date and tour time. Please arrive 15 minutes early. A few tickets might be available at the door.
Payments Accepted: Credit Cards
- event open dates
Recent Reviews
Review This HauntAmazing!
Went to this last year and it was really cool!
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Email Verified Great Fun...
Past years have been lots of fun and I can't wait to see what they have done this year at the new venue!
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Email Verified Educational
Acting is superb and you do learn about topic. Well done
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Theatrical History
This show was excellent for those that don't like the blood and gore. The vast history that is included is a nice change and well researched. It is in a class of it's own and unlike any other Halloween event I have ever been to. The theme was Phobias that year but changes each season. Well worth the time and money and all proceeds go toward a great non-profit.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Every moment was an immersion into the storylines being portrayed.
Amazing commitment to detail and the roles were handled with fantasticly dark passion!!
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Different Theme every year!
This is so great! Every year it’s different and along with a few surprises it lets you in on the horrors of how things were done years ago!!!
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Email Verified Scary killers from history
Creepy stories from historical murderers. Some well known, some likely new to you. Starts with H. H. Holmes, known as the "The Devil in the White City" and moves on backwards and forwards in time and around the world. Some murdered for money, some for the thrill, some - who knows! Not a lot of "Boo!" scary or over-the-top gore, but scary real life to make you think.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Villains is very creepy
The dramatic scenes are about famous crimes. The actors are excellent. The sets and lighting are extremely well done. My favorites scenes are Burke and Hare and Lizzie Borden. Don't miss this show.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Email Verified A GREAT show about the MAD infamous VILLAINS from the PAST!!
Going back in time to met some infamous villains.... what a great show and great portrayals! They captured the “madness” of each villain! Only one weekend left to see.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Email Verified Hauntings in Connecticut
This was a great show and exhibit. The museum does a tremendous amount of work to create some amazing sets to illustrate the ghostly stories.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Email Verified Sometimes history is really scary
Great presentation of witches and witchcraft in history and literature. Really well done dioramas, great live actors portraying witch trials and executions. Pretty scary while also educational. I wouldn't take small kids (take them on Saturday 10/14 at 2 for kids tour), but older kids should be fine. A super value for your $10. And it all goes to support this terrific little museum.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Length of Event: 45-60 minutes Time Visited: 5PM - 9PM Would Recommend: Yes Suitable For Kids: Yes 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great Halloween Fun for every family
Super cool haunted house in a really neat museum. Great effort by the Windham Textile Museum to create a fun, spooky and engaging exhibit that will be a really nice experience for any family. Go check it out on Friday the 13th!!! (Also Sat 10/14)
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: Email Verified The Truth is Scarier than Fiction
This is the perfect haunted house because it's scary for those who like scares, but not for those who don't. That might sound contradictory, but here the scares comes from the history, When you enter, you enter a world of fantasy until the terrifying truth dawns on you....this is reality. That fact is the true horror. At first, it is just a museum tour where history comes to life, literally, including with live actors talking about "Macbeth" with Shakespeare himself and the horror of superstition. It seems innocent enough till you go upstairs. Upstairs, history comes alive as you watch an actual witch trial from the accusation of the witch to the burning. It is very much like a play. Then you go in the maze where you see the execution of the witches. You also see prisoners reaching out for you, crying for you to help them. But you can't. All reality. You are left with the reality that this happens all the time, still. Suddenly, you realize that you are the one with the choice in life and these true horrors happened not because of monsters under the bed, but because of humans and fear of the unknown.
Scare Factor: Fun Factor: Haunt Value: 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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