By Dee Richardson\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those seeking spooky activities this <\/a>fall <\/a>in Frederick, consider the <\/a>Historic <\/a>District Ghost Tour of Frederick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ghost tour is <\/a>Maryland\u2019s oldest operating ghost tour, celebrating 23 <\/a>years of operation. The tickets are $9 for <\/a>children, <\/a>age <\/a>8 to 12 and $15 for adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tour focuses on <\/a>historic <\/a>downtown Frederick and visits hotspots where the dead <\/a>still have an attachment to this earthly realm, such as <\/a>City Hall and the Weinberg Center for the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the tour guides named Ron, dressed <\/a>as if <\/a>he teleported from the 1800s, is able to passionately recite the many ghost stories by memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBe warned that there <\/a>will be tales involving dismemberment, beheading, grave robbing, and the death of small <\/a>children,\u201d Ron advises, giving <\/a>a smile that does not match the context of <\/a>his words at the start of <\/a>each tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One tale is about <\/a>a mysterious <\/a>man <\/a>who was executed outside of <\/a>City Hall for being <\/a>a Loyalist during the <\/a>American <\/a>Revolution <\/a>War. The <\/a>strange man cursed the <\/a>courthouse, now <\/a>City Hall, and all the surrounding buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shortly after <\/a>his death, the <\/a>courthouse deteriorated so much that it had to be demolished and rebuilt. A few <\/a>years later, the new <\/a>courthouse caught on fire and took 15 buildings around it. After that fire was <\/a>another blaze but the <\/a>water supply was cut and firefighters were unable to put it <\/a>out. <\/a>They had to watch the <\/a>courthouse <\/a>burn down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ron also retells the report of <\/a>a small child named Elizabeth \u201cBessy\u201d Ingle, aged 10, <\/a>who died of disease and then began to haunt <\/a>her family and many others. The malady that claimed Bessy also struck <\/a>and killed her other siblings who ranged in age from 3-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shortly after Bessy\u2019s death, the mother died. Only the patriarch of the family survived, the Rev. Ingle. It is rumored that the Rev. Ingle would visit his family\u2019s graves and lean on the cross placed as a tombstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To this day, the cross is still leaning from the weight of the Rev. Ingle, grieving the loss of <\/a>his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nearing the end of the tour, Ron tells the account of <\/a>the Peacock Lady, a violent poltergeist, who haunts the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Little is known about the <\/a>Peacock <\/a>Lady\u2019s background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her name arose from accounts of <\/a>people seeing <\/a>a <\/a>lady, dressed <\/a>in 1920s clothing with <\/a>a hat that resembles <\/a>peacock feathers. People have seen the lady going <\/a>into the women\u2019s restroom, preventing others from coming <\/a>in, and trashing the bathroom by throwing toilet paper and denting the <\/a>stalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One patron of the <\/a>theater had the terrible luck of encountering the <\/a>Peacock <\/a>Lady. As <\/a>she entered the bathroom, <\/a>she saw the <\/a>Peacock <\/a>Lady refreshing <\/a>her appearance <\/a>in the mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ghost froze, slowly turned to the patron with <\/a>her lifeless eyes and screamed \u201cGET OUT\u201d so loudly, causing theater employees to investigate. All <\/a>they found was <\/a>an incredibly startled guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tour concludes with Ron leading the <\/a>group back to the starting point by taking a shortcut through an alley known as \u201cJack the Ripper\u2019s Alley.\u201d Contrary to the name, patrons do return to the restaurant, alive and in one piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Dee Richardson\/\/ For those seeking spooky activities this fall in Frederick, consider the Historic District Ghost Tour of Frederick. The ghost tour is Maryland\u2019s oldest operating ghost tour, celebrating 23 years of operation. The tickets are $9 for children, age 8 to 12 and $15 for adults. 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