West Side Batavia Ghost Walks

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce its first West Side Ghost Stories program on Friday, September 30th at 7 pm. Join us as Connie Boyd shares the spooky, sinister, and weird documented stories from the West Side of Batavia’s past. Come and listen to tales of murder, ghosts, body snatching hangings, and abandoned cemeteries. This presentation is the same as our Ghost Walk, perfect for those who are not able to go on our guided Ghost Walks. Tickets are $5/$3 for museum members. Y

• Back and  expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on four Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 7 pm. We will also be adding a second walk at 7:30 if necessary on October 7 and 21. Take a walk on the west side and hear tales of murders, hangings, grave robbing, ghosts and other eerie happenings from Batavia’s past. Hear stories of Joseph Ellicott, E. N. Rowell and other famous and infamous Batavians. Admission is $15.00 or $10.00 for museum members and reservations are required with purchase. Tours are limited to 20 people each. The tour begins and ends at the museum and is approximately 1 1/2 to two hours in length. For tickets or more information, please call (585) 343-4727, email at hollandlandoffice@gmail.com, or stop by at 131 W. Main St. Batavia.
• Be sure to also check out the Historic Batavia Cemetery’s Ghost Walk on Saturday, October 22. Tickets are $10 per person. For more information please contact Sue Kennelly at 585-943-5662.