Press Release
Warrensburg Fright Nights –October 16 and 17, 2015

 Ready for a haunted tour of the Old Courthouse square on Old Main Street?    If so, then Warrensburg Fright Nights will be a treat!  The Warrensburg Convention and Visitors Bureau and Historic Preservation Commission will team up with the Johnson County Historical Society for a fundraiser that will give visitors a frightfully good time. 

October 16 & 17 Old Town will come to life (or afterlife?) with the ghosts of Warrensburg past.      A play—“Too Long in the Field”-- set six months after the conclusion of the Civil War will be presented in the Old Courthouse on North Main Street.  Written by educator and reenactor Anne Mallinson, the play highlights the troubled post-war era. The bride and groom are from families on opposite sides of the conflict so don't expect a quiet ceremony.

 In addition to the play, audience members are invited outside to look for specters that will haunt the square.   Visitors may take a hayride, or walk, a route around 3 blocks near the Old Town Square to find notable former residents in  ghostly form at different points through the tour.  Seating is limited for the Wedding, so get your tickets now.   Bake Sale items will be available. Included will be a gypsy fortune teller,  the ghost of Marsh Foster, and Paul Landkamer serving Wild Edibles a la the grasshopper dinner of 1875 for anyone so bold.  A true and false quiz on the hayride will reveal real historical facts and a chance for a prize.

Ticketsare $5 and are available at the JCHS and at the Roundabout Café.  Please clear your calendar and feel free to contact us at  curator@jocomohistory.org         or call 660-747-6480 for more information.