Each Halloween finds more than 500 children
and adults passing through the cemetery gates to see the spirits rising
on the annual production of this popular event. In these photos, visitors
were greeted by Carol Nichols and Sydney Reed in period costumes and
led to ten "spirits" who stood by their
graves and told the stories of their mostly sad lives and deaths.
Nikki Lowry and Chanelle Abbot tell about their
deadly house fire.
Beth and Paul Schneider relate a mining accident
story
Larry Pozil plays a spirit who died in an avalanche
after a night on the town.
Stephanie Knapik tells of her life and many children
Katherine Henney told of a distraught woman who took
her own life.
Children take up comfortable positions on headstones
to listen to Van Martin's story.