{"id":175,"date":"2008-03-02T13:52:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blogx\/2008\/03\/02\/ghost-walks\/"},"modified":"2008-03-02T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T17:52:05","slug":"ghost-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Have you ever heard of a &ldquo;ghost walk&rdquo;?<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Sometimes they&rsquo;re called &ldquo;ghost tours&rdquo; or &ldquo;haunted tours&rdquo;.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>These are tours of areas that generally have some kind of history of haunting.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>At their best, they are a blend of history, folklore, urban legend, and ghosts.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Of course, like any tour, quality can vary.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>If you&rsquo;re ever interested in trying one it&rsquo;s always best to ask around and see if anyone has done the tour you&rsquo;re considering or have a different one to recommend.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Other things to consider are how much walking is involved and the time of year.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>If you hate the cold, like me, and the tour is on foot, avoid the fall season.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>If you have problems with walking for long periods, it&rsquo;s best to do a tour where they bus you from location to location.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>A few minutes of research can help eliminate a lot of discomfort.<span>&nbsp; <\/span><br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>If you go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, or any other internet search engine, and type in the words ghost walk+your city, state you&rsquo;ll be rewarded with lots of options.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Again, a little research goes a long way.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Keep in mind, these are for entertainment, and like any recreational endeavors, never spend more money than you&rsquo;re comfortable with.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>It&rsquo;s hard to enjoy a walking tour, or pretty much any activity, if you&rsquo;re going to spend the whole time worrying about whether the experience will live up to the money you spent.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>Now I meant for this blog to just be about plugging a ghost tour in my hometown of Macomb, Illinois, but it has inadvertently become a bit of a primer about ghost tours in general.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>I&rsquo;ve never had the experience of doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amidwesthaunting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Midwest Haunting&rsquo;s<\/a> ghost walk, but I try to keep up with the group because they go to places that I remember from my youth.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>They recently got some press in my hometown newspaper, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macombjournal.com\/articles\/2008\/02\/18\/news\/news2.txt\" target=\"_blank\">The Macomb Journal<\/a>, for adding locations at Western Illinois University, and starting their tour season in March.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>If any of my readers from the area try the tour, I would love to hear about your experiences!<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard of a &ldquo;ghost walk&rdquo;?&nbsp; Sometimes they&rsquo;re called &ldquo;ghost tours&rdquo; or &ldquo;haunted tours&rdquo;.&nbsp; These are tours of areas that generally have some kind of history of haunting.&nbsp; At their best, they are a blend of history, folklore, urban legend, and ghosts.&nbsp; Of course, like any tour, quality can vary.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;re ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ghost Walks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}