Live Spellcasting: Within the Witching Hour
About
Live Spellcasting: Within the Witching Hour is an interactive experience in Salem where visitors join a modern-day practicing witch for a live ritual inside a black box theater. Guests learn the steps and practices of a ritual casting circle and then cast a spell of their own. The experience is presented as infotainment by practicing witches and licensed guides, and it is billed as suitable for all ages.
The spellcasting show comes from the same operators as the Candlelit Ghostly Walking Tours, which they describe as the longest-running walking tour in Salem. On that hour-long lantern-lit walk, guides share stories of Salem’s hauntings and history at stops such as the Joshua Ward House, the Howard Street Cemetery, the Old Salem Prison and the Lyceum. Each October their dead-end street becomes The Haunted Neighborhood during Salem’s Haunted Happenings.
What to Know
- The spellcasting experience runs in summer with extended schedules in October.
- Discounted combination passes are offered with the Salem Wax Museum and Salem Witch Village.
- Advance tickets are recommended in October because tours sell out.
- Walking tour guides share tips on ghost photography and spectral evidence.
- Children five and under join the walking tour for free.
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