Guided Ghost Walks are available year-round for groups of 12-30. Tours begin at Chestnut Square Historic Village and continue throughout the McKinney Historic District. Your docents will share the legends of McKinney with you. Ghostly sightings are not guaranteed, but shivery fun is! To learn more about the tours, call 972-562-8790 or e-mail info@chestnutsquare.org.
The 2009 Legends of McKinney Ghost Walk will be two shivery nights!! Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 24 and Friday, October 30, 2009, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.. New this year: Texas Paranormal Research will share their investigation results from some of the sites on the Ghost Walk! Civil War soldiers will share ghost stories around a camp fire next to the Two-Bit Taylor Inn at Chestnut Square. Main Street Magic Company and Landon's Winery will provide new legends! Also new this year....the McKinney Trolly will provide transportation between Chestnut Square and the downtown McKinney square.
This is a self-guided, self-paced Ghost Walk throughout Chestnut Square Historic Village and the downtown McKinney Square. Ticket booklets provide maps of the sites and storytellers at each site share the legends! Once you have your ticket booklet you can map out your route with stops in between for fun and food! Ticket booklets and wrist bands are available at Chestnut Square Historic Village and McKinney Performing Arts Center the night of the Ghost Walk.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 the night of the Ghost Walk. Children under 12 are free. Also new this year, check out the package deals for hotel, MPAC show and Ghost Walk at the McKinney Performing Arts Center website!
The 2009 Legends of McKinney Ghost Walk (Saturday, October 24th and Friday, October 30th, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.) includes the following legendary sites:
Chestnut Square Historic Village: Learn about the tragedies of the Dulaney family. Do people really see a child in white at the attic door? Learn about Corrine Dulaney at the Dulaney House. Is she the one people see?
Chestnut Square Historic Village: Mrs. Dulaney spent years in mourning for her husband and child...see her in typical mourning attire at the Dulaney Cottage. Who is the man in black, the mysterious man that many claim to see in the dining room?
Chestnut Square Historic Village: Civil War reenactors, Farmers Market visitors, people touring Chestnut Square all claim to have seen a man peering down from the second story of the Two-Bit Taylor Inn. Built in 1864, the Taylor Inn served as a stopping point on the stage coach line and later the train. For a quarter (two-bits), travelers received a bed and dinner and breakfast. Did someone stay after the stage coach left? Sit around the camp fire next the Taylor Inn, listen to ghost stories and see if you see the man in the window!
Collin County Courthouse: Can you find the Lady in White that many have seen at dusk? Check out this photo provided by Juan Carlos of Entertainment Photos.
Can you see the apparition in the window on the third floor to the right? Is it true that the plaster fell from the ceiling onto the jury box when Candy Montgomery was acquited?
New in 2009, go inside the McKinney Performing Arts Center and see the exhibits from the Texas Paranormal Researchers. They've visited the sites on the Ghost Walk and are ready to share their findings!
Churchills: (Formerly The Londoner) Watch out for flying forks and broken glass. What about the knife dropping down from above? Where did this ghost come from? Is it a man killed in a gunfight at this sight when it was a bar with a brothel upstairs? Is it a male spirit from a botched mass hanging nearby? Or is it a woman, as some believe, possibly a former resident?
The Old Collin County Prison: Can you see the shadow of the hanging man from the last public hanging in Texas? What about those metallic footsteps on the stairs?
Landon's Winery
Why is there a well at the back of the winery? Who makes those noises the winemaker hears?
Main Street Magic:
Why does the attic door open and clost itself? Who parts the curtains as if to look out? Did you hear footsteps?
Many thanks to our 2009 sponsors:
McKinney Community Development Corporation
McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
Sauce on the Square
Cafe Malaga
Churchills
The Pantry
Landon's Winery
McKinney Mainstreet
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