slides: Rhode Island’s Best Halloween Events

Apocalypse Airsoft

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Newport

Newport's Fort Adams State Park offers the ultimate in Halloween fright this October with four bone-chilling attractions. This one is new, and beyond awesome: get prepped for the impending Zombie Apocalypse at the on-site shooting range. The airsoft target area will provide rifles, safety gear, and biodegradable BB's, because why should we let the end of the world stop us from being environmentally friendly? Last but not least, get in the zone with backlights, strobe lights, and fog machines! Photo: moggs oceanlane/flickr

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Fort Adams, Newport, October 19 & 20, 7pm-9pm. October 26-28, 7-10pm.

$5 for 70 rounds, $10 for 190 rounds.

Tunnels of Terror

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Newport

The days of the world as we know it have passed. Newport has been ravaged by the worst disease that mankind has ever known, whereupon the infected do not die, but become undead. Those inside Fort Adams have somehow managed to remain uninfected, but how long will it stay that way? Horror lurks around every corner and no place–no quarantine zone or military facility–is safe. Will you survive in a world overrun by the undead?

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Fort Adams, Newport. 7-10pm, October 19 & 20, 26-28.

General Admission $10, Priority Entry Admission $18

Paranormal Ghost Hunt

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Newport

A 90-minute exploration of the fort's overnight barracks, officers' quarters, powder magazines, casemates, and more awaits on this legitimate Ghost Hunt. The Rhode Island Paranormal Research Group will assist with the hunt, while Fort Adams Tour Guides will provide info about the fort. Rental Ghost Hunting Toolkits including extra-sensory tools such as Electro-Magnetic Field (EMF) Detectors and Infrared (IR) Thermometers are available for $10. First come, first served, so get there early! Photo: LuckyLouie/Wiki

8th Annual Fortress of Nightmares, Fort Adams, Newport. Ghost Hunts begin at 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm, and 8:30pm, with select nights offering a 9pm Ghost Hunt. October 19 & 20, 26-28.

Tickets $13

Haunted River Tour

Central Falls

Are you brave enough to venture out to the docks of the Blackstone River for an unforgettably creepy experience aboard the Blackstone Valley Explorer? Bewarethere's nowhere to run when you're surrounded by water…

Weekends in October, 6:30pm, 7:15pm, 8pm, 8:45pm. Central Falls Landing, 45 Madeira Ave, Central Falls.

Tickets are $10 + $2 service fee. To order, go online here (limited number available at event location).

Lamplit Tour

Kingston Village

Enjoy a guided lamp-lit tour of Kingston Village circa 1700. Visit the colonial landmarks like the chilling Old Washington County Jail cells and hear tales of historical figures whose souls remain on the land. Bizarre tales of the unexplainable and of the region's criminal past will be told by today's residents. Tours are approximately 75 minutes long, beginning at the jail yard stockade and ending in the cold, dark jail cells where notorious criminals were once imprisoned. Visit The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, call (401) 783-1328, or email pettaquamscutt@yahoo.com for more info and reservations.

October 11-27. Tours are given on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. Old Washington County Jail, 2636 Kingstown Rd, Kingston.

Tickets $15 per adult, $10 per child under 12.

Murder Mystery Night

Newport

Test your sleuthing skills at this family-friendly murder mystery in Newport. Step back into the year 1912 and attend a tribute exhibition and "auction" to benefit the Titanic Survivors' Committee and the Art Association of Newport. Your company at the event will include the likes of "The Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Howard Gardiner Cushing, Vincent Astor, and the newly-windowed Madeleine Force Astor. Search the gallery for clues, interrogate the suspects, examine the motives and solve the despicable crime. Photo: Newport Murder Mystery.

October 20 & 27, 5:30pm. Visit Murder at the Museum for more info and tickets. Newport Art Museum and Art Association, 76 Bellevue Ave, Newport.

For Non-Newport Art Museum Members, tickets are $25 per adult, $13 per child.

"Murder University"

Lincoln

You want Halloween gore? Be careful what you wish for. Filmmaker Richard Marr-Griffin's Rhode Island-casted, filmed, and edited horror flick is rated V for Violence and is a homage to the classic slasher films of the 1980's. Tuition isn't the only killer at this New England college, where a bloodthirsty killer (or even killers) is on the loose and only shy freshman Josh Greene, a detective, and his daughter can hope to stop the gruesome crimes…but only if they don't become victims themselves.

Get more info here. October 31, 7pm. CinemaWorld, 622 George Washington Highway, Lincoln.

Rory Raven's Ghost Walk

College Hill, Providence

Rory Raven, renowned keeper of Providence's haunted history, has spent years collecting the many ghost stories that one of the nation's oldest and most haunted cities has to offer. On this tour of ghosts and graveyards, hear stories such as that of Edgar Allen Poe, whose spirit is said to haunt Rhode Island, two phantom women that remained of this world over a century after a fatal fire, real-life vampires, and the Harris House, the residence upon which H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale The Shunned House is based. Bring a paranormal skeptic along on this spooky Ghost Walk and turn them into a believer. Check out the more about Rory Raven and the Ghost Walk here. Photo: svenstorm/flickr

Weekends in October, 3pm. The walk leaves from the front of the Providence Athenaeum, at the corner of Benefits and College Streets.

Tickets $9.

Spooky Zoo

Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence

Enjoy a day of frightfully fun and family-friendly activities at the Roger Williams Spooky Zoo. The day includes trick-or-treating, Spooky Games Tent, roaming costumed characters, creepy crawly creature encounters, pumpkin demonstrations and treats for the animals, live music, a magician, arts and crafts, and much more! Activities are free with zoo admission. Half-priced admission for kids 12 and under who come dressed in costume!

October 27 & 28, 10am-3pm. Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence. Check out the Roger Williams Park Zoo website for more info and a schedule of events.

Jack-O-Lanterns

Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence

There's no better Halloween expedition for all ages than the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Zoo. With the theme, "All the World's a Stage," this year's display features several sections of Jack-O-Lantern artistry: one for scenes from iconic and populate movies, Broadway hits, television series, another for man's best four-legged friend, another Halloween themed display, and last but not least, a section full of childhood favorites. As always, the climax of the Spectacular is the Laughing Tree display, comprised of hundreds of pumpkins and distinctive "laughing" background music. Photo: Passion for Pumpkins

6-11 pm nightly, with the last admission at 10 pm. Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence. Adult tickets $15, seniors $13, children $12, children under 3 free. More info here.