Your guide to Halloween in the Lowcountry: Events, haunted houses, ghost stories & more

Now that it’s October, everyone’s asking: What can I do for Halloween this year?

Aside from the usual Halloween-themed events, the Lowcountry’s rich history leaves it with plenty of ghost stories and haunted places to explore — including Hilton Head Island’s oldest cemetery and the many haunted houses of downtown Beaufort’s historic district.

Below, you’ll find everything you need to have a ‘spooktacular’ October.

Where can I take my kid for some Halloween fun?

Check out one of the Lowcountry’s fall festivals or go on a ghost tour:

Ghost tours, food festivals & more: 10 awesome Beaufort area events this October

Go pumpkin picking or get lost in a corn maze:

Here are 7 pumpkin patches and corn mazes in and around the Lowcountry

And, of course, take the kids trick-or-treating:

Lowcountry parents: Not sure where to take the kids trick-or-treating? We’ve got you covered.

Are there any adults-only Halloween events around here?

Go on a “Boo’s Cruise:”

All aboard the Boo’s Cruise! 11 awesome events in Hilton Head, Bluffton this October

Check out one of Beaufort County’s escape rooms:

Trapped: An Escape Room Experience (Bluffton)

Hilton Head Escape Room

Every Second Counts Escape Room (Beaufort area)

Is anyone hosting a ‘haunted house’ this year?

This famous Beaufort home is offering kids a chance to spend Halloween at a real haunted house

Enter if you dare: Haunted trail open for Halloween frights in Ridgeland

These Savannah and Charleston-area haunted houses are not for the faint-of-heart

Where are all of these supposedly haunted locations in the Lowcountry?

Downtown Beaufort’s historic district

• The Elliot House
• The Lewis Reeve Sams House
• The Castle

Hilton Head Island

• Baynard Mausoleum

St. Helena Island

• Dr. Buzzard’s grave site
• Fort Fremont

Jasper County

• Old Sheldon Church ruins

Georgia

• Bonaventure Cemetery

What are some local ghost stories?

The ghosts of Beaufort County

The Blue Lady

Where can I learn more about the Lowcountry’s voodoo history?

Broken spell: Voodoo's heyday has long passed, but the Gullah tradition continues to bewitch

Are there any scary movies with local ties?

Scary movie marathon: 10 thrillers filmed in the Lowcountry and Savannah

How did the Lowcountry celebrate Halloween in 2016?

9 Lowcountry babies that were happy for Halloween — and 1 that wasn’t

Still rebuilding from Hurricane Matthew, here’s how the Lowcountry did Halloween

Meet Hilton Head’s first family of Halloween

This story was originally published October 4, 2017 at 2:15 PM with the headline "Your guide to Halloween in the Lowcountry: Events, haunted houses, ghost stories & more."