Nightmare At The Museum Brings Ghosts And Goblins To Local Rails

When I was younger, my dad was a D.A.R.E. officer in my hometown. It was a busy position for him because he not only went into classrooms but also handled many other tasks. Like fundraising for the program, because, as many folks know, programs like D.A.R.E. are funded, just not greatly funded.

When Halloween rolled around, he always recruited as many people as possible, including his son, to help build a fundraising haunted house and, eventually, a haunted orchard.

It takes great planning, long hours, plenty of money, and great volunteers to plan out a haunted house. So, anytime I see a group dedicating their time and money to entertain, I have a lot of respect for them.

As a patron of a haunted house, it may take 10 or 20 minutes to go through it, but as someone on the build, scare, and teardown teams, it's hours and hours of your time.

This weekend, if you're brave enough, you have an opportunity to check out the Nightmare at the Museum at the Douglas Railroad Museum. On Friday and Saturday, 10/23 & 10/24, from 7 to 10 p.m., you're invited to experience a terrifying haunted experience unlike any you've had before.

A steam engine train traveling through a foggy forest

If you know Wyoming's railroad history, you know that's enough to tell you how spooky this is going to be. If that alone isn't enough to convince you, imagine stepping onto a train car, seeing ghosts and goblins, and hearing eerie noises from the darkness...

I know, you just got the chills, didn't you? If you're too scared to go through the haunted train cars, you can hang out with the kids and do a less frightening scavenger hunt.

As I mentioned before, I'm all about it when a haunted house uses scares to help out an organization. Any donations or money raised will support Douglas High School DECA students. This helps prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management.