This year’s theme is Victorian Macabre. Different rooms in the house will showcase different scenes or topics. For example, some will feature vignettes of Victorian practices dealing with mysticism or the occult (i.e., a séance, rituals related to death). In other rooms, costumed guides will relates eerie tales from Hearthstone, the local area and Wisconsin. Volunteers also will present dramatic excerpts from 1880s literary works dealing with mysterious subjects.
Haunted Hearthstone presents an overall spooky ambiance, but is more subtle and informational than a typical haunted house where fright is the key goal. Tours are family friendly.
