'Real Haunted Stories' Part Of Trolley Tour At Volo Museum

VOLO, IL — A massive looming spider dangling from a tree and a colossol King Kong are among the inflatables that will be featured on a Halloween Experience trolley tour, which will debut next week on the grounds of the Volo Museum.

There will be dozens of giant inflatables included on the tour, which will traverse a 75-acre expanse north of the museum at 27582 Volo Village Road, according to a news release from the museum. There will also be a 75-foot-tall Pennywise, alien archways, “Ghostbusters” characters and more.

“We bought out the entire Halloween Experience show that formerly operated in Elgin,” said Brian Grams, director of the museum at 27582 Volo Village Road. “We are taking it to the next level by adding the Volo touch.”

The inflatables are only part of the fun that museum officials have in store for families to enjoy on these spooky and spirited tours. Those taking the full-hour tour will enjoy the animated narrations of a costumed “undead” guide who is "steeped in the museum grounds’ history of the paranormal," Grams said.

“The first half of our full tours will go into the real haunted stories of the Volo Museum property,” Grams said. “Each of the guides has a background story. For example, one guide portrays a girl who perished on the Titanic. When our Titanic Exhibit flooded recently, her spirit flowed in with the water.”

Passengers will hear — and see depicted on video — engaging tales of myriad metaphysical sightings experienced on the museum grounds over the years, some captured on security footage.

Tours will begin on Friday Sept. 20 and continue through Sunday Nov. 3. Tickets can be purchased for full tours from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Fridays or 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The cost for tickets for the full tour is $16.95 per person.

Meanwhile, the Halloween Experience express tours, which last about a half hour and head straight for Halloween Town with a voice-over production, cost $7.95 per person and are available from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, Oct. 8 to 31.

Tours are suitable for all ages. For either tour, children 4 years old and younger are admitted free if they can sit on a parent’s lap.

Additionally, full tour tickets come with a $5 voucher good toward any Volo attraction admission ticket.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.volocars.com/train-tours-haunted-tour.