Signs for “U-Pick” Pumpkin patches and apple cider donuts litter nearly every road. Almost every food is flavored with pumpkin spice and the leaves are once again morphing from their traditional green color to striking shades of red, yellow, and orange. Though the weather hasn’t been a very good reminder this year, Halloween is creeping up on us quickly, and the fall festivities available to residents seem to multiply every weekend. Whether you spend your Saturday gasping and grasping your loved one’s hand through the Headless Horseman’s haunted hayride or attempting to carve your own Blaze-worthy pumpkin, the Hudson Valley has some serious haunted history and fun facts about Halloween:
41Candy apple varieties at The Candy Apple Shoppe in Warwick
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10,000People are expected to attend this year’s Nyack Halloween Parade on October 27
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1827
The year of the historic murder at Cherry Hill in Albany
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75Public sites have been reported haunted in the Hudson Valley (and counting) - Partner Content -
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7,000+Pumpkins are used in Croton’s Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
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1,000+
People volunteered at last year’s Blaze
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42Years Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion has been frightening even the bravest of visitors
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1820
The year that Washington Irving published the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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—-9Attractions at the Headless Horseman in Ulster Park (all are included in the price of admission) |
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2011
The year that Ghost Adventures investigated Letchworth Village in Rockland County
