When did Haunted Happenings become a thing?
January 1, 2020 10:09 AM   Subscribe

I know Haunted Happenings in Salem, MA started in 1982. Was it as popular in terms of attendance and taking over the downtown area in the mid-1990s? When did it become a huge event?
posted by pxe2000 to Grab Bag (3 answers total)
 
It seemed solidly established as a huge, shut-down-the-streets event when I started working there in 2001.
posted by songs about trains at 12:25 PM on January 1, 2020 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: I’m trying to figure out if it was that big in 1995 or so.
posted by pxe2000 at 12:36 PM on January 1, 2020


Best answer: It certainly wasn't as big as it is today. That said, it was big, and there's a 1994 Globe article where a Salem cop calls it "a Mardi Gras type atmosphere". It was more of a week-long event than the month or 5 weeks that it is today.
posted by bowbeacon at 12:49 PM on January 1, 2020 [1 favorite]


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