Want to scare visitors on Latta ghost walk?

50 people needed to act out scary tales from Civil War era
ERICA BESHEARS

If you like to deliver Halloween chills with a dose of history, Historic Latta Plantation has the spooky opportunity for you.

The living history plantation needs about 50 volunteers for its fourth Civil War Ghost Walk Oct. 26-27. The volunteers will act out scary scenes from the Civil War era for visitors touring the plantation those nights.

Latta needs male and female volunteers 12 and up who can commit to being at Latta from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 26-27, and they need to sign up by Oct. 10. There may be a training session.

It's a plus if the volunteers can supply their own costumes, but not necessary, said Karen Thompson, education and operations specialist at Latta. (For men, that means a Civil War soldier or 19th-century farmer costume. There's a bit more flexibility in what the women can wear, Thompson said.)

For those who want to be haunted instead of doing the haunting, the ghost walk will be open for $7 for those over 5, free for 5 and under. Visitors can tour the plantation and listen to guides tell spooky stories about life at Latta.

Latta Plantation, on Sample Road off Beatties Ford, was a successful cotton plantation in the 1800s and is now owned by Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation.

It functions as a living history farm, and visitors can see costumed interpreters and do activities to experience life as a planter, farmer or slave in the 19th century Carolina backcountry.

Details about volunteering: Call Karen Thompson at 704-875-2312, ext. 302, by Oct. 10.

Volunteer at Latta

For more information about volunteering at the ghost walk, contact Karen Thompson at 704-875-2312, ext. 302, by Oct. 10.