Oct 19, 2013 3 min read

Pharoah’s House of Plagues, a Halloween alternative, will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Chartiers Hill United Presbyterian Church, 2230 Washington Road, Canonsburg. Donations will be accepted. For more information, visit www.chillup.org

The West Alexander Fair, in conjunction with West Alexander Volunteer Fire Department, will hold its first “Scare at the Fair” walk-through haunted house from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Halloween night at the West Alexander Fairgrounds, 116 Route 40 West. Ticket sales end at 10 p.m. Admission is $10. Children must at least 8 years old to participate alone. “Scare Care” with crafts and entertainment is available for children 7 and younger. For more details, visit www.westalexfair.com or search for “West Alexander Scare at the Fair” on Facebook.

Boo at the Zoo, an annual fundraiser at the Oglebay Good Zoo, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Oct. 27, with an early opening Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

Admission is $7.25 for nonmembers and $5.25 for members. Boo admission is reduced by $1 when purchased in advance in the zoo office between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily.

Boo at the Zoo also features “Spooky Express,” a Halloween-themed train ride. Cost is $2.50, and tickets can be purchased at the zoo’s train station.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 304-243-4100.

Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville will host ghost tours from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, plus Oct. 31 and Nov. 1-3.

Ghost legend and paranormal stories will be told by tour guides in the darkened rooms and hallways of the castle.

Cost is $9 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.

For more information, call 724-785-6882 or visit www.nemacolincastle.org.

Mother Earth Farm, 610 Apple Hill Road, Waynesburg, is celebrating the fall season with a haunted orchard and old-fashioned hayrides from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Cost is $5 per person and includes the haunted orchard and hayride. Guests also can choose to visit the haunted barn for $5 or a combined ticket for $8. Children younger than 3 are free.

In addition, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays, all-age hayrides will be given.

Group rates and private party arrangements can be made by calling Dawn at 724-986-1550. For more information, visit www.motherearthfarm.com or www.facebook.com/MEFarm.

Scaremare 2013 will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 176 Main St., Monongahela.

Ticket office opens at 6 p.m. Cost is $15 per person, or $12 with a coupon that can be obtained online at www.scaremare.net. Rates of $10 per person for groups of 10 or more also are available. Call 412-444-9500 to register.

All proceeds will benefit area charities, including Teen Quest and missionaries in Ecuador and the Philippines. Teen Quest is a ranch in Somerset that reaches teens through year-round camps and events.

Monongahela Area Historical Society will hold a masquerade ball at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. The ball will include a candlelight ghost walk tour.

For more information or tickets, call 724-258-5905, visit www.monongahelahistoricalsociety.com or email mahs1837@gmail.com.