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Thomas Wolfe Memorial to host spooky story walkthrough this Saturday

Thomas Wolfe Memorial to host spooky story walkthrough this Saturday

Thomas Wolfe's "Old Kentucky Home." Photo: Saga Communications/Pruett Norris


ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — This weekend, prepare for tales from beyond the grave at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in downtown Asheville. Guests at the author’s Old Kentucky Home can expect to hear spooky stories of death, spirits and more, just in time for Halloween.

The event, “From Death to Mourning: Spiritual Journeys of the Wolfe Family,” will be held from 5-7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Thomas Wolfe House, 52 N. Market St.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here. Final admittance to the event will be at 6:45 p.m.

What to expect at From Death to Mourning

According to a social media post by the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, the “From Death to Mourning” event will be an open-house style event, with guests free to roam the Old Kentucky Home for “stories of deaths, spiritualism, and halloween [sic] traditions of the early 1900s.”

Wolfe, who was born in Asheville on Oct. 3, 1900 and died at the age of 37 from complications with miliary tuberculosis, was previously honored this month for a celebration of his 125th birthday at Asheville’s Riverside Cemetery, where the “Look Homeward, Angel” author lies buried.

For more information about “From Death to Mourning,” visit www.wolfememorial.com/events-calendar.

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