C'mon down to Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats anytime between from 5 and 9 p.m. this Thursday or Friday. We'll be pulling winning raffle tickets on Friday night!

A big note of thanks to all the companies and individuals that are supporting this year's raffle: Bespoke, Burger Me!, Dorinda's Chocolates, Hampton Inn & Suites, KidZone Children's Museum, Mark McLaughlin, The Pour House, The Richardson House, River Street Inn, Scraps in Truckee, Squeeze In, Sunshine Tahoe, Trails & Vistas, The Truckee Hotel.

Historic tales of the Wild West...
Ongoing haunts from the haunted Wells Fargo Train # 5...
Dancing, whooping and songs galore!

CHECK-IN will begin outside Moody’s at 5 p.m. Please present your confirmation email and a valid I.D. (adults 21+ only). We have a record number of attendees this year - 200 people each evening!

An early arrival is your best chance to secure a tour time with your entourage. We love a fun group and always do our best to accommodate our guests however we cannot hold a spot for anyone who has not officially checked-in.

We’re anticipating beautiful fall days. Once the sun sets it can be quite chilly. Please prepare to be outdoors for approximately two hours. Comfortable and warm shoes and a layer for the evening chill are highly recommended.

LOOSEN THOSE PURSE STRINGS FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
Since the tour is privately funded, 100 percent of the raffle proceeds go directly to Trails & Vistas and the Truckee Donner Historical Society - great prizes, excellent organizations.
A mere $5 buys your way into a shot at winning one of our coveted prizes. To increase your odds of winning, we're selling tickets in groups - 5 for $20 or 30 for $100.

Lodging in Truckee abounds in this year’s prize-packed raffle that offers a ton of treats without the tricks. Buy some tickets and you may win lodging at The Richardson House, The Truckee Hotel, Hampton Inn & Suites or River Street Inn. Unique experience prizes include two tickets to Trails & Vistas 10th anniversary art hike in September 2013, walking tour of the Donner Summit area including stops at historic features such as the China Wall, Indian petroglyphs and an abandoned railroad tunnel with Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin as well as Historic Haunted Tour "surprise" souvenirs.

100 percent of the funds raised from the raffle go directly to supporting arts, culture and historical education in the Truckee community.

Join us at Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats at 10007 Bridge Street in Truckee from 5 to 9 p.m. this Thursday and Friday. Call (530) 587- 8688 for dinner reservations and enjoy 10 percent off your dining bill (food only).

Please contact Christina Stoever-Young to support the 2013 tour.

We've been in the news!

The 2012 Historical Haunted Tour is noted in today's Sacramento Bee, it's the cover story in The Weekly, has been featured in the Sierra Sun as well as the September issue of Moonshine Ink. And, just last Thursday, producer Christina Stoever-Young was interviewed on 101.5 Tahoe Truckee radio.

We're absolutely thrilled that Tahoe TV will be capturing this year on video!

Purchase your tickets and enjoy the spookalicious evening in historic Truckee this Thursday or Friday evening!

We're absolutely thrilled to recognize Tahoe TV as the Historical Haunted Tour's official  videographer! Thank you to Eric Brandt and his incredible team.

Tahoe TV is broadcast online and in our region's best hotels. For the latest on what's happening including live webcams, video, features, weather and much more, visit Tahoe TV and Tahoetopia.com. And, then follow their motto - tune in, then get out!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the host sponsor for this year's tour - drum roll please - Moody’s Bistro Bar & Beats!

Share our gratitude by enjoying Moody’s delicious happy hour or popping in for dinner and letting them know you’ll be back for the 2012 Historical Haunted Tour!

The new and improved venue includes happy hour specials from 3 to 6 p.m. daily, wine on tap, pizza, calamari and bison burgers plus spicy octopus crostone, Ahi poke, maple-glazed pork belly and salads.

Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats will offer haunting libation and fare specials for 2012 tour attendees. Keep an eye out for room / vacation home specials at some of our Truckee favorites including The Truckee Hotel, River Street Inn and The Richardson House.

Truckee’s October 2011 Historical Haunted Tour raised more than $9,000: $4,640 was donated to the Truckee Donner Historical Society and $4,640 to Trails & Vistas. This was possible based on record ticket sales and proceeds from a prize packed raffle that took place at Moody’s Bistro Bar & Beats the tour’s host sponsor.

The Historical Haunted Tour is an entertaining fundraising event that celebrates town history with a fun and spooky twist. During the walking tour, residents and visitors are guided to interesting sites where they hear engaging tales performed by talented singers and performers. The tour, scripted by the event beneficiaries Trails and Vistas and the Truckee Donner Historical Society skillfully weaves together previously untold stories from the past with dramatic and funny twists.

“The Historical Haunted Walking Tour has been successful in bringing together two organizations with completely different missions and molding their goals and philosophies into a wonderfully entertaining program that brings Truckee’s sensational historical headlines
together with arts and culture to create an event that has people coming back year-after-year,” explains Chelsea Walterscheid, President of the Truckee Donner Historical Society. She adds, “The money raised helps with our on-going preservation efforts.”

Trails and Vistas founder Nancy Tieken Lopez echoes Walterscheid’s sentiment, “The tour offers a creative peek into Truckee’s rich historical past. Proceeds support our mission to create the region’s only art-hike, an exquisite experience that takes places in nature
every September.”

The Historical Haunted Tour began as a three-year experiment by Sunshine Tahoe to build support for the two nonprofit organizations as well as provide an economic boost to historic Truckee. In 2009, 70 tickets were available. The tour sold out three weeks in advance. One
hundred and forty tickets were offered the next year, and once again the tour sold out weeks in advance. In 2011, all hands were on deck, every resource was stretched to the max, and more than 290 tickets were sold and there was a 60 person waitlist. More than $6,000 in
donated raffle items from The Richardson House, River Street Inn, Squeeze
In, KidZone Museum, The Pour House, Mark McLaughlin – The Storm King, Scraps Truckee, Dorinda’s Cafe and Johnstone Studios significantly contributed to the 2011 fundraising effort and provided exposure for local businesses.

Stefanie Olivieri, owner of Cabona’s, the oldest retail store in historic downtown Truckee, said, “It was a great experience personally and a good opportunity for our business. Lots of people came in after the tour and told us how much they enjoyed learning the history of our
business.” Olivieri confirmed that the event brought shoppers to her business. Additional sites included Tourist Club, International Order of Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall, Train Depot and Art Obsessions at Truckee Mercantile.

Over 60 community volunteers make the tour possible. “Even our most gracious thanks would not be enough to show them our appreciation to help promote the dying art of oral history to help promote historic preservation, local arts, dance and land stewardship,” explained
Walterscheid.

Event organizer Christina Stoever-Young of Sunshine Tahoe attributes much of the tour’s success to the collaborating nonprofit organizations and incredible talent and dedication offered by all of the volunteers including performers and tour leaders. “We captivate a
crowd and tell them stories in a way they can hardly forget,” she says.

Attendee Mary Taitano, a Reno resident, shares, “I’ve never thought of Truckee as a historical exclamation point. However, the tour was enlightening, engaging and entertaining. Who knew Truckee had as sordid a past as the rest of us!? This quaint little town harbors
stories and family histories that would widen even the most unenthused eyes.”

Volunteers, donors and attendees are encouraged to save the dates for the next tour: Thursday, October 18 and Friday, 19, 2012. Tickets will go on sale in August.