Step into the shadows of history this Haunt season for an exclusive, atmospheric Flashlight Tour of the former Occoquan Workhouse grounds. Guided by the flickering beam of your flashlight, this guided walk strips away the Hollywood gimmicks and supernatural legends to reveal the unvarnished real history of one of the country's most notorious correctional facilities.
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Atmospheric Flashlight Tour of the former Occoquan Workhouse grounds, guided by your flashlight, reveals the unvarnished real history of the notorious correctional facility.
Atmospheric Flashlight Tour of the former Occoquan Workhouse grounds, guided by your flashlight, reveals the unvarnished real history of the notorious correctional facility.
Atmospheric Flashlight Tour of the former Occoquan Workhouse grounds, guided by your flashlight, reveals the unvarnished real history of the notorious correctional facility.
Horror‑comedy musical about a half‑bat, half‑boy navigating a judgmental town at Workhouse Arts Center, featuring campy humor, rock‑driven score; $50 GA, discounts available.
Restored 1996 disappearance footage guides a timed, hour‑long haunted trail at Workhouse Arts Center, plus a flashlight Cell Block tour, music, karaoke, food trucks. $35 a night ticket.
Scramble golf tournament at Workhouse Arts Center features live glass blowing at the turn and Workhouse-made glass trophies for winners.
Historic Campus Walking Tour (Lorton Prison Museum, Building W2, Workhouse Arts Center) — Walking tour of the historic former prison site that is the Workhouse Art Center campus.
Halloween Storytime with stories, songs, fingerplays, costumes, then library trick‑or‑treat, Pohick Regional Library, ages 5 and under, tickets at 10 am.
Hands‑on printmaking workshop at Hidden Pond Nature Center lets participants create cyanotype sun prints and gyotaku fish impressions using plants and natural textures, ages 16 and up.
History professor Jason Higgins discusses his award‑winning book Prisoners After War, followed by a signing, at the McGuireWoods Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center.
StoryWorx Book Festival at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA.
