A trip to Salem for spooky season and a love of all things local theatre brought us to The Gedney…read moreHouse for Poe! Theater in the Open. This is a 'pay what you will' event put on by a local theatre group, highlighting some of the works of Edgar Allen Poe at a historical New England home from 1665, but my review is for the home itself. Gedney House is one of several properties on the roster for Historic New England, and is being refurbished to bring it back to its former glory. MUCH more interesting than the 7 Gables property stealing the limelight nearby, this was a very nice walkthrough without the throngs of tourists packing the rest of Salem.

Are you scared? Let's all those feelings of terror and…read moretension fall aside? We are going to do this together. Hand in hand, we are visiting here and Salem ! This is my first, I said "first" haunted house. We just wandered up and went in . Not even realizing that it's a haunted spooky place. After you pay the price of entry. You are given the rules. I'm ready! The kids are ready ! Are you sure you're ready? The scare is about to begin . At eat turn an eerie noise rings in my skull! The sounds are loud and unclear. One of the twins is holding onto me. I lead the way . All sorts of fog and spook at every moment and turn. We are going to survive to see the end of this. Finally we make it to the end . Ahhhh we can breathe . We survived the haunted house . Yay !

I went in with a young friend who was seeing her first haunted house, and she was nervous. The…read moreguide found out it was her first one and offered her a free broom-shaped pen to commemorate the experience. I was very impressed with the character he was playing as the guide, a great mix of trustworthy and spooky. We made it about halfway through before the sudden loud noises were too much for her, and the guide didn't miss a beat when I asked him for help leaving. He found a good spot to ask the rest of our group to wait and then used the big prop lantern to guide us back. He immediately dropped the spooky character and went back to being kind and encouraging. I wish I could have seen the rest of the haunt because I was enjoying the effects! But I had to give major props to them for making sure we were safe and happy customers.

The front desk worker is amazingly nice and welcoming for a torture museum. You walk in and it…read morefeels like a whole different world. The music and temperature feel like you are in a real dungeon and put you on edge. The tickets are $15 per person and it takes about 25 minutes to go through. Everything is authentic so no touching but as many pictures as you want just no flash! I loved it! ‍

While we were visiting the City of Salem. We wanted to find something to do or experience while we…read morewere in town. We looked up the map and found this interesting Salem Museum of Torture. Curious minds brought us to this interesting and cool museum. There was a nice gentleman that was working at the time, he helped us decide if this was something we would have a great time exploring. He wasn't wrong. It was an interesting experience to say the least. After we paid for our tickets, he explained that we can stroll thru there at our own paces. There is no time limit here. You can go through there fast or take your time to read, and take in the history of all the different torture apparatuses they had inside the museum. We find it fascinating how they used to use these devices to torture people back in the days. Glad we aren't living in those times. Can't imagine the suffering they used to go through. It was a very interesting visit. Glad we at least experience it once to learn the history and the stories behind each device. After you are done, you can head back up and check out their gifts shop. It was a great and interesting experience. If you happened to visit Salem and is curious about torture devices, definitely stop by and experience it for yourself.

The staff are the nicest people and they had real artifacts inside. I had to touch everything for…read moresome reason. Lol. I heard someone say they didn't like it right before going in so I wasn't expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised. It is a museum so you have to stop and read all the things otherwise you won't like it either. It's not a scary place where people jump out at you, if you want that you should go to one of the haunted houses. The guy at the gift shop was dressed up too and was good at staying in character. He added the fun aspect and he told us he is one of the Jason's during October. He even makes masks you can buy. Cool guy.

This well exceeded expectation! The story telling In The beginning, setting the scene made the…read moreattraction even more special. The real life artifacts and pirates treasure were top tier... this is a NON CHEESEY WORTH THE MONEY attraction. My family loved a little something different in Salem and not the same regurgitated witch stories. This did not disappoint. 10/10. Will come back! #worthit

Nice little community theatre, still putting out quality entertainment. No frills but tickets…read moreare affordable to anyone! We saw Neil Simon's Plaza Suite tonight with some enthusiastic actors. We enjoyed our time & would Def come back again.

The cheese factor was a little up there for me. Our guide was fantastic and incredibly…read moreknowledgeable, but the exhibits themselves needed a bit of improvement. For kids? This is perfect because it's not too "adulty and boring."

My kids (8 and 7) enjoyed going to this museum with my in laws. They spent a couple of hours there…read morebefore getting lunch in town. They took some fun photos (see attached) and even came home with little treasure chests from the gift shop. While I don't think this is necessarily a museum you'd visit multiple times, this had been on their wish list for some time and I'm really glad they got to do it. From what I heard, there were fun photo ops and interactive displays.

Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery was on my list of places to check out while visiting Salem last…read moreweek. It is located on Essex Street and they have you wait in line outside of the museum. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for kids (ages 6-12). You can either buy your tickets while waiting in line using a QR code or at the counter once you go inside. They do not allow photos or recording while walking through the gallery - the staff even states that they are watching on the surveillance cameras for anyone pulling out their phones. We enjoyed walking through each section and reading about each horror character and the fun facts about the movies or TV shows they were from. I really liked that the characters actually looked like the people and not some knock-off wax museum. Some of my favorites were the wall of actor face molds and the slasher room. I also like that you can walk through each room and area at your own pace and I never once felt rushed by the other people or staff. They have a small gift shop with t-shirts and other items you can buy. You are allowed to take photos inside of the gift shop. This is a must if you are a horror fan!

An unexpected surprise! While not a particular fan of the horror genre there were so many nicely…read morecollated objects, models, masks and wax works of recognizable characters, from early Bram Stoker, Christopher Lee, all the at upto contemporary figures like the demagorgon of Stranger things fame. No pics allowed which somehow made it more enjoyable.

My friends and I went to the Witchery for a broom making class for my friend's bachelorette party…read moreand it was such a fun experience! We did a broom making class and we all had such a fun time, and the instructor was lovely!

Truly amazing and perfection!…read more Let's see what we can achieve! This little shop is truly incredible. Making a purchase here is something that makes life better for you and your space. The "broom stick,' in so many cultures means starting out new. In fact for good measure and luck the bride jumps the broom stick for good luck in all the years of her marriage she will have . We are outsiders here to Salem, we came all the way from Sikh City, Las Vegas to see this beautiful place . We were welcomed with open arms. What an experience we had. Thank you ! The special selection that the store offers is very nice and abundant. Come on over . Hey get the family together and make something special forever. Make all the evil spirits go away! Sweep the floor and clean your place with something anew that revives your soul and makes the heart swoon . Hope begins here now let's bring it to fruition with a fresh start and a smiw