Haunting History Returns for October 2011
The Everleigh Social Club & magician David Parr invite you to haunt the shadowy corners of the past, and discover a mysterious world of ghosts and grave robbers, poisoners, poltergeists, and the spirits of Halloween!
Step into Chicago’s Everleigh Social Club and experience Haunting History, a unique Halloween show, equal parts history and magic. With David Parr as your host, you’re sure to encounter the uncanny side of the past:
- Learn the grisly skills of an old “resurrection man” — a professional body snatcher.
- Drop in for dinner with the Borgias, circa 1500, for a lesson in the subtle arts of poisoning and politics.
- Sit in on a 19th-century séance, where restless spirits make their presence known in mystifying ways.
As the performance unfolds, you may begin to doubt your senses: objects move of their own accord, cryptic messages are written by invisible hands, hidden thoughts are revealed. Is some mysterious force at work in the Everleigh Social Club?
The answer is yes — his name is David Parr.
“History is much weirder than the version we learn in school,” explains Parr, the creator of Haunting History. “People in the past were surrounded by the strange and supernatural — especially during the Halloween season. Haunting History gives a sense of what it might have been like to live in that world.”
Haunting History: October 20–29 at the Everleigh Social Club, 939 W. Randolph St.
Tickets $20 at the door, $15 in advance. No one under 18 admitted.
Only Seven Shows — Seating is Limited — Reserve your Tickets Today!
Thursday, October 20, 8:30pm
Friday, October 21, 8:30pm
Saturday, October 22, 8:30pm
Sunday, October 23, 7:30pm
Friday, October 28, Special Midnight Show
Saturday, October 29, 8:30pm & 10:30pm
Get tickets online at the Everleigh Social Club website: http://everleighsocialclub.com/haunting-history-with-david-parr/