Morbid Obsession
The McHenry Mansion Foundation announces a one of a kind tour of Victorian Funeral Customs just in time for Halloween. This is a self guided walk-through tours of the beautiful historic Victorian McHenry Mansion will start at 5:30 p.m. with last entrance at 7:30 p.m. The Mansion, located at 906 15th Street, Modesto, will be draped in black crepe ribbon rosettes and display historic curiosities from the Victorian period and their fascination with death. Ticketed members of the public are welcomed to visit the house and experience 19th Century embalming practices, McHenry family death notices, post mortem pictures, death masks, séances, spiritualism, phrenology and maps of local cemeteries.
Monday – Wednesday Oct 28,29,& 30 7:30 pm
Photo by Adrian Mendoza
