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Weekend best bets: Your guide to Halloween fun

A live paranormal investigation, a Trick or Trot 5K and more ideas for weekend fun.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A live paranormal investigation, a Trick or Trot 5K and more ideas for weekend fun.
14 ways to celebrate Halloween in the Triangle - It's Halloween week, and while COVID-19 may have scuttled your usual celebrations, there are still plenty of opportunities to dress up and have a little seasonal fun. Go Ask Mom has some great ideas for your little ghouls and goblins.
Local paranormal investigators plan Halloween live stream - The Ghost Guild is taking the annual Haunted Mordecai Festival virtual with a live investigation planned Saturday night.
Find spooky Halloween decorations - Looking for some great Halloween lights and spooky decor? Check out our list of the best area decorations.
Virtual Adult Night: Ghouls Night In - Put on your favorite costume and join us for a night of virtual thrills and chills, including trivia, Name that Tune and more fun on Friday night from the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.
Durham lines up contact-free Halloween and fall festival activities - Everything looks a little different this year, all thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but Durham is hoping to help kids and families still have a safe and fun Halloween.
Halloween Trick or Trot 5K (WakeMed Soccer Park Cross Country Course, 201 Soccer Park Dr, Cary) - Start Halloween off with the in-person Trick or Trot 5K at the WakeMed Soccer Park Cross Country Course in Cary on Saturday morning. Due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions the event will be conducted in a safe socially-distanced time trial fashion. Registration is free.
Dark Raleigh Walking Tour (City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh) - Go behind the history of Raleigh's great statesmen and leaders during this "after hours" interactive walking tour presented by the Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum. Tours are Thursday and Friday nights. Tours start every half hour beginning at 6 p.m. and run through 8:30 p.m. Masks must be worn.
Halloween Chalk Art Walk (Downtown Raleigh, 219 Fayetteville St., Raleigh) - Discover murals of chalk art by celebrated local artists as you peruse your favorite haunts. Get a list of where to look for art.
4th Annual Day of the Dead-City of Raleigh Museum - This free family-friendly virtual event is Saturday. It will take a closer look into the tradition of the Day of the Dead.

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