A Legend Awakens.
Phantoms by Firelight: Frankenstein Encounter only runs for 11 nights!

When: Weekends, October 3 – October 25
Time: 4:30 pm – 9 pm
Where: New England’s largest living history museum in Sturbridge, MA
Tickets: Tickets are now on sale!

As darkness falls over the Village, lanterns flicker, and fog settles across the landscape. A new story begins, and this time, you’re written into it.

You don’t watch the story. You walk through it.

Our 1830s village transforms after dark into the experimental world of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, where every fire-lit path leads to a scene where the story is still unfolding.

A night at Phantoms by Firelight is more than a ticket to an event. It’s an entire evening of exploration after dark. Fire-lit paths, an 1830s village transformed, characters from Mary Shelley’s world, and a story that unfolds around you.

Tickets start at just $25 for member adults, $12 for member youth, while children 3 and under are always free.

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Content & Sensory Advisory: Frankenstein Encounter is a fully immersive experience featuring themes from the original 1818 literary work of Mary Shelley. This includes themes of death, murder, and a monster-like creature. The experience includes theatrical fog, strobe and lighting effects, low-light areas, uneven flooring and tight passageways, loud sound effects and music, fire, and recreated scenes of conflict.

Is this event family – friendly?

This year’s new Phantoms by Firelight: Frankenstein Encounter is an immersive gothic storytelling adventure. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the scientific curiosity and imagination of the 1800s. You’ll experience the Village by firelight with live performances, ghost stories, hands-on activities, and games, but there is more of a mysterious and dramatic atmosphere woven throughout the Village.

There are no jump scares. The experience does include theatrical fog, strobe and lighting effects, low-light areas, uneven flooring and tight passageways, loud sound effects and music, fire, and recreated scenes of conflict.

Ultimately, every family will have a different comfort level when it comes to Halloween experiences, so we encourage you to use your own judgment based on what you and your child enjoy.

Old Sturbridge Village Phantoms by Firelight