Legends of the Dark set to scare next week

Students can take a “dark” tour of campus Sunday through Tuesday.

Legends of the Dark takes attendees on a journey of CMU’s haunted legends. The tours, hosted by Trout Hall, cover 13 campus myths.

Tours begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at 10:20 p.m., leaving every 10 minutes from the Down Under Food Court in the Bovee University Center.

The cost is $1 in advance and $3 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at the CMU Box Office or Bovee University Center.

The tour covers a broad range of campus locations. Such locations include Warriner Hall, Calkins Hall, Barnes Hall, Sloan Hall and Warriner
Hall’s Seal. One legend includes a mysterious 911 phone call coming from an empty Calkins Hall room.

Trout Resident Hall Director Ann Krzyzaniak said the event is more like a haunted house.

“It’s not only a legend tour but, also, with each tour there are scarers and creepers that roam around and look like CMU students,” said
Krzyzaniak, a Mount Pleasant resident. “Scarers hide in a bush or behind a wall and jump out. Creepers wear black face paint and masks.”

Krzyzaniak said Calkins Hall residents make eerie noises when tour guides tell the tale of Calkins Hall ghost.

“Calkin Hall residents have fun with that and make spooky noises during the tours,” Krzyzaniak said.

Krzyzaniak also said the tour guides wear scary costumes or face makeup during the tours. She said something new will take place during
this year’s tours.

“There’s a surprise ending that is not revealed,” Krzyzaniak said.

Approximately 80 people sign up to help with the tours each year. Individuals from Trout Hall Council Members, Trout Hall Residents and
other resident halls volunteer.

A volunteer’s work can include being tour guides, creepers, scarers or handling registration.

The tours raise money for Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates, Trout Hall’s philanthropy. Each year, the Trout Hall Council chooses a new
philanthropy to fund.

SAPA Director and Associate Professor of Physical Education and Sports Steve Thompson said the funds help more than the group’s budget.

“We’re very thankful that a Resident Hall would choose SAPA as their philanthropy,” Thompson said. “Supporting SAPA is helping survivors.”