By COOPER SLOUGH
Hays Post

The Hays Community Theatre is reviving the Haunted Hays City Historic Tours for another year. Tours take place Oct. 27 to 30, starting at the theater, 118 E. 11th, and runing every 15 minutes from 7 to 10:30 p.m.

This year’s tour was written by the Ink Spots, a group of local writers and historians, and features questionable characters, haunting figures, farm animals, horseback riders, a cowboy camp, snake oil salesmen — and even gunfights.

“(The tour is) based on actual people who lived here, and actual things that happened,” said Pamela Grizzell, head of the HCT venue and fundraising committee. “If there was a shootout, we re-enact it close to where it actually happened.”

All money raised during the tour goes toward helping build the community theater. Last year’s tours were so successful, the theater was able to put in public restrooms.

“Last year, with the help of Glassman Plumbing, we raised enough money to finance and put in our bathroom,” Grizzell said. “There was just such a positive response, we figured we’d bring it back.”

The tour is not recommended for small children and those with mobility or heart problems. The use of strollers is also discouraged.

Tickets for the tour are $10 each, and there are 18 available spots per tour.

Tour organizers are also looking for a few extras to fill minor roles.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit the HCT website.