Taking a friend on a ghost tour is sure to frighten them more than traditional scare tactics such as showing them a horror movie or screaming "boo!" while painted head to toe in whiteout. Save office supplies for the office with today's Groupon: for $25, you get an Old Town walking tour for two from Ghostly Tours in History LLC (a $50 value). Tours are held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Today’s deal is not valid from Saturday, October 15 through Monday, October 31.
Historians and actors team up with ghost hunters wielding contemporary paranormal equipment to captain Ghostly Tours in History. The family-friendly Old Town walking tour jumps off at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant to lead patrons through the once-seedy back streets of San Diego. Sinister backstories of residents past unravel with the help of séances, ghost phones, and an aging Rick Moranis. Explore some of the city's most enigmatic haunts, including the famously specter-fraught Whaley House, while you drink in 90 minutes of spine-chilling tales rooted in historical fact. Guides direct shutterbugs toward apparition hotspots to assist customers in ensnaring phantoms and photo-bombing shadows on film.
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The Groupon Guide to: Banishing a Ghost
The popularity of ultraviolet light fixtures has revealed a disturbing side effect—more than 50% of homes are considered haunted, partially haunted, or tightly wadded with ghosts. Follow this handy guide to spurning any spurious specters who might be darkening your doorways:
Step One: Establish a Rapport. Most ghosts are lingering behind due to unfinished business. Try earning the ghost's trust by leaving out a saucer of ghost-water (milk), and breaking the ice with this classic unfinished-business joke: Q: What kind of sheet does a business ghost wear? A: A spreadsheet!
Step Two: Aid the Transition. As an ethereal bag of phosphorescence and moaning, the ghost will most likely need your help finishing its posthumous errands. Do whatever it asks of you, from guiltily replacing the forgeries it swapped for the Oval Office's famous baseball collection to letting it briefly possess your body in order to reconnect with its lost love so it can raise a family.
Step Three: Enough Is Enough. If the ghost still has not moved on, capture the ghost in a vacuum-cleaner canister, then seal the canister in a cube of concrete. If you feel the need, write the word idiot on the side of the cube using a stick of paraffin (the ghost will be able to feel this). Set some magazines on top of the cube. Continue living your life.
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