Halloween fun in Griffith Park.

Oh, you missed this one. Next year!

Boo at the Zoo – Griffith Park
The Los Angeles Zoo is transformed into themed areas for trick-or-treaters with performances, pumpkin carving, crafts and creepy crawlies.
Location: the LA Zoo, 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027 in Griffith Park off the 5 Freeway.
Dates: Oct 25-26, 2008
Hours: 10 am – 4 pm (Zoo is open until 5)
Cost: Adults $12, Children 2-12 $7, under 2 free
Info: www.lazoo.org

Image ©CT Department of Environmental Protection.

Ooh, looks like the scary part for this one is the parking.

Ghost Train Haunt

Griffith Park’s Travel Town
5202 Zoo Drive – Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 662-8030
E-Mail: info@lals.org
Website: www.lals.org

2008 DATES & HOURS: October 17-19, 24-26, 29-31, from 7:00 to 10:00pm nightly. Click here for the event’s flier.

PRICE: $5 suggested donation

PARKING: Free

PARKING PROBLEM: Not so much problem as confusion. The official address for Travel Town is 5202 Zoo Drive, but the entrance gate for this address is closed at night. The Ghost Train’s dirty parking lot is perhaps a quarter mile east. This is a dark road in the middle of Gritth Park with few cross streets and almost  no street lights, but you will see the lights, artificial fog, and customers when you reach the miniature train area.

Well, that’s about it. I was hoping there was a cool Sierra Club Hike, or ravers party, but they haven’t told me about them. Or,  you could just run around with 70’s style clothes and pretend you’re going to get murdered by the Hillside Stranglers, who buried two of their victims in the Park. (I thought at least two victims were left there, but could only find one, in this article:

Yolanda Washington
October 17, 1977
“The first victim was Yolanda Washington, a 19-year-old waitress, who was known to be a part of the Hollywood scene. Miss Washington was picked up off the street voluntarily and subsequently handcuffed and raped. Although the complaint does not say so, an investigative source said she was strangled in an automobile. Miss Washington was murdered Oct. 17, 1977, and her body was left at 6510 Forest Lawn Drive, near Griffith Park.”)

Not to mention one of the Manson murders happened 2 blocks away from me, 5 minutes from the park. I take relatives or would be-boyfriends there, to test their mettle.