'Utica Boo!' Murder Mystery at Oneida County History Center, Utica, Oct. 29 & 31

"Utica Boo!", an interactive haunted murder mystery, plays the Oneida County History Center at 1608 Genesee Street in Utica on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween) at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25, or $20 for History Center members, the Rome Sentinel reported.

The setup: a historian tries to reach Utica's dead with the help of a medium, gets on the wrong side of the spirits, and turns up murdered. The audience finds out who did it at the end. The ghosts include Roscoe Conkling, Chester Gillette, Roxalana Druse and Mary Runkle, and the script works in chicken riggies, half-moons and Utica Club. Dennis Webster wrote it and Debbie Martin directs; this is the show's second year.

Get tickets early: seating is limited. Buy at the History Center or through oneidacountyhistory.org, or call 315-735-3642. Ticket money supports the History Center's programs.

Good to know: an age recommendation and run time weren't published. The History Center sits on upper Genesee Street near the New Hartford line.