"Some tour-takers pass "these sites every day, and now they know what it used to be," Chase told The Post. "They get a kick out of exploring their own neighborhood and being a local tourist." The 90-minute jaunt from Williamsburg to Park Slope contains a medley of trivia, comedy, videos, music and artifacts as roughly two dozen local tourists learn about Brooklyn's 400-year-old past - consisting of "90%" true crime stories with "paranormal sprinkles" along with it, according to the guide. "To me, the events are scarier than a ghost haunting," she said, before listing off some of the tour's stranger-than-fiction stops:"
"Before fire regulations, nearly 300 theatergoers died in a blaze at the Brooklyn Theatre at the site of what is now Cadman Plaza downtown. The fire started on the evening of Dec. 5, 1876, during a performance of "The Two Orphans." At least 278 people - many of which were sitting in cheaper seats with limited access to exits - were melted together before they could escape, Chase said. The disaster was the greatest loss of life on New York City land until the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, where more than 100 of the deceased are laid to rest in a mass grave."
Allison Huntington Chase, 38, founded Madame Morbid's Trolley Tours, a replica Victorian-era funeral parlor retrofitted onto a trolley that guides groups through Brooklyn's creepiest spots. The 90-minute route runs from Williamsburg to Park Slope and mixes trivia, comedy, videos, music and artifacts for roughly two dozen local tourists. The itinerary highlights Brooklyn's 400-year-old past with a focus on true crime — described as about 90% true crime with paranormal 'sprinkles' — and includes sites such as the Brooklyn Theatre fire mass grave at Green-Wood Cemetery and a reputedly haunted Park Slope mansion.
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