Don’t Bother Trick-Or-Treating At Stephen King’s House
Halloween is almost here! Come to Bangor, but don't stop on West Broadway!
Stephen King's house, you just can’t drive down West Broadway in Bangor, without seeing someone gawking at this house (trust me, I know. I live right in the neighborhood.)
Just about every single day, when I drive past that street, you can see at least one parked car on the side of the road, and a group of people taking pics, trying to jump the fence, or just being super happy to be there in general. Living near there, it's all normal to me, but folks from all over the world descend there to get a look.
The spookiest night of the year is almost here, so people are making the trip to Bangor, to get a look at the iconic home of Bangor's most famous resident.
Helpful hint: If you were thinking about stopping by Stephen King's West Broadway home to trick-or-treat, you will come up empty.
In fact, the master of horror has come right out and said, "Don't come to my house on Halloween."
We've done trick-or-treat a few times and we had 600 or 800 - one time we had 1,400 people show up for candy and treats and it's fun, it's great to see everyone, but it wears everybody out and it plays hell with the law so we're not doing that anymore.
It's all a moot point anyway, since Stephen, and his wife Tabitha, spend most of the year at their second home in Florida.
There are other ways to celebrate Halloween "King" style!
As all hard-core Stephen King fans know, Bangor is the inspiration for the fictional town of Derry, which has been portrayed in several of his novels and short stories.
No Stephen King investigative tour is complete without stopping by Mount Hope Cemetery, the Paul Bunyan Statue, the corner of Jackson & Union streets, the Thomas Hill Standpipe, and of course, his home on West Broadway, where there always seems to be a couple of cars parked, with tourists getting a good look at the property.
If you are headed here, SK-Tours based in Bangor offer a unique experience for King enthusiasts with their Stephen King Tour.
The people behind the tour, Penney, Jamie, and Stu, are the perfect trio for the job as they owned and operated a bookstore for two decades that specialized in King's books and memorabilia.
Happy Halloween!
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