GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Rapids is getting some unusual new residents this spooky season — and a few have been lurking around for more than a century.
Beginning Friday, Oct. 2, local interactive experience company City Games launched “Ghosts on the Grand,” a monthlong, citywide supernatural scavenger hunt that runs through Halloween. The event combines local history, puzzles and mobile challenges to transform the city into an open-air game board.
Participants will hunt for an original cast of fictional local spirits, each tied to a distinct era of Grand Rapids history. The lineup includes “Heritage Hillary,” a Victorian-era socialite wandering historic neighborhoods; “Trolley Molly,” a spirit waiting for a long-defunct streetcar; “Disco Dot,” a partygoer who refuses to leave the 1970s; and “Arcade Eddie,” a ghost forever chasing a high score…