AUSTIN (KXAN) — Oakwood Cemetery, one of Austin's oldest cemeteries, has featured local nonprofit Save Austin Cemeteries' annual "Murder, Mayhem, and Misadventure Walking Tour" each October for nearly two decades. But the nonprofit said it has made a big change to this year's event.

Tour participants walk from grave to grave, where they meet the "ghost" (a SAC member dressed in a period-appropriate costume) of one of Oakwood's residents. The spirit then tells visitors about their life and death. Each tour takes about 45 minutes.

SAC President Courtney Bartsch said that the tour is SAC's biggest fundraiser of the year. While the event is free, the public has been generous with donations in the past.

"We don't charge anything, but we do have a donations box," she said. "Those donations he

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