There is no other way to put it: the folks at Lachat Town Farm and dozens of their talented friends are determined to scare the daylights out of you. After daylight, that is. All in the spirit of Halloween.

The theatrical story of this year’s The Haunted Farm — the third — is “The Village of the DamNed.” We can explain the odd lettering. Before we do …

On foot and by hayride, lovers of all things spooky gather at the farm on six late-October dates at various available times for a fantasy adventure. It’s all about putting to rest rumors of scary things long thought to be mythical, but judging from encounters with witches, apparitions, and mysterious wails in the meadow, those things may not be so mythical at all, and maybe not so much at rest.

It’s based on a true story. But first …

Tickets are on sale, $20 per person, for performances on October 20 – 22 and October 27 – 29. Several time slots are scheduled each evening, some already sold out.

This show is not recommended for children under 12, but parents can make the call. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. You can’t bring your own food or drinks, so concessions offer cocoa, snacks, and “adult moonshine,” purchasable on the website. (Arrive early if you plan to buy at the farm, because hayrides depart promptly on schedule.)

The story

Where now lies the scenic waters of the reservoir on Valley Forge Road, there once stood a village, one aptly named Valley Forge. This is true. Also true is that the village was once a small but successful manufacturing center.

But by the late 1930s, Fairfield County’s growing industrial base and population demanded a water supply. The village of Valley Forge was seized by eminent domain. There was hew, there was cry. Then there was a dam, and le déluge. It took a village to make a reservoir.

Remnants of the village of Valley Forge can still be seen below the reservoir waters at low tide. Reservoirs have no tide, but you get the idea.

Now the theatrical part, which involves a large number of Weston’s many artists, writers, producers, set designers, costumers, students, sound engineers, and actors (some professional, some professional in spirit) and others to put on this spectacle.

It seems that a mysterious time capsule has washed up on the reservoir shore. Everyone in town is invited to its opening, all in hopes of settling once and for all tales of ghosts, a lost traveling circus, and unfortunate souls who perished in the flood and now haunt the farm.

All will be revealed at The Haunted Farm. Or will it?