Halloween season will include a televised spotlight on Indianapolis when A&E series "Ghost Hunters" visits the Athenaeum.

An Oct. 9 episode titled "Dancing with the Dead" is based on the Athenaeum, a fixture of Downtown Indianapolis dating to the 1890s.

"Ghost Hunters" premiered on A&E in August, following the show's 2004-16 run on a different channel, SyFy.

Grant Wilson serves as lead investigator on the show's paranormal adventures.

The Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan St., was built from 1893 to 1898 as Das Deutsche Haus — a cultural center for the city's German community.

In 2004, IndyStar published a list of spooky stories related to the building — ranging from an intoxicated customer dying after falling into a fireplace blaze at the Rathskeller bar to a young girl being frightened by a man in a corner of the ballroom who wasn't seen by anyone else.

Two weeks after the Athenaeum episode airs, the building will host an on-site watch party at 7 p.m. Oct. 23. Free tickets for the Basile Theatre watch party are available at EventBrite.

Craig Mince, hired as president of the Athenaeum Foundation last November, said he welcomed the "Ghost Hunters" crew.

"Since my first day on the job, all I've heard about from the staff and tenants of the Athenaeum are stories of all the spirits that call the building home,” Mince said in a statement. “Me being a bit intrigued, and a tad scared, I felt like I wanted to know more about the spirits and their stories. Having heard that A&E was resurrecting 'Ghost Hunters,' I felt like there was no better team of folks to help us get to the bottom of this mystery."

"Ghost Hunters" investigated the Athenaeum across five days in July.

The public also has a chance to attend overnight "ghost tours" at the Athenaeum. The 11 p.m.-4 a.m. tours provide access to 14 sites in the building.

Participants must be 16 years or older and anyone younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The next overnight ghost tour is scheduled for Feb. 22, 2020. For more information visit athenaeumfoundation.org.

Indianapolis firm Vonnegut and Bohn designed the Athenaeum. Iconic author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was a grandson of architect Bernard Vonnegut.

The building is listed three times in the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to the Athenaeum's architecture and historical significance, its presence in the Massachusetts Avenue commercial district and for its presence in the Lockerbie Square historic district.

"Ghost Hunters" airs at 9 p.m. Wednesdays on A&E.

Previous "Ghost Hunters" episodes made in Indiana:

Willard Library, Evansville, 2006.

Hoffman House, Floyds Knobs, 2013.

Old Sheriff’s House and Jail, Crown Point, 2016.

Inn at Aberdeen, Valparaiso, 2016.

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Call IndyStar reporter David Lindquist at 317-444-6404. Follow him on Twitter: @317Lindquist.