Tacoma historian Patty Mannie will bring her "Haunted History" storytelling presentation to the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber in October.

Mannie, a fourth-generation Tacoman and founder of Tacoma History Comes Alive!, is planning the Halloween-season event at the Chamber's office. The Chamber announced the event in a Sunday, Sept. 27 member feature but has not yet released a specific date, time or ticket price.

The presentation explores what her website describes as the stories that linger inside Tacoma's oldest buildings "after the doors are locked and the lights go out." The Chamber urged readers to "stay tuned for the frightening details."

Mannie grew up in the North End. She attended St. Patrick's Elementary School and graduated from Wilson High School. She raised three children as a single mother, often working two jobs, and built a career in banking.

Her family's Tacoma ties stretch back more than a century. Her great-grandfather Eugene Scheele worked as a blacksmith at the corner of North 30th and White Street as early as 1910, according to her organization's website. Her grandparents Edward and Alma opened a café on the Tacoma Tide Flats in 1934 that operated for more than 40 years. Her Uncle Roy became Tacoma's first Fire Marshal.

Mannie's passion for local history started in 1976, when she attended a Tour of Homes during the American Bicentennial. She is a Charter Member of the Tacoma Historical Society.

She started Tacoma History Comes Alive! about three years ago after retiring from banking, as The News Tribune reported in August. The business offers paid presentations to community groups, clubs and businesses on topics including the Tacoma Narrows Bridges, "Notorious Crimes of Tacoma" and "She Built Tacoma," which profiles women who shaped the city.

"Nobody else is telling the stories that I tell," Mannie told The News Tribune in August.

Residents can check tacomacomesalive.com or the Chamber's website for updated event details when they are posted.