AND A CRIMINAL PAST JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUST BECAUSE HALLOWEEN IS OVER DOESN’T MEAN THIS SPOT MAY NOT STILL VERY MUCH BE HAUNTED. PERCHED ABOVE THE AMADOR COUNTY TOWN OF IONE SITS A SPOT SO SIGNIFICANT IT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS, A CASTLE, SOME WOULD SAY IS HAUNTED. THIS IS PRESTON CASTLE, A PLACE WHERE, DURING THE HALLOWEEN SEASON, THIS CASTLE HOSTS THE HAUNT, A TOUR THROUGH ITS MAZE OF ROOMS FILLED WITH GHOSTLY PERFORMERS. DIRK VERDOORN I’M COMING FOR YOU. BUT DID YOU KNOW THIS CASTLE BUILT IN THE LATE 1890S, WAS ORIGINALLY HOME TO THE PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, A SPOT CREATED BY CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS AIMED AT REHABILITATING RATHER THAN SIMPLY IMPRISONING JUVENILE OFFENDERS AT ITS PEAK, THIS INSTITUTION WOULD HOUSE 800 WARDS AND EMPLOY A STAFF OF 200. IN THIS 77 ROOM CASTLE, IT SHUT DOWN IN 1960. BY 2001, THIS ABANDONED AND VACANT CASTLE WOULD FALL INTO DISREPAIR, BUT ITS HAUNTING HISTORY WOULD REMAIN. THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S RUMORED THE SPIRIT OF ANNA CORBETT, ONCE THE CASTLE’S HOUSEKEEPER, STILL ROAMS THESE HALLS AFTER SHE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH IN THE CASTLE’S BASEMENT. SO IF YOU GO TO TOUR THIS CASTLE, NOW OWNED BY THE PRESTON CASTLE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WORKING TO RESTORE IT, BEWARE. JUST IN CASE YOU’RE AFRAID OF GHOSTS, THE PRESTON CASTLE AND I OWN MIKE TESELLE KCRA EXPLORE OUTDOORS. WATCH OUT! DIRK VERDOORN. YEAH. THE NEXT CHANCE TO TOUR THE CASTLE. COMING IN DECEMBER WHEN THE CASTLE HOSTS ITS CHRISTMAS AT THE CASTLE. TICKETS FOR THAT GO ON SALE THIS MONDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR OTHER ONGOING EFFORTS TO RESTORE THIS HISTORIC SITE, VISI