Virginia City ghost hunter Debbe Bender to present March 10 at Gold Hill Hotel

Debbe Bender will talk ghosts in Spirits of the Comstock, a presentation at 7:30 p.m. March 10 at the Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main St., Gold Hill.

Bender is founder and operator of the Bats in the Belfry Ghost Tours, which offers nightly tours starting at the Silver Queen Hotel and continuing to various venues around Virginia City.

Dinner precedes the lecture from 4 to 8 p.m. at the hotel’s Crown Point Restaurant. The cost is $25 for the dinner and lecture and $10 for the lecture only. For reservations, call the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111.

Upcoming presentations include: World Economy and Gold and Comstock Geology by Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock Mining Inc., on March 17; ­The Donner Party Chronicles by Frank Mullen, former reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal, on March 24; The Paiute Wars and Camels on the Comstock and Other Interesting Information by Deke DiMarzo, retired law enforcement officer and local reenactor, on March 31.