Black & Ghost Tour

Overview

Join us on this history tour with a spooky twist! Experience the spookiest of Pittsburgh’s Downtown! Get to see outstanding historic landmarks (often beautifully lit up in the darker and colder months) during the quiet evening hours and learn about their history and which spirits lurk in them. Don't worry about picking up any ghostly travelers; the entirety of the tour takes place outdoors! Ready to get chills and be scared by some obscure ghost stories? - Our tour guides are locals who truly love their city, they are very knowledgeable and willing to go the extra mile for you if you are particularly interested in something. Children under the age of 6 and doggies are welcome with advance notice and proper supervision. - ***Please note: This is NOT a haunted house tour NOR a pure Ghost Tour but a history tour with a spooky twist!***

City: Pittsburgh

Sun 10 Nov

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Starting at $29.95

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Sun 10 Nov

Starting at $29.95

Make a reservation

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What's Included

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Local guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
PLEASE NOTE: While on tour, we kindly ask you to maintain a social distance of min. 6 ft.

What To Expect

David Lawrence Convention Center

Meet your local guide to get started with your urban nighttime adventure.

Senator John Heinz History Center

The ghost story of this big history museum of Pittsburgh is particularly spooky!

Allegheny County Courthouse

Lots of ghost stories here! An iconic courthouse, also architecturally!

Mellon Square

Enjoy walking past this beautiful Downtown square

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (66)

kellybK4719VD

Jan 2022

Wonderful tour. Our guide Christina was very knowledgeable and friendly. We learned A LOT about downtown Pittsburgh!

sirennotmermaid

Dec 2021

Christina was a very lovely tour guide! She had a great focus on stories that people could relate to and really envision instead of just blurting out facts and dates like one may fear. 70% history and 30% ghost stories is about the ratio I had taken from the experience. Take a tour on the first day of your trip as they give pointers on places to go that you don’t want to miss. If you’re going during cold weather, expect a good bit of walking outside so be sure to layer up as after a while my family started feeling a little numb in our fingers and toes. Ask questions as these tour guides are quite knowledgeable.

G2655EEmichaelv

Nov 2021

The Black and Gold Pittsburgh ghost tour was one of the best ghost tours I've experienced in a long time, and I've been on a lot of them. I'm a history/folklore enthusiast, and I like go on a local ghost tour whenever I'm in a new city. I think that ghost tours are one of the most interesting ways to learn about the history and culture of a location, and this ghost tour was not an exception. Christina was an excellent tour guide. She was welcoming, accommodating, energetic, entertaining, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. She was like a friend showing us around the city, rather than just another tour guide. I appreciated that the tour focused mainly on history as well as the stories of people's experiences. For the record, I'm not concerned with whether the stories are true or not. As the website states, ghost stories are history with a twist. Ghost stories matter, because they reflect the history, culture, and folklore of a region. As historian and storyteller Jason Burns states, "Even if you don't believe in ghosts, when you hear a ghost story, you can learn things about how to live, how to be a good person, how to survive. Ghost stories aren't just ghost stories. Ghost stories are our history. They've just got a little bit extra in them, because the historical figures are still there, walking around." Burns also says that "Legends are just history begging to be remembered. So when you remember a ghost story, you're also remembering your ancestors, and everyone who came before you, and all the storytellers who have told stories about their country." Thank you, Christina, for showing us another side of Pittsburgh, and for telling us so many entertaining stories about Pittsburgh's ancestors.