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Charleston Ghost & Graveyard Night-Time Guided Walking Tour

Charleston Ghost & Graveyard Night-Time Guided Walking Tour

Overview

Experience the chills of Charleston's only on-site graveyard tour. You will get an exclusive opportunity to walk inside the gates of Charleston's oldest graveyard after dark. Walk through Charleston's haunted Historic District, and hear stories of ghosts, haunted houses, voodoo and Low-country superstitions.

City: Charleston

Thu 10 Oct

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Starting at $39.50

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Thu 10 Oct

Starting at $39.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Local licensed guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to tour departure time
Operates in all weather conditions, dress appropriately
The pace of the walking tours is leisurely
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
By purchasing this tour, you are stating that you and your party are healthy and have not exhibited any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 in the past 14 days. If that changes, you will notify Bulldog Tours immediately.

What To Expect

Charleston Ghost & Graveyard Tour

Meet your guide at a central meeting point, then proceed to the graveyard where you will hear about Charleston's spirits and gruesome tales such as: • The ghost of Sue Howard, a grieving mother who prays at the grave of her dead child from the spirit world. Your guide has the picture to prove it. • The Great Nullifier, famous rebel warrior John C. Calhoun. Find out why he and his wife still dance in the street every year, for over 150 years running. • Tales of being buried alive. Doctors in old Charleston didn't take chances with contagious diseases. Fall unconscious in a hospital, wake up in a grave.Learn why the terms saved by the bell and graveyard shift were coined. You will be glad you weren't around when they were. While other walking tours are looking in through the iron fence, you'll be on the inside. Learn the history of Charleston's haunted graveyards and hear tales about famous individuals who found their final resting place in the Holy City. Don't forget your flash cameras. You never know what phantom images you can capture...

Bulldog Tours

Tours offered through Bulldog Tours

Circular Congregational Church

Enter the gates of the Circular Congregational Church graveyard exclusively with Bulldog Tours. Hear stories of infamous people laid to rest there.

St. Philip's Church

Charleston was settled in 1670 by the congregation of St. Philip's Church. Their graveyard is home to many of our most significant historical figures, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is also home to one of the most intriguing ghost stories in Charleston!

The Powder Magazine

Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina. It was used as a gunpowder store through the American Revolutionary War, and later saw other uses

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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 (775)

Adrianne W

Mar 2019

I took a group of high school students on this tour, and no one was really impressed until the end. First of all, it is a pet peeve of mine to have non-natives be guides. I lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but I'm not going to be a guide there because I'm not from there. Our guide was a Yankee. For shame. Anyway, he made the beginning of the tour more about his own ghost experience than the legendary ghosts of Charleston. Being a native Charlestonian myself, I know many of the stories already. They're fascinating on their own, and awareness of the possibilities of night amps up the spooky factor. We, however, spent an inordinate amount of time at the Circular Congregation Church graveyard where our guide regaled us on the "spirit orbs" that appear in nighttime photos with flash. My students laughed and wondered amongst themselves if he actually knows how photography, light refraction, and reflection really work. At the end of the evening, though, he went through the Lavinia Fisher story, which captured their attention since it's a true story. The tour never went to Tradd Street, which I suppose could be due to the distance of those ghosts from the company's home base, but I was slightly disappointed. At the end of the tour, we were unceremoniously left at the end of the alley where we had our last story. I feel fortunate to know my way around so that we didn't have to wait for Google Maps to get us out of there. My review title reflects the fact that we passed several other ghost tours that seemed to be having a different experience. From what I could overhear, the other guides were more focused on the backstories of the famous ghosts of various locations than trick photography.

Response from Host

Mar 2019

Huge thanks for your thoughtful and comprehensive feedback. It is a tremendous help to us in improving the quality of our tours. We understand how you might be inclined to attribute a less-than-memorable experience exclusively to the guide, but he is ours and we take full responsibility for his delivery. That said, we are providing him with this feedback and working with him to improve his tours. Couple of things. First, we always debate what is the right amount of photographic evidence to use on tours. Clearly, with your group of tech-savvy teenagers, it was too much, so he will be taking steps to dial it back. Second, as much as we would like to, tours are not allowed south of Broad Street after dark (and that includes Tradd Street). Venturing down to Tradd is a great idea, but we simply can't make that happen under current ordinances. Third, we apologize for not taking you back to where you needed to be (whether that was to the office at 18 Anson Street or to a bus parked behind the U.S. Custom House). That won't happen again. Many thanks for letting us know how it went, and we're delighted that your high school students enjoyed the legend of Lavinia Fisher. So do we.

Lacyjay

Mar 2019

Adam did an amazing job with our tour. Highly recommended! We had a great time and learned a lot along the way.

Response from Host

Mar 2019

Happy to hear! Adam is a great tour guide. Thank you for letting us know! Theresa Stratford Bulldog Tours

Charlie11246

Mar 2019

This was my second ghost tour with Bulldog and I enjoyed it immensely. David our tour guide who grew up in Charleston is a great story teller. We enjoyed several of his stories that were told to him as a child by his mother and grandmother. We had the perfect setting for a walk through the graveyard at night as it was rainy and a little foggy. I have to say I found being in a graveyard at night a little creepy and I really liked the stories that Dave told. I would recommend Bulldog to anyone wanting a good ghost tour and definitely ask for Dave.

Response from Host

Mar 2019

Thank you for the review of David. He really is a great tour guide. We are so happy to hear that you had a good time with us. We hope to see again sometime!