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Ghost Tour: History and Haunts - Family Friendly - Best in Gettysburg

Ghost Tour: History and Haunts - Family Friendly - Best in Gettysburg

Overview

Experience for yourself the historic and psychic aftermath unique to Gettysburg. You will never forget your “walk through time and dimension” with our knowledgeable and entertaining guides. This tour is a walking tour (some uphill and uneven surfaces) including historic battle references and tales of hauntings along sidewalks and alleyways in historic old town. As the tour is all outdoors, weather cancellations may occur with full refunds given.

City: Gettysburg

Mon 21 Oct

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Starting at $19.95

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Mon 21 Oct

Starting at $19.95

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Fully Researched History

Tales of Hauntings and Paranormal Activity

The most Knowledgeable and Professional Guides

All Fees and Taxes

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
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

What To Expect

Gettysburg

Travel back to three horrific days in 1863 that transformed a small idyllic town into a mass graveyard. Our popular “History and Haunts Tour” is family friendly and includes tales of historic and ongoing spectral activity as well as the forgotten history of this “No Mans Land” between the battle lines where civilians quivered in basements while bullets whizzed through their homes for days. Nearly every building still standing on this tour still vibrates from the AFTERMATH.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (166)

Ernie_M

Aug 2021

Loved learning the history of many of the homes in Gettysburg. From history on the water systems to the occupants of the buildings our guide was very knowledgeable and answered questions without hesitancy! Loved it

Response from Host

Aug 2021

Thanks Ernie! We loved having you on the tour.

Vicki_E

Aug 2021

Guide excellent, enjoyed his presentation. Very personable and responsive to group questions. I had my grandchildren with me and had to leave early. They were exhausted but telling everyone the stories they heard.

Response from Host

Aug 2021

What lucky grandchildren to have someone like you in their lives to broaden their horizons, Vicky!

pmandras5

Aug 2021

First of all, if your main priority is hearing ghost stories, this is not the tour for you. My husband and I were only in Gettysburg for one night, and I am so disappointed that I chose this company for a ghost tour. While our group size was nice (about 13 I believe), I would much rather have had a better tour guide. He was arrogant and even misogynistic towards the young girls in our tour. When he appeared, he never introduced himself or welcomed us; he seemed disinterested in who we were, even though he asked where we were all from (none of us were locals). He would bad-mouth the other ghost tours that were walking our same route, and consistently reminded us that he was the first to walk this route and that the others glommed on to his ideas. There was a young girl who was clearly on the autistic spectrum in our tour, and whenever she would blurt out something about a ghost or haunted house, the tour guide would react sarcastically. At one point he asked her sisters to choose which story they wanted to hear since we only had time for one, and when the girls shyly responded that they didn't know, his reply was, "Just like a woman...reminds me of my ex-wife." He also kept referring to them while talking about baking and making a good living off it; he never once included the two teen boys in that discussion. He even cracked a joke about Jennie Wade when telling us of how often her dead body was moved around the town: he quipped, “she got around.” Overall, we heard maybe three or four ghost stories on our nearly two hour walk. The rest of the time was filled with sad, unfortunate historical tales, and passing around “real” Civil War-era bullets. The walk itself was a few blocks in basically a large square, and we walked in the direction opposite of the Jennie Wade house. It was cool to hear some of the history of the houses we passed, but this was advertised as a ghost tour and we wanted to be scared not taught. Despite following through on the promise of showing us real ghost pictures at the end of the tour, my husband and I had already checked out. This tour guide needs to learn how to respect people of all ages and genders, living and dead. He needs to also learn how to engage fully with his tour, not just be sarcastic and rude to others doing the same job he was doing. I would avoid this company’s “Haunts and History Family Ghost Walking Tour in Gettysburg.”

Response from Host

Aug 2021

I guess you can't please everyone. But we sure try!