After dark · SELF-GUIDED GHOST HUNTS
A phone, a route and no guide waiting on you. These 10 are the cheapest way onto a haunted street, compared on how long the route is, whether the app works offline and how much of it is a puzzle.
Explore Chicago’s Medieval Torture Museum with an audio guide and ghost-hunting app. See interactive displays, wax figures, and grim history.
“I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this museum. I went because by daughter wanted to see it. Very informative audio tour. You go at your own pace.”
Review of Salem’s $7.75 self-guided ghost walk, with app tips, stop-by-stop details, value advice, and honest drawbacks.
“Skip the stuffy, crowded tours. These walking tours give you a chance to see what the town has to offer and out-of the-way places that you can go back to later. These walking tours narration, music and navigation ensures you enjoy the tour and don’t get lost. Our paranormal activity meter (included!) indicated ghosts in a shop up the block from the Bewitched statue.”
Review of Glasgow’s $6 smartphone ghost hunt, with city sights, puzzles, flexible timing, app tips, value, and honest drawbacks.
“My most memorable moment was seeing a haunting shadow of a lady on the wall opposite the Scotia - jeepers creepers 🕷 👻”
Explore Glasgow’s haunted history by app, solving clues from Central Station to George Square in a fun, low-cost 90-minute city quest.
“Really good way to see the area, stopped at the oldest pub in Glasgow, found out lots of history and we enjoyed the story”
Explore Birmingham’s haunted center with a $5.98 smartphone quest linking canals, squares, war memorials, riddles, and ghost stories.
“This experience was a complete waste of our time. No where we went was aware of the tour the town hall was closed. Got too mail box nothing no one knew anything about this tour gave up”
Solve a spooky Manchester mystery by app as you explore Albert Hall, the cathedral, Chetham’s Library, canals, and more.
“No clues in designated areas, First was a building site. Wasted almost an hour trying to find the 1st clue, this was my daughter's birthday surprised, ruined!!”
Explore Savannah’s haunted squares, cemeteries, and historic buildings at your own pace with this affordable GPS audio tour.
“The narration was spot on. The directions were amazing. The price was perfect! The time of the tour was just right.”
Explore Munich’s haunted legends through a flexible offline game linking Odeonsplatz, Frauenkirche, Marienplatz, and more.
“It did not work. I should never have been charged for it. Does not even look ready. Not sure how it can be purchased.”
Explore Toronto’s Old Town with a self-guided puzzle walk linking dark history, landmarks, and ten challenges for $8.44.
“Get to see interesting sites in the city and have an interesting anecdote or story associated with the location. You can go at your own pace or try to achieve a timed goal.”
Explore Birmingham’s haunted downtown on a GPS-guided walking tour with eerie stories, historic sites, flexible timing, and a $9.75 price.
“It was a nice walk thru downtown but nobody knew anything about it when we started at the hotel so pretty embarrassing”
A city, a kind of night, or a story you already half know.
