After dark · SELF-GUIDED GHOST HUNTS
A phone, a route and no guide waiting on you. These 15 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.”
Explore Gettysburg’s haunted battlefield by car with Mark Nesbitt’s self-guided audio tour, flexible timing, offline maps, and stories for one low price.
“The content was great. The directions were so poor that we never actually saw the landmarks. It would tell us to turn left in a street that was only on our right and then weave us through modernized neighborhoods.”
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 Salem’s witch trial sites, historic homes, cemeteries, and literary landmarks with a flexible offline audio walking tour.
“Never could get it to open. Waste of money. Tried off and on all day and never got the email you said I would get. Checked all folders in email accounts and got nothing. Even got the app and nothing worked.”
Explore Portsmouth’s haunted history at your own pace with an app-guided walk, historic buildings, ghost stories, and a final stop at Portsmouth Brewery.
“I really like that you could pause the app so you could take time for lunch or shop. We didn’t have our earbuds with us so we just turned the volume up in my phone.”
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”
Review of Cologne’s $7.09 self-guided haunted quest, with puzzles, historic sights, app tips, walking concerns, and honest value advice.
“It should be clear that there is quite a bit of preparation work on the participant to make this possible. This was not clearly communicated. You must download an app on your phone, requiring wifi or using phone data to do so. This was challenging for me and I would have appreciated doing this prior to my trip to save time and frustration. I was never able to see a single location because the first stop was a 45 minute walk from where I was located in the heart of Cologne. In fact, if you are staying near the Cathedral or near the water at all I would not recommend…”
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”
Explore Bucharest’s haunted corners with an affordable self-guided app quest, solving clues from Icoanei Church to Old Town at your own pace.
“Non posso dire come sia andato il tour poiché non sono mai riuscita a caricare il codice sulla app del tour, e l'assistenza inesistente. In più sulla app questo tour non esisteva. Non ho mai fatto il tour.”
Explore Dublin’s haunted stories through a flexible self-guided game linking museums, churches, theaters, City Hall, and the River Liffey.
“The Guide, Ciarán, was a treat! Loved his storytelling and knowledge about all the places. Definitely recommend!”
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 Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter through a flexible ghost-hunting game with puzzles, audio stories, landmarks, and no fixed schedule.
“Great tour/idea. Do not start it after 10pm, Bcn is not safe enough to wander the Gotic as you have to complete the tour. It does feel slightly overpriced for what you get compared to a walking tour but I will definitely continue using the app”
Solve phone-based puzzles across Carcassonne’s medieval citadel, uncover grim legends, and explore at your own pace for just $6.
“Interesting game for a family moment. Do not hesitate to contact the provider in case of any problems as launching the game is not as simple as it sounds. We lost time from the start because of the explanations that are not as intuitive as it sounds and despite all the applications installedAuto-translated”
Review of Florence Inferno, a $7.22 self-guided Dante mystery game with ten puzzles, haunted tales, flexible timing, and useful night tips.
“Great time working together touring the city’s small pieces of the community. Loved seeing the details all over!”
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