After dark · SELF-GUIDED GHOST TOURS IN THE USA
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 self-guided ghost tours in the USA worth the evening, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
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.”
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 New Orleans’ haunted French Quarter at your own pace with a $6.75 GPS audio tour featuring ghosts, vampires, and local lore.
“This tour was affordable and very interesting as well as intriguing. The narrator and instructions were precise and easy to understand. We did go during the day, as I wanted to avoid the crowds at night. It was a little spooky too, as we did see something or someone in the window of Lalaurie Mansion! We also did several Google searches for more information on the places that were featured in the tour and was amazed at their history. I highly recommend as this was worth every penny spent, and we did not have to be bothered with incoherent tour guides or disrespectful guests. It was a great experience all…”
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.”
Review of St. Augustine’s $9.75 self-guided ghost walk, with cemetery stories, app tips, timing, value, and honest drawbacks.
“I like how he the tour guide felt like he was really with us walking around. I also liked how he said to look up and see a ghost in the window and it was a mannequin. I like the story about the boy named James”
Explore Charlotte’s haunted past on a $6.75 self-guided audio walk through cemeteries, taverns, hotels, theaters, and historic streets.
“It made for a really fun evening enjoying the town. We enjoyed learning the history of Charlotte and the events that led the city to where it is today”
A $5 self-guided New Orleans ghost tour with eerie audio, six languages, flexible seven-day access, and easy smartphone navigation.
“Es la única actividad que hemos encontrado en español y que se adaptara a nosotros ya que la puedes hacer a tu ritmo. Por el precio tampoco está mal aunque muy básica.”
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”
Explore San Antonio’s haunted plazas, theaters, River Walk, and hotels with a flexible self-guided audio tour for $9.75.
“You have to walk it or the tour won’t start. There was construction and bums in the area so we tried to drive it but apparently wouldn’t work that way.”
Review of Salem’s $10 self-guided ghost and witch trials audio tour, with route tips, access warnings, languages, value, and honest drawbacks.
“nothing was marked so it was difficult to follow. walking through neighborhoods was a little sketchy. We drove to majority of the spots because of the heat.”
Review of Key West’s $9.75 self-guided ghost walk, with Captain Tony’s, Hemingway sites, Robert the Doll, GPS directions, and practical tips.
“Easy to use, was nice to go at our own pace. Only difficulty was understanding how to download the tour. I sent an email, received a quick response and had not problems after that”
Explore Jefferson, Texas, on a self-guided ghost walk covering haunted sites, local history, and spooky tales for $9.75.
“I loved that, while everything was in a short walking distance, it still took you through the heart of Jefferson and included a rich history of the city. My boyfriend and I loved it, and I would definitely recommend!”
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