Boston Ghost Tour: Haunted Sites with Local Guide

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Free cancellationLikely to sell out

1/5

Duration1h 30m

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Walk through five haunted sites and hear why King's Chapel Burying Ground tops ghost hunters' lists

A 90-minute guided walking tour of Boston's most haunted sites, limited to 15 guests, led by a local guide who shares the city's ghost stories and history. You'll visit Faneuil Hall Marketplace, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston Common, the Boston Athenaeum, Granary Burying Ground and the Boston Massacre Site. The small group size means conversation instead of a lecture format.

1h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Boston's haunted sites

Meet guide at Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Visit King's Chapel Burying Ground
Walk through Boston Common
See Boston Athenaeum ghost site
Explore Granary Burying Ground
Stop at Boston Massacre Site

The Experience

The tour starts at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, where your guide begins with the building's haunted reputation before moving through the stops that make Boston's ghost lore real. You walk 1.5 miles over the course of the tour, moving between sites where the guide explains what happened and who—or what—is said to linger. King's Chapel Burying Ground, the oldest colonial burial ground in the city, gets its own stop because ghost hunters call it Boston's most haunted spot. The guide walks you through why.

Boston Common comes next, a place famous enough for its hauntings that the tour makes a point of it. Then the Boston Athenaeum, where the guide addresses a specific ghost story Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about—fact or fiction, you'll hear both sides. The Granary Burying Ground, final resting place of Revolutionary heroes, is where the guide mentions the possibility of a vampire or two among the graves. The tour closes at the Boston Massacre Site, where not all the victims left the spot, according to local lore.

The group stays under 15 people, so the experience is a conversation with a guide who knows the material, not a lecture you're listening to from the back of a crowd. The guide is local and speaks English. The whole thing takes 90 minutes, which is enough time to hit all six stops without rushing through them.

What’s included

Walking tour with a local guide who speaks English; access to all six haunted sites (Faneuil Hall Marketplace, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston Common, Boston Athenaeum, Granary Burying Ground and Boston Massacre Site).

Good to know

Moderate physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by Wicked Good Boston Tours

Is this one for you?The tour is a steady 90-minute walk covering 1.5 miles across downtown Boston, so you'll need moderate fitness and comfortable shoes. If you prefer a slower pace or have mobility concerns, this walking-focused format may not suit your needs, but if you're comfortable on your feet for an hour and a half, the small group size and local guide make the stories stick.