Charleston Ghost Tour with Adam: Dark History & Haunted Sites

Walk the oldest streets in Charleston and hear the ghost stories Adam tells at the graveyards where they started.

A ghost history walking tour of Charleston led by licensed guide Adam Moore, who personally guides every departure through the city's oldest neighborhoods, graveyards and haunted sites. The tour runs 80 minutes with groups capped at 14 or 15 people, so you get a personalized pace instead of the 20-person crowds most Charleston tours move. Stories, ghost photos and the dark history behind the city's wars, fires, floods and buried dead are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time at each

1. Circular Congregational Church10m
2. St. Philip's Church15m

Charleston dark history and ghost tour

• Visit Poogans Porch haunted restaurant
• Walk along historic cobblestone road
• Pass by historic building
• Hear ghost story at old courthouse
• Stop at oldest graveyard and view ghost photo
• Listen to ghost stories at St Philip's Church cemetery

The experience

Adam Moore leads this tour himself every time, not a rotating roster of guides, but the same licensed guide who knows the stories and the timing. The route moves through Charleston's oldest streets, laid out in 1680, stopping at Poogans Porch (the city's most haunted restaurant), the old courthouse on Broad Street, and two graveyards where the ghost stories anchor themselves. The tour runs 80 minutes and stays under 15 people, which means you're not moving as a pack but as a small group that can actually hear and ask questions.

The stops themselves carry the weight: Circular Congregational Church holds the city's oldest graveyard, where you'll see a ghost photo and hear about people buried alive in their graves. St. Philip's Church, historic and still standing, is where the final two ghost stories land. Between them, the tour covers the wars fought in Charleston, the enslavement of people, hurricanes, fires and floods. The events that seem to have left ghosts behind. Poogans Porch opened as a restaurant in 1976, and that's when the hauntings started being documented.

You'll walk the whole route on foot through the historic district, so bring shoes you actually want to walk in, water, and an umbrella or rain coat: Charleston rains a lot. The tour is wheelchair accessible, and infants can ride in a stroller. Public transportation stops are nearby if you need them.

What’s included

• The tour includes a licensed guide (Adam Moore) leading the entire 80-minute walk.
• ghost photos shown at the graveyards.
• stories at five stops including Poogans Porch, the old courthouse, and two historic church graveyards.
• and access to the dark history of Charleston's wars, fires, floods and buried dead.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day except Tuesday and SundayDepartures at 20:00 and 21:40

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (10 and older) · Under 10: can't be included in the booking

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Tour Charleston With Adam

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want the same guide every time and a small group where you can actually hear the stories: Adam leads every departure personally, and groups stay under 15 people instead of the 20-person standard most Charleston tours run.

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Top questions

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

How long does the Charleston ghost tour with Adam actually take?

The tour runs 80 minutes and covers the oldest neighborhoods, graveyards and haunted sites in the historic district on foot.

What's the story behind Poogans Porch that makes it so haunted?

Poogans Porch opened as a restaurant in 1976, and the ghost stories began immediately after. It's known as Charleston's most haunted restaurant and is the first stop on the tour.

Will I be walking the whole time, or are there breaks?

The tour is a walking route through the historic district, moving between Poogans Porch, the old courthouse, Circular Congregational Church graveyard and St. Philip's Church graveyard: all on foot over the 80 minutes.

Does Adam Moore guide every tour, or will I get a different guide?

Adam Moore personally leads every departure himself. When you book this tour, you're guaranteed to have him as your guide, not a rotating roster from a larger company.

What happens at the graveyards on this tour?

At Circular Congregational Church, the city's oldest graveyard, you'll see a ghost photo and hear stories about people buried alive in graves. At St. Philip's Church, the tour ends with the final two ghost stories by the historic cemetery.

How many people go on each tour?

Groups max out at 14 or 15 people, which keeps the tour smaller and more personalized than the 20-person groups most other Charleston tours run.