Gettysburg: Jennie Wade Ghost Night Tour & Paranormal History

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Duration1h 30m

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Walking Through the Bullet Hole: Jennie Wade's House After Dark

You enter the Jennie Wade House through the bullet hole that killed her in 1863, then spend 90 minutes moving between the interior rooms and the exterior grounds of East Cemetery Hill. The cellar is included, and ghost hunting equipment is permitted if you bring it. The tour is documented in television specials and books, so you're walking through a house with a recorded paranormal history, not a newly invented one.

1h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Jennie Wade House and surroundings

Enter through Jennie Wade's doorway
Visit cellar and hear ghostly tales
Walk around East Cemetery Hill

The Experience

You step through the same doorway a bullet passed through on July 3rd, 1863—the one that killed Jennie Wade, the only civilian casualty of the entire Gettysburg battle. The house is still standing, and the tour starts right there, in that threshold. It's a 90-minute experience split between the interior (with stairs to climb) and the grounds around East Cemetery Hill, where the fighting was heaviest. The cellar is part of it, and that's where things get quieter.

The Jennie Wade ghost tour has been running since 2003, which means the stories have been tested by thousands of visitors and documented in books and Travel Channel specials. You're not walking into a newly invented haunting—this is a house with a recorded history of paranormal reports. The guide will walk you through the rooms and the exterior grounds, pointing out where activity has been reported and what the historical record actually says. Bring a camera; people do capture things here, though what they are is left to interpretation.

The tour allows certain ghost hunting equipment if you bring it—you'll want to ask about specifics when you check in. The walking is light, and the stairs inside are manageable for most fitness levels. Service animals are welcome. Public transportation is available nearby if you're not driving, and the whole thing wraps in 90 minutes, so it fits into an evening without eating your whole night.

What’s included

Your 90-minute tour includes entry to the Jennie Wade House, access to the cellar, climbing the interior stairs, 45 minutes of light walking around the exterior grounds of East Cemetery Hill, and the documented paranormal history of the site. Ghost hunting equipment is permitted if you bring it and clear it with staff upon arrival.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Gettysburg Battlefield Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a paranormal tour grounded in actual Gettysburg history and documented reports rather than invented folklore—the 20-year track record and television coverage mean you're walking through a house with a real record, not a newly created haunting.