Peek into Charleston’s shadowy history with a chilling nighttime walking tour of the city’s most eerie sites! Wind through the dark corridors of the Historic District and hear spooky tales of graveyard hauntings, voodoo and botched burials from your local guide. Pass by infamous locations with grisly histories and wander through the Charleston’s oldest cemetery after hours.

Visit spooky sites in the Historic District and beyond
Be captivated by tales of ghosts, voodoo and medical patients accidentally buried alive
Learn the creepy origin of sayings like ‘graveyard shift’
Gain after-hours access to Charleston’s oldest cemetery

What To Expect

Charleston Ghost & Graveyard Tour

Meet your guide at a central meeting point, then proceed to the graveyard where you will hear about Charleston’s spirits and gruesome tales such as:
• The ghost of Sue Howard, a grieving mother who prays at the grave of her dead child from the spirit world. Your guide has the picture to prove it.
• The Great Nullifier, famous rebel warrior John C. Calhoun. Find out why he and his wife still dance in the street every year, for over 150 years running.
• Tales of being buried alive. Doctors in old Charleston didn’t take chances with contagious diseases. Fall unconscious in a hospital, wake up in a grave.Learn why the terms saved by the bell and graveyard shift were coined. You will be glad you weren’t around when they were.

While other walking tours are looking in through the iron fence, you’ll be on the inside. Learn the history of Charleston’s haunted graveyards and hear tales about famous individuals who found their final resting place in the Holy City.

Don’t forget your flash cameras. You never know what phantom images you can capture…
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bulldog Tours

Tours offered through Bulldog Tours
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Circular Congregational Church

Enter the gates of the Circular Congregational Church graveyard exclusively with Bulldog Tours. Hear stories of infamous people laid to rest there.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

French Quarter

One of Charleston’s most historic neighborhoods, the French Quarter is home to numerous Pre-Revolutionary buildings, churches, graveyards, and hidden alleways.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

St. Philip’s Church

Charleston was settled in 1670 by the congregation of St. Philip’s Church. Their graveyard is home to many of our most significant historical figures, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is also home to one of the most intriguing ghost stories in Charleston!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Powder Magazine

Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina. It was used as a gunpowder store through the American Revolutionary War, and later saw other uses
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to tour departure time
Operates in all weather conditions, dress appropriately
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Most travelers can participate
The pace of the walking tours is leisurely
If you are with any other parties, please give us two hours advance notice. With no notice, we may not be able to keep your groups together.
Tour requires a minimum of 4 participants to run
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Include

Local licensed guide

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Gratuities
Transportation