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Salem Ghost Tour

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See Salem After Dark!
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Haunted History with an Expert Guide!
Visit the Historic and Haunted Sites of Salem!
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Don't miss out!
On average, this is booked 40 (19.1) days in advance.
1 hour 20 minutes (approx.)
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Offered in: English
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Overview

The Salem Night Tour is devoted to unearthing the stories Salem refuses to forget. With over 4,000 five-star reviews and twenty years in Salem, we have become the city's most trusted after-dark experience. Your guides are steeped in Salem’s deep-rooted ghost stories and history, unscripted, and devoted to getting it right. Salem after dark feels like an entirely different city, and these stories belong to the night. Centered around sites like Bridget Bishop's homestead, the iron gates of Salem's oldest cemetery, and the site where Giles Corey was pressed to death, your tours cover Salem's documented hauntings and enduring history. Check in early at Remember Salem on Essex Street, where Wynotts Wands, the Ouija Board Museum, and the Halloween Museum are all within steps. The experience starts before the tour does.

What's Included

  • 75 minute Salem Night Tour
  • Walking ghost tour through downtown Salem's most documented haunted locations
  • A leisurely easy paced walk for comfort
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    Meeting Location

    Meeting point

    127 Essex Street
    Salem, MA 01970, USA

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    Salem Night Tour

    Check in early at Remember Salem on Essex Street, where Wynott's Wands, the Ouija Board Museum, and the Halloween Museum are all within steps. The experience starts before the tour does.
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    15 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Salem Armory Regional Visitor Park (pass by)

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    Salem Witch Trials Memorial

    Salem Witch Trials memorial featuring a series of inscribed stones throughout the burial ground.
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    10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Old Burying Point Cemetery

    Charter Street Cemetery, dating to 1637, is one of Salem's oldest burial grounds — but notably absent are the victims of the witch trials, who were denied Christian burial. Instead you'll find John Hathorne, the unrepentant hanging judge whose legacy so haunted his descendant Nathaniel Hawthorne that he added a 'w' to his name and spent his literary career processing the guilt. A Mayflower passenger rests here too. The cemetery closes at dusk — guests view it from beyond the iron gates, which somehow makes it more unsettling.
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    5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Salem Old Town Hall

    guests will hear about Salem's movie history and see one of the iconic filming locations of the movie Hocus Pocus
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    10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Essex Street Pedestrian Mall (pass by)

    Pass through the epicenter of historic Salem filled with shopping, sightseeing and history.
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    Turner’s Seafood at Lyceum Hall

    Today home to Turner's Seafood at Lyceum Hall, and the site of the first public demonstration of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, this storied building stands on the former property of Bridget Bishop, Salem's first executed witch. Hanged in 1692, Bishop has never quite left. Ghost hunters have recorded unexplained audio here, staff report persistent disturbances in the upstairs Bridget Bishop Room, and her face has been captured in upstairs windows. One of Salem's most documented and genuinely unsettling hauntings. We cover her story, her legacy, and her ghost!
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    5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    10 Federal St

    This is the site of Salem's original witch gaol — where the accused were chained in dungeon conditions while awaiting trial. Among them was Dorothy Good, four years old, who confessed to witchcraft not out of guilt but out of desperation to stay near her imprisoned mother. Her mother Sarah was executed anyway. Dorothy spent eight months chained in darkness, alone, until her spirit went silent. She survived. She never recovered. Her ghost is said to still search these grounds for her mother — and those with a maternal instinct have reported feeling small hands tugging at their coats and bags in the dark. The weight of this story, on this ground, is something you feel before your guide has finished telling it.
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    5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Old Salem Jail Lot

    We stop near the former Essex County Jail — built in 1813, it became the oldest active penitentiary in the United States before closing in 1991 under a court order citing inhumane conditions. But this ground holds something older and darker. This was once an open field where Giles Corey was pressed to death in 1692, the only person in American history executed by pressing. Corey refused to enter a plea, and with his dying breath cursed the sheriff and the city of Salem. Every sheriff who kept offices here before the jail's closure reportedly died of heart ailments — and Corey's ghost, seen before the Salem Great Fire and other calamities, is considered Salem's most feared and malevolent spirit. The Howard Street Cemetery next door holds prisoners who died inside, their gravestones marked with skeleton hands pointing skyward.This is not a ghost story. This is Salem's most documented and genuinely feared haunting — and we treat it that way.
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    10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Saint Peter's Episcopal Church

    Behind St. Peter's Church lies a garden that most Salem visitors never find. Dark, enclosed, and built on top of the dead. The gravestones were moved to the front when the church was rebuilt in 1833. The bodies were not. Beneath the ground you're standing on lies Philip English, accused witch, escaped prisoner, and one of Salem's wealthiest and most defiant merchants. A French-speaking Anglican among Puritans, English fled to New York in 1692 with his wife Mary to avoid execution, returning after the trials to spend his remaining years suing Salem for everything that was taken from him. He donated this land as a final act of defiance, establishing Salem's first Anglican church on the doorstep of the community that tried to destroy him. Your guides bring you here after dark, where the stories get darker and the air gets heavier.
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    5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

    Gardner Pingree House

    In 1830, Captain Joseph White — wealthy sea captain and slave trader — was bludgeoned to death in his sleep inside this Federal-style mansion on Essex Street. A hired killer entered through an open window. The trial that followed gripped the nation and inspired Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, with details from the prosecution speech echoing directly into the story's most famous lines. The murder is also said to have inspired Parker Brothers to rebrand the British board game Cluedo as Clue. Witnesses still report ghostly faces in the windows and unexplained footsteps inside. This is one of Salem's most consequential and most haunted addresses
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    5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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    Additional Info

    • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • October Only: Salem in October is magical but busy. Check in begins 30 minutes before your tour time at Remember Salem, 127 Essex Street. Multiple guides depart continuously throughout the check-in window — once your group is checked in, your guide will depart immediately. The final guide leaves exactly at your tour time. Any guest not checked in by that moment will forfeit their booking without refund. There are no exceptions, no catch-up options, and no transfers to later slots. We strongly recommend arriving the full 30 minutes early
    • November - September: Check in 15 - 30 minutes prior to your tour time at Remember Salem, 127 Essex Street. Tours depart exactly on time. Guests who have not checked in by departure will forfeit their booking without refund.

    Frequently Asked Questions (7)

    Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Salem Ghost Tour?

    A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST). Read more Apr 2025

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (7)

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    Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Salem Ghost Tour?
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    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
    • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
    • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
    • Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST).
    Apr 2025
    Q: What's included in the price?
    A:
    The following is included:
    • 75 minute Salem Night Tour.
    • Walking ghost tour through downtown Salem's most documented haunted locations.
    • A leisurely easy paced walk for comfort.
    • Professional/Local Licensed City of Salem Tour Guide.
    • Access to unscripted, locally rooted guide.
    Apr 2025
    Q: What is the minimum age for this tour?
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    There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..

    Apr 2025
    Q: My date is not available in the calendar, I am just checking to see if it is available?
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    If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.

    If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.

    Apr 2025
    Q: Is this an accessible tour?
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    Accessibility information for the Salem Ghost Tour is as follows:

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • This tour is leisurely paced and accessible, but requires guests to travel between several locations on foot. Guests using wheelchairs or mobility equipment must provide their own.
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    Apr 2025
    Q: Where is the meeting point for this activity?
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    Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Salem Ghost Tour will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!

     

     

    Mar 2024
    Q: How long does a refund take to reach my card, and can I get it faster?
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    Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.

    Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.

    If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.

    Oct 2026

    What's Included

    Activity name

    • 75 minute Salem Night Tour
    • Walking ghost tour through downtown Salem's most documented haunted locations
    • A leisurely easy paced walk for comfort
    • Professional/Local Licensed City of Salem Tour Guide
    • Access to unscripted, locally rooted guide

    Additional Info

    Activity name

    • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • This tour is leisurely paced and accessible, but requires guests to travel between several locations on foot. Guests using wheelchairs or mobility equipment must provide their own.
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • October Only: Salem in October is magical but busy. Check in begins 30 minutes before your tour time at Remember Salem, 127 Essex Street. Multiple guides depart continuously throughout the check-in window — once your group is checked in, your guide will depart immediately. The final guide leaves exactly at your tour time. Any guest not checked in by that moment will forfeit their booking without refund. There are no exceptions, no catch-up options, and no transfers to later slots. We strongly recommend arriving the full 30 minutes early
    • November - September: Check in 15 - 30 minutes prior to your tour time at Remember Salem, 127 Essex Street. Tours depart exactly on time. Guests who have not checked in by departure will forfeit their booking without refund.
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

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