Boston Ghost Tour: Self-Guided Walk

Welcome to the Boston Ghost Tour

Welcome to the Boston ghost tours adventure, home of the American Revolution, site of the Tea Party, and a hotspot for ghosts? That’s right — this historic city is full of dark graveyards, spooky sightings, and haunted houses.

About the Tour

This bone-chilling ghost tour through Boston’s otherworldly side begins at Boylston Street Station, where a gas explosion killed several workers. Some believe it was an accident, but others wonder if the countless graves dug up during construction had something to do with it. One thing is certain: the victims have not yet left the place of their grisly demise.

From there, you’ll walk through the Central Burying Ground and the Boston Common, hearing the sordid history of unmarked graves, unsettled corpses, and the brutal executions that once took place here. Keep the kids close because those unquiet dead may not have genuinely left this place, and one, in particular, has a special interest in children.

Then, on your one-of-a-kind ghosts and gravestones tour, Boston, you’ll arrive at the majestic Boston Athenaeum, a beautiful building hiding something grim inside: a book bound in human skin. But that’s not the only creepy thing about this place. Do you dare go inside?

Next, our haunted Boston ghost tours experience will take you to the Granary Burying Ground, where many of America’s revolutionary founders have been laid to rest. Here, you’ll pick up some history about these towering figures and learn how some of them might still be hanging around this very graveyard.

Another graveyard awaits you after that: the King’s Chapel Burying Ground. No one knows how many bodies lie beneath the earth here, but they do know that at least one wasn’t dead when he was buried. On some nights, visitors can still hear him scratching at the lid of his coffin.

We’ll take a break from graveyards for a moment to visit the most haunted hotel, the Omni Parker. Visitors have reported spectral sights, sounds, and smells on nearly every floor of this storied hotel, and only the boldest decide to stay the night.

After that, you’ll hear about a fraudulent photographer who tried to capitalize on Boston’s hauntings, then head toward the Old State House, which houses a cursed artifact responsible for a great deal of suffering.

Then, you’ll visit the site of the Boston Massacre and hear about the supernatural panic that swept across the city during an 1800s tuberculosis outbreak.

You’ll pass next by Fort Warren and the Pilot House, where you’ll hear about the vengeful Lady in Black and the seemingly harmless Lady in White, before continuing to the Old North Church, which sits atop a crypt where the residents aren’t always content to stay dead. Finally, we’ll conclude our Boston Ghost tour in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, an appropriately unsettling final stop along our route.

Note: Walk Boston’s cobblestone streets, and you can’t help running into Revolutionary War-era relics like Bunker Hill and the resting place of Paul Revere. This means Beantown gets a lot of Fourth of July hype, and the city lives up to expectations.

The events begin on June 30 at Downtown Crossing (DTX), where visitors can peruse an arts and crafts market, meet reenactors and staff from the USS Constitution (the world’s oldest floating ship), and enjoy music from the 215th Army Band. The DTX party continues on July 1 with free performances leading to the Harborfest fireworks at 9pm.

On July Fourth, follow a brief parade from City Hall Plaza to the Old State House (built in 1713), where there’s a reading of the Declaration of Independence. The day ends with the Boston Pops’ annual Fourth of July Spectacular at the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. Stick around for the rousing rendition of the 1812 Overture as cannons and fireworks light up the city.

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