Ghosts and Consequences Uncensored Marblehead Walking Tour
- 1h 30m
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
Explore the haunted history of Marblehead on this adults-only walking tour that takes you through the town's oldest streets and burial grounds. Discover chilling tales of a Salem witch trial victim, local pirates, and infamous shipwrecks while wandering past centuries-old homes and weathered headstones. This tour offers a unique perspective of Marblehead, showcasing its layers of history and intrigue. With a focus on the darker side of this coastal town, each story is more captivating than the last, ensuring you'll leave with unforgettable memories. - 90-minute adults-only walking tour of Marblehead - Visit historic burial grounds and hear local ghost stories - Discover tales of pirates, witch trials, and shipwrecks - Private tours available for a personalized experience
Inclusions
What's included
- Guided walking tour with a local storyteller
What's not
- Optional
Itinerary
Walk among Old Burial Hill’s weathered gravestones, overlooking Marblehead Harbor. Discover the skulls, hourglasses and other symbols carved into the stones, and hear stories of lives lost at sea, local legends and Wilmot Redd, a Marblehead woman executed during the Salem witch trials. Your guide brings the people behind the names into focus in one of the town’s most atmospheric settings.
Overlooking Marblehead Harbor, Fort Sewall sets the scene for a few unsettling stories including a Marblehead pirate’s pursuit of riches and its deadly consequences, a ghost hunter’s recordings of what sounds like a plea for help, and coastal legends of lanterns used to lure ships toward disaster. Hear tales of sea caves and hidden passages as you look out over waters that hold secrets of their own.
Follow Marblehead’s narrow streets and secret passageways, stopping outside historic homes with unsettling stories behind their doors. Hear a former resident’s account of an unexplained presence, stories of family tragedy, and legends of people believed to predict the fate of sailors at sea. Along the way, discover how fear, suspicion and life on the water shaped this town—and the stories its neighbors still tell.
Cancellation
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Please wait by the stone wall on Washington Street across from the front steps of the Old Town House
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- By Lantern Tours
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in USA, outside the cities
- Its from-price is 53% below the median of the 2274 experiences we list in USA, outside the cities.
- Its length is typical for the group.
Special offers in USA, outside the cities
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
