Small-Group Family-Friendly Haunted History and Ghost Walk
- 1.3–1.8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
History, Haunts, & Hahas! is a small, local, mom-owned business specializing in Ghost Forensics, Ethical Storytelling, Comic Relief, and the Human Behind the Haunting. Southern Spirit Stroll combines a haunted history walk and ghost tour with hidden history, folklore, architecture, and paranormal curiosity. Rather than repeating recycled ghost stories, we explore the real people, events, and historical clues behind Charleston's legends and reported hauntings. Guests learn how to distinguish documented history from folklore, evaluate paranormal claims, recognize common misidentifications such as pareidolia and photographic artifacts, and follow the historical breadcrumbs hiding in plain sight. Small groups and adaptable conversations encourage curiosity and critical thinking. Limited EMF readers may be available. Stories are shared from public spaces outside landmarks and historic sites; admission is not included. Ghost activity can never be guaranteed.
Inclusions
What's included
- Souvenir Hat
- Guide
What's not
- Food, drinks, alcohol, or snacks (purchased separately if desired)
- Transportation to or from the meeting location is not included
- Gratuities for your guide (optional but appreciated)
- Meter / Garage / Lot Parking is not included.
Itinerary
Guests meet at 160 Church Street nearest the patio-side of Tommy Condon's Irish Pub. The tour will kick off from there in order to have a predictable start and end location.
Exterior historic stop discussing fires, rebuilding efforts, graveyard stories, and Charleston hauntings.
Historic alleyway stop discussing Charleston commerce, waterfront history, smuggling, and local ghost lore.
Exterior storytelling stop featuring pirate history, Revolutionary War imprisonment, and Charleston paranormal legends.
Exterior historical stop exploring Charleston law, corruption, crime, politics, and ghost lore in the heart of downtown.
Exterior storytelling stop featuring Charleston history, famous ghost stories, and legends connected to the historic pink hotel. Local lore suggests the hotel may experience residual hauntings where past events appear to replay like a loop in time. Some guests report seeing figures running up and down the stairs carrying buckets while others describe well dressed partygoers wandering the hallways as if returning from a long ago celebration. Another figure is sometimes reported who looks strikingly familiar though visitors often realize he is not the person they first thought he resembled. This location may be seen along the route depending on the evenings path. No specific stops are guaranteed and ghost activity cannot be guaranteed.
Historic stop discussing Charleston religious history, graveyard folklore, and reported paranormal activity. Stories are told from outside of the gate, and we do not enter the graveyard.
Exterior storytelling stop featuring colonial warfare, explosions, disasters, and paranormal lore surrounding Charleston’s oldest public building.
Atmospheric alleyway stop associated with Charleston folklore, duels, violence, and ghost stories.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 8 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- You will be given general information shortly after booking. Exact start and finish locations will be given on the day of in order to plan for any specific closures, reservations, etc. or changes that are in the hands of bars & restaurants, which are subject to change.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- History, Haunts, & Hahas!
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility issues. Accommodations can be made, though, if you reach out to me.
How it compares in Charleston
- Its from-price is 64% below the median of the 319 experiences we list in Charleston.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 168 of 319.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Charleston
Charleston is a South Carolina port city of pastel row houses, cobbled lanes, church steeples, Gullah culture and Lowcountry cooking.
Charleston was settled in 1670 and grew on a peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and it is one of the best-preserved colonial-era cities in the United States. Rainbow Row, thirteen pastel Georgian houses on East Bay Street, is the best-known sight. The Battery, a seafront promenade with old cannon and oak-shaded White Point Garden, looks out to Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861. The city is nicknamed the Holy City for its many church steeples.
Top-ranked sights in Charleston: Charleston City Market, Rainbow Row, Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.
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