Ghosts and Gallows: Nuremberg's Dark Secrets

Explore Nuremberg’s haunted history on an evening walking tour. Uncover tales of torture, execution, and paranormal activity with a professional guide.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hauptmarkt - Wish for luck on the Beautiful Fountain because you’re going to need it on your journey through Nuremberg’s dark history. Centuries of blood flowed through the streets of the Hauptmarkt. Can you still hear the screams?
  • Nurnberger Rathaus - Find out what lurks beneath Nuremberg’s historic City Hall.
  • Kaiserburg Nurnberg -…
What's Included
  • Professional Paranormal Guide (English-speaking)
What's Not Included
  • Tips/Gratuities for your guide
Additional Information

Explore the mysterious side of Nuremberg with this small-group evening walking tour conducted in English. Known for its bloody medieval past, Nuremberg is rich with chilling stories of torture, murder, executions, and death. As the “Ghosts and Gallows” title implies, the executioner’s work sometimes leaves behind lingering traces.
An English-speaking,…

Location
Schöner Brunnen
Hauptmarkt
Your guide will meet you by the golden Schoener Brunnen (Beautiful Fountain) in the Hauptmarkt. The guide will be holding a small sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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80milin
Dec 31, 2025
Interesting and fresh - Amazing tour, she was super friendly, knowledable and i found it super interesting. It was my first ghost tour and from now on im planning to do more of these type of tours. I found it entertraining and educational.
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Katherine_b
Dec 18, 2025
Excellent fun, it was not... - Excellent fun! It was not too scary, there was lots of walking, and the tour guide was very nice and accommodating.
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G8501fmkatieb
Dec 18, 2025
Great experience - Excellent tour! Good variety of locations, tour guide was so friendly, learned a lot about Nuremberg through its ghostly happenings.
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Stephanie_p
Dec 6, 2025
Awesome host. Cute tour. - This was a cute and fun ghost tour. It’s definitely not scary. FYI there is a lot of walking uphill. Our host was amazing and spoke well.
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Michaelmz4264sq
Dec 6, 2025
Awesome tour and guide! - Great experience!! Not only did we learn a lot of interesting facts and history of Nuremberg, she actually showed us some areas of the town we have been trying to find and visit ourselves. Rewarding in more ways than one!
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Kendra
Nov 30, 2025
Nuremberg Ghost tour - The Nuremberg ghost tour with Katherine was great! It takes you all over Nuremberg and you learn a lot of fun information on the ghostly happenings and general history! It took us to the castle, the hangman’s house, the dungeons, the carousel, and to the hotel where Hitler frequented to name a few. It was so fun and our group was a reasonable size which is always good. I’d definitely highly recommend!
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Jason
Nov 29, 2025
Ghost stories with historic views! - My wife and I had a great experience. As English speaking tourists we really appreciated the English speaking guide as was advertised! I would highly recommend this experience.
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Tom_h
Oct 11, 2025
Thoroughly enjoyable - It’s a great time! Good combination of great deals and history. Now I have a great time. It’s a great time! Good combination of great deals and history. Now I have a great time.
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Kerryn72
Jan 3, 2026
Average ghost tour - Did this tour in Nuremberg with a friend. Friend had a sore knee so walked a little slower. Was disappointing that Katrina didn't really stop to check she was keeping up or wait for her to arrive before sharing the stories. Katrina was very enthusiastic about the stories she shared but didn't really build them up in a suspenseful way. Was ok but not the best ghost tour I've done- also a lit of her information was very different to what we'd heard about the same things on earlier tours- not sure which versions were accurate.
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Mantrogels
Oct 13, 2025
Negative experience - We were looking forward to the tour, but it became a bust.Once at the meeting point we looked for the tour guide with the sign. Since we had not found one even after a few minutes, I approached a lady with a folder in her hand and asked for the tour. Answer: "only english". That I held the printed ticket with the barcode in my hand did not interest her. After further Waiting time a group member asked again how many people should accompany her. Answer: "ten." Since four English-speaking people had arrived in the meantime, our group of 6 should have been on their list. Until then, there was no further guide to see. She started her talk in English, and we felt totally ignored. Before we went to the next station, she told us that we could go with her. There was no check on whether we were the missing persons. Reading the barcode would have been easy. That was not professional !! We did not contact the organizer by telephone, because the description "Professional paranormal guide" was no longer present. We didn't have the words. We had experienced an absolute low, and the money is gone. Thanks for nothing !!! This is not an individual opinion but that of the whole group !!!!! The remarks were a bit long, but had to be made in this clarity
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From $41
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).