Charlotte Haunted Crime Tour: Open-Air Golf Cart Experience
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36 Ratings
Charlotte
Experience the thrill of the Charlotte Haunted Crime Tour, the first and only open-air golf cart tour in the city. Discover authentic ghost stories and true crime history while exploring haunted sites and graveyards. Book now!
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Elmwood Cemetery - We will ride through the second oldest cemetery that is 72 acres…opened in 1853…be ready for this ride!
  • Rí Rá Irish Pub - Find out the lurking ghost here! There is so much more on this tour because it is motorized, we can’t list it all!
  • Old Settlers Cemetery - Learn the history/haunts of the oldest cemetery in Charlotte and keep an eye out…never know what you will see
  • Fourth Ward - We tour the Fourth Ward while recounting the various spooky tales of haunted houses and gold mines!
    We spend a good bit of time in the Fourth Ward area to recount all the spooky facts. There’s so much to see we can’t possibly list it all!
  • Overcarsh House - Learn the tragedy that happened here and haunts to this day!
What's Included
  • Tour Guide Commentary
  • Legends and Creepy Tales from the Past
  • Discounted parking in marketplace parking deck with Southern Charm ticket
  • Open-Air Electric Golf Cart Ride
  • 15% off meal (no alcohol) at Rí Rá Irish Pub and Restaurant with ticket from Southern Charm Rides.
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Join us for Charlotte’s one and only outdoor golf ghost and crime tour! This around 90-minute tour, managed by the famed 5-star Southern Charm Rides, is known for their insightful historic tours of Charlotte. We do go off the golf cart in some places, offering you the ghost or crime background of several sites including cemeteries.

Our open-air golf carts make it possible for us to span an extensive area including a 77+ acre cemetery established in the 1800s. This allows you to explore more haunted locations, criminal history, and listen to a greater number of spine-tingling tales related to the Fourth Ward, luxury hotels, theatres, and a slew of other places!

We make halts at multiple locations where some have claimed to catch figures on camera while touring, along with pauses at true crime locations.

Discover places where numerous individuals have reported seeing spirits wandering among us. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Location
224 E 7th St
East 7th Street
We pick up at this location which is where The Market at 7th St. is. Look for the red or green Open-Air Cart at the entrance of The Market at 7th St. Parking is available nearby, but not included with tickets. Please arrive 10 minutes early.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Barbaramb6636ac
Apr 7, 2024
Awesome experience and proof to take home! - My husband and I went on this tour tonight 4/7/24. We had a really good time. The staff was great, the information was great and it all together was a perfect experience. We did catch some spooky things on camera. To us we see a face above the Rira, we saw several orbs at the Sumpter Cemetery, and we had a picture of the fireman but somehow it disappeared from my phone before I could share it…but not before I showed it to 2 other people on the tour.
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Victoria_r
Nov 11, 2023
Amazimg - Definitely the best part of my trip. The tour guides were awesome friendly and very knowledgeable. I would recommend this to everyone!!!
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Leslie_h
Nov 8, 2023
fun time for all - the staff was knowledgeable and fun. wish i could have stayed longer and taken the historical tour with them.
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Victoria_r
Nov 7, 2023
Crimes of the Past - The tour was interesting, the guide, (I apologize, I forgot her name) was friendly, upbeat and informative.
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Rachel_s
Nov 6, 2023
Thank you Devil Peyton! - Mom and I had a blast! We love ghost stories, historical tours and all things haunted! This spooky tour was both informative and interesting. We enjoyed learning about the history of Charlotte and more macabre details of the older buildings, neighborhoods and cemeteries! Special thanks to Devil Peyton for the extra photos and info’s along the way! We felt very safe and spooked at the same time. Perfect mother/daughter travel experience.
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Donna_k
Oct 31, 2023
True Crime - I love True Crime stories and the tour guide, Sherri was very knowledgeable of local events. The carts we rode on were new and very comfortable!!
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Jessica_g
Oct 31, 2023
Very fun - It was super fun! The ladies were great! If I had to say anything semi negative at all I spose I’d suggest to maybe have a bigger light along on the haunted tour to be able to see things better in the cemetery. That being said the dark was a good creepy factor ;) Other thing I would have loved merch! A shirt or something that said southern comfort tours etc on it :D Loved it!
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Rownitafam
Oct 31, 2023
Tales of Ghost & True Crime in Uptown Charlotte - Both my wife and I were looking for something interesting and fun to do centered around Halloween festivities. When we discovered that there was a ghost themed, true crime, tour and uptown, where you can ride on golf carts, we instantly jumped forward. We were certainly not disappointed. They were two golf carts that drove us around uptown. And the drivers of each cart would share stories about the areas as you drill through them. One of our first stops was a very large cemetery. Here we heard about many of the tails the cemetery had to tell from and from beyond the grave. So much history to be had. Both my wife and I love history and we got a good earful of it on this tour. It’s always interesting to hear the stories and many things that I’ve gone on before from streets that you’re used to walking, but never knew the stories of. Our tour guides are both very good storytellers and presented an atmosphere. That was friendly, lively and intriguing. We learned of tales of many of the older historically preserved homes of 4th ward. Certainly peaked my interest, and I certainly will be doing further studies on all the interesting things that happen in that period throughout decades of old. One of the last stops was the DunHill hotel. Sad state of affairs that hotel has held throughout the years. They say that the hotel is inhabited by a lively ghost, named Dusty, keeping the staff and those residing, if only for a night, on their toes or clinging to their sheets in fear, of the unknown. The tour was slated to be an hour and a half, which turned into two hours. In this case longer was certainly better in my book. They didn’t seem to feel the need to rush through anything to get back. They left plenty of time for questions and comments, and for creating a generally entertaining atmosphere. The golf carts were very comfortable not those rickety old ones that give you a sore back when you’ve driven through any streets in uptown. Two thumbs up from me, and two thumbs up from my wife. We will be interested in learning of the other tours they have. We hear they have really good historical tour if you’d like to learn more about historical Charlotte.
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Julie_j
Oct 22, 2023
Highly recommend - Delightful & entertaining. Caleb was our guide and he was super knowledgeable & friendly. And he’s single (in case there’s any single ladies out there looking for a tour guide 😂)
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149aleeshap
Oct 22, 2023
Spooky but cozy night - We had a great time and learned so much! Everyone was so warm and inviting. Learning the spooky history of Charlotte and some true crime was the perfect October activity
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