New Haven's Ghost Walk: Mysterious Grove St. Tour
3.6
51 Ratings
New Haven

Explore the Grove St. Cemetery, discover the specter of Geronimo, and avoid getting pulled by the currents in New Haven Harbor. Let’s see if you can handle tales of hauntings, shocking narratives, and eerie occurrences.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • New Haven Green - the central square of the nine-square settlement plan of the original Puritan colonists in New Haven
  • Grove Street Cemetery - organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground
  • City Hall - Designed by Henry Austin and built in 1861
  • New Haven Free Public Library - even the stacks are haunted
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
1070 Chapel St
Chapel Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Dustythoughts
Mar 30, 2024
Interesting fount of knowledge - Fun, interesting way to walk around the Yale neighborhood of New Haven and learn about the area's ghost stories. Our tour guide was a veritable fount of knowledge about both ghost stories and about general local lore, and he never ran out of stories. It was a pleasant way to spend an evening. Keep in mind that this is a walking tour, although most of the tour is on flat ground - if you want an experience with more sitting, then I'd suggest doing something else.
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Williamstapell
Oct 29, 2023
Great New Haven ghost experience! - Had a great night the weekend before Halloween! We loved the tour and stories and even lucked out with some awesome weather
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214milanh
Sep 27, 2023
Great For Any History Buff - John was a great guide. He made the tour interesting with his many stories and accounts of history, especially about the New Haven Green.
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Stay14477346259
Jul 23, 2023
Fantastic for History Lovers! - John was such an excellent and enthusiastic guide with vast knowledge of New Haven/Yale history! He has such a great sense of humor! Absolutely LOVED the tour and would do it again!
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Chk6972kh
Jul 3, 2023
Fun and informative - We enjoyed our tour throughly! Our guide (whose name I am sadly forgetting, a lovely man in a kilt), regaled us with stories of the city's history and more macabre moments. He was happy to be flexible, as we were running a couple minutes late to find parking (advice to others, give yourself plenty of time and expect to park quite a ways away from the meeting spot if it's a busy evening downtown). I've been on ghost tours in other cities that really leaned on the gore and gimmicks. This one was nice and balanced for ghost- believers and skeptics alike, and just relied on good storytelling (dark conspiracies, spooky stories, slices of life/death, and some more comic mishaps). It was especially interesting to learn how the history of the "town vs. gown" has played out over the centuries, and ways people have experienced the supernatural in this uniquely American city.
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Marrisam98
Feb 1, 2023
Morbid Madelyn is amazing! - This was the best ghost walking tour!! Our tour guide was even better too!! I had never been on a ghost tour and this being my first I was a bit anxious. But Morbid Madelyn made this experience so personable and so much fun! With ghost stories, conspiracies, and all the tales around Yale! Me and my boyfriend had a ton of fun and can’t wait to go on more ghost tours!
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Rumrunner01
Aug 14, 2023
Unique knowledge of Yale - We had a very interesting walk around most of the Yale campus and learned much about unique history of campus locations and activities of the past. Unfortunately the cemetery was closed during our visit so that part of the tour had to be improvised. Otherwise, our guide, John, was very knowledgeable and personable while touting our rather large group around.
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Scenic32577022916
Sep 23, 2023
Ghost walk…Boo - For a ghost tour it fell flat. Our guide did more stories of intrigue instead of ghost stories. It was nice to walk around the Yale campus on a cool evening but that was the highlight. The stories were not compelling or that interesting. Our guide needs to hone his craft.
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Reneest6176ev
Sep 4, 2023
Haunted tour or prospective student? - Haunted walking tour? It was more like I walking night tour of the Yale University campus. This tour was beyond disappointing and our guide continually forgot information despite him telling us he’d been doing the tour for over a year. I would save your money unless you’re a prospective Yale student.
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Horrible_12354657484
Dec 28, 2022
Horrible - Horrible! Our tour guide cancelled twice on us due to illness. Finally I called and just wanted a refund of my $208 (purchased tix for a group) and they gave us a run around. Back and forth with them and my bank I don't know how many times and still no refund. I will never book through this company again and advised my friends to stay away.
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