Cemetery & Serial Killer Tour of Philadelphia

Unfortunately, I was very dissatisfied with this tour. From the get go, he warned us that it would be long and probably end around 12:45. However, by 1 pm there was still another stop and two more serial killers to talk about. The stories were rambling and did not always have a point. For instance, he discussed H.H. Holmes for at least 30 minutes at the start and spent a lot of it on the Chicago aspect but never referenced the hotel that he built. He touched briefly on the Philadelphia connection but never got to the point. I had to ask him if the DNA results that were recently tested proved that it was in fact Holmes. Later on, almost into the 3rd hour, he made references to the French Revolution and Bastille Day and completely had his facts wrong. He said Bastille Day is in October. I chose not to correct as I just did not want to add any more time to the tour. Terry was a likeable enough individual but not a dynamic or interesting storyteller. And, as previously mentioned, not accurate. He also blatantly asked for tips which I did not really appreciate. The only part that I enjoyed was the segment in Christchurch cemetery where Bob took over and talked about two of the doctors buried there. All in all though, I cannot recommend this and was disheartened that 3 hours of my last day in Philadelphia was wasted on this banal and poorly rendered tour. Also, I would like to note that our guide also requested that we leave 5 star Yelp reviews. I was not going to go out of my way to bash him. But, in regard that I received this email and in hopes or better quality, I decided to respond and give my opinion.

Terry was knowledgeable, fun and thoughtful (in regards to finding us shelter from the rain). He made the tour fun, joked around with us and made sure we were all following along. He was so great, my boyfriend and I decided to take the 'sex, vampires and ghosts' tour on Tuesday night! We hope Terry will be our guide for that tour as well!

We spent hours planning and reserving itinerary plans. You cancelled the night before at about 9:00 pm, leaving us little time to re-group with our party. We ended up canceling the entire day and was told we couldn’t get a refund for a week. We are out both our time and the insurance money we paid in case something like this happened. That is IF we actually see the refund.

Tour was fun and informative. Terri had a wealth of information to share.

The tour was too long and a lot of time was spent in the same spots. We spent about 1.5 hours just outside of Independence Visitor Center and didn't get to Christ Burial Church until about 2:30 even though the original schedule said we would get there by about 1:40. The stories were very difficult to follow and didn't seem to have any connection to the tour. The tour guide seemed to go off on a lot of tangents as well on things not related to the story being told. Of the 14 people on the tour, I think 10 left mid way through because of it. My wife and I finally had to call it quits when it got to be 3:45 (the time the tour was supposed to end) and Terry was heading back to Christ Burial Church. It also seemed strange that he was surprised by the fact the Christ Burial Church had a wedding that day. I would think that would be part of the pre-planning of the tour to know you will be able to get access to the places you are planning on going.

We had a wonderful time with Terry on the Serial Killers & Sightseeing tour. At first, we were a bit intimidated about how long he warned us it might become; however, confident that Terry would be un-offended if we needed to leave early, we embarked on the tour. We were so riveted and captivated by Terry's storytelling that we wound up texting friends to delay our dinner plans in order to stay the whole length of the tour! As a native Philadelphian (and Quaker school alumna), I was worried that there may be some parts of the tour that I would have already known by heart from years of school and family-sanctioned history tours, but boy was I wrong. Not only did I learn new and, appropriately creepy, tales from our fair city, I was also shocked to learn that much of what I was taught my whole life was incorrect! Terry illuminated my knowledge of Philadelphia history and really made our weekend memorable. I will definitely be recommending this tour to my friends and be taking another one in the near future with Terry.

Brittany was very informative & funny. For some if us it had been a long day & she tried to let us sit down when we could. Very entertaining & extensive knowledge of Philadelphia history & customs. Very good with directions when tour was over. Answered all of our questions very frankly.