Richmond Ghost Tour: Haunted History Walk

Uncover Richmond’s haunted past on a thrilling walking tour. Explore eerie streets, hear chilling tales, and delve into ghostly legends.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Edgar Allan Poe Museum - The discussion covers Edgar Allan Poe’s life in Richmond, his sources of inspiration, lost loves, and additional topics. The museum itself is not visited.
What's Included
  • Professionally trained historian/ tour guide.
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

Join Strange RVA for an enthralling walking tour that delves into Richmond’s haunted past. Stroll along the spooky cobblestone streets of Shockoe Bottom, where spine-tingling stories of actual hauntings, true crime, and colonial curses await. This tour offers fascinating insights into the myths of The Devil’s Half Acre, the Church Hill Tunnel curse, and…

Location
1700 E Franklin St
East Franklin Street
We meet at the 17th Street Market in the Shokoe Bottom neighborhood. We meet on the E. Franklin Street side of the market.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(19 Ratings)
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Nov 14, 2025
Great Tour of Shockloe - Jeffrey Holmes gives a great tour of Richmond's Shockloe district. He is a history nut and reads, researches, interviews, does everything he can to bring the haunted history of the place to life. Our tour had 8 people, his competing tour, US Ghost Adventures, had about 30 people for their McDonald's version of a ghost tour. We saw many places and learned a lot. This was a great tour. Unfortunately for Richmond, Jeffrey takes his business to New Orleans for the winter.
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871ginam
Nov 4, 2025
Excellent ghost tour! - Great tour led by knowledgeable and energetic host. Appreciated the historical detail, cultural sensitivity, and unique stories. Manageable pace and distance.
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772krystac
Oct 31, 2025
Definitely Recommend - The tour was great. Jeremy was very knowledgeable of the area, legends and was entertaining. The sites shown were also amazing.
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Y_f
Oct 27, 2025
Perfect balance of spooky and history. - This tour was super fun. The guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. He was clearly passionate about the history and added just the right amount of spooky. He was also very aware of little things like helping the whole group across the street (with traffic) and ensuring that everyone was enjoying the tour. Overall, I would definitely recommend this tour!
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Sandra_b
Oct 23, 2025
Best experience in Richmond! - Jeffrie, our guide, was so knowledgeable! We could tell that he absolutely LOVED his career. My husband and I were so fortunate to have gone with him. We would recommend this experience for Everyone who would be interested in Strange happenings throughout Richmond's rich history!!!
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Rhoena_j
Oct 22, 2025
Murders, Psychos, Ghost, Vampires Oh My……. - I absolutely adore learning the history of a city both good and not so good occurrence which helped to shape its modern day society. While visiting Richmond near Halloween, of course it was only fit to learn about the cities chilling stories from the past filled with murder, mystery, and mayhem. Our tour did not disappoint! Our tour guide Jeffery is quite a history buff and is well prepared to share all the stories about Richmonds past including Settler disasters, Slave trade, Greedy Merchants, Sadistic psychopaths, Ghosts, Vampires and more.
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Neal_r
Oct 19, 2025
History and Fright (Loved it) - Jeffrey was our tour guide. He was knowledgeable about the history of Richmond, referenced African American history and was thoroughly entertaining. I did not want the tour to end. I recommend this ghostly tour if you want history with a bit of fright!
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Saher_r
Oct 18, 2025
Great tour! - Jeffrey was absolutely wonderful and professional! The tour was so informative and fun! We had a great time and learned so much!
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5thquarter
Oct 18, 2025
Engaging! - Jeffrey has a great knowledge of the area. He is a professional that continues to research the strange and haunted of Richmond so that he may share it with you!
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Brian_a
Nov 1, 2025
An enjoyable evening - A solid history tour that was well presented and researched. Our guide was very knowledgeable, well prepared and social. The walking pace was good for the average person, not too fast or too steep. The ghostly and supernatural information may be less than your "typical" ghost tour but they were all founded ethe history of Richmond.
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From $25
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).