Salem Paranormal Tour: Experience Haunted Footsteps Ghost
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Salem
Embark on a 1.5-hour Salem Paranormal Tour and explore the haunted streets, ghostly buildings, and chilling cemetery. Hear authentic tales of murder, accidental death, and paranormal activity on this thrilling experience!
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Salem Historical Tours & Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour - Meet your professional and entertaining guide, who will light the way for your hauntingly historic walking tour of Salem. Follow them into the night to begin your 1.5-hour walking tour. With the light from the lantern, make your way through Salem’s streets. Through your guide’s storytelling, dark humor, and captivating tales, learn about the paranormal activity in this infamous town. Visit spine-tingling cemeteries, sites with documented hauntings, and hear stories of accidental death and murder. See the dark side of Salem and learn the authentic history of the dearly departed on this walking tour.
  • Ropes Mansion and Garden - Enter the backyard of the Ropes Mansion that is replete with paranormal activity and includes stories of several people who died in the house
  • Old Burying Point Cemetery - You will get to see the oldest cemetery in Salem which is one of the oldest in the country. You will hear tales of paranormal activity there.
  • John Ward House - You will visit either the John or Joshua Ward house. The John Ward house is where accused witches were examined. The Joshua Ward house sits on land where Witchcraft Sheriff George Corwin lived. Both sites have paranormal activity.
  • Witch House - The Witch House (Judge Corwin’s House) has a lot of paranormal activity. Hear the tales of what has happened.
  • Rockafellas Restaurant - Enter the alleyway behind the restaurant and hear about an incredible murder that happened in the 1830s
What's Included
  • Visit several sites of paranormal activity
  • Exclusive ghost and paranormal stories
  • Personalized analysis of ghost photos
  • Engaging tales of accidental death and murder
  • Guided experience with a local, certified professional
  • Costumed guide for an immersive experience
  • No building entry; no additional admission fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
  • There’s no food or drink offered, but snacks, soda and water are available for sale.
Additional Information

Embark on a 1.5-hour excursion through Salem’s eerie history with this walking tour. Walk through spectral streets, foreboding buildings, and spine-chilling cemetery, all under the flicker of lantern light. Your knowledgeable and captivating guide will share true stories of murder and unintentional fatalities, along with accounts of supernatural occurrences. This exhilarating tour of Salem does NOT include the 1692 Witchcraft Trials; for that, check out our other tour focusing on witchcraft history.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Tour times vary by season. Available tour times reflected during checkout. Please plan to arrive 15-20 minutes prior to your tour. Check in at Salem Historical Tours Office at 8 Central Street, Salem, MA.
  • The City of Salem has rescinded its face mask and proof of vaccination order. You no longer have to show proof of vaccination or wear a face mask to enter our office and gift shop. It is subject to change in the future.
  • Traffic and parking in October can be very difficult. Give yourself extra time to get here and park no matter what your GPS is telling you. Check Salem.org for details on where to park.
  • Our public walking tours can pose challenges for participants with mobility and accessibility concerns. Tours are 90 minutes long and about one mile in length. Each participant must be able to complete the one-mile tour within 90 minutes, providing for frequent stops to view sites and for information from the tour guide. As Salem is a historical city, there are narrow and uneven sidewalks, bricks, cobblestones, and stairs. During events and festivals (and particularly October), with crowds and street vendors, the streets can become difficult to navigate.
Location
8 Central St
Central Street
We are part of the pedestrian walkway downtown at the corner of Essex and Central Streets. We are next to Emporium 32 and across from the New England Dog Biscuit Company. Look for our purple sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Antonio_g
Feb 11, 2024
Highly recommended!!! - Allen was amazing!! After all of the years I’ve been going doing different tours, he was in the top 10! I would say that his knowledge of all of the homes was quite intriguing! I am very pleased with how this tour was conducted.
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Denise_p
Nov 25, 2023
Ellen was very... - Ellen was very knowledgeable about all the history of the places we visited and she made it very entertaining!
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Teressa_z
Nov 13, 2023
Good tour - Really good tour we enjoyed it very much. The walking was easy to do and we learned alot about the ghost of Salem.
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Taram
Nov 2, 2023
Fun - Amber was great providing spooky knowledge with witty humor ! We had a great time walking through Salem. Despite being a rainy night Amber was sure to keep us entertained with all our stops
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Theeverythingnerd
Nov 2, 2023
Insightful - The host was very friendly, he had to change the itinerary because of other tours but he made due. A fun and insightful, interesting tour. glad we went
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Jamiem_m
Nov 1, 2023
Glad we went - Our tour is was great. We all learned quite a bit. I highly recommend this tour. Even on Halloween it was busy
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Sightseer52185603816
Nov 1, 2023
Salem tour. - The tour was really informative. Really did not give any in time experiences. But for the memory and pictures I would say it was cool for the most part.
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Travel498026
Nov 12, 2023
Boring, lacking in detail, not engaging - Really disappointing tour. Only had 1 night in Salem and booked this tour - what a waste. The guide’s storytelling skills were extremely lacking unfortunately. The info provided was very brief and factual, no ‘theatrics’ - it felt like a very short, informational lecture. We stopped at the sites for very short periods of time. At one stop, there was another group out front, so the guide had us stop 30 feet away, where he told the story. When done, we just continued on past the site - we didn’t even get to see it or pause for photos. The guide pushed on pretty quickly as well and the group fell behind more than once, and he never stopped to check if everyone was still with him. I have been on other ghost tours in Salem that stopped at a few of the same places, and heard really great spooky stories that I was excited to get a refresher on, assuming the info would be shared during the stops on this tour - but didn’t hear any of them again tonight. The stories were often vague as well, things like ‘spirits have been spotted here,’ when I was was already familiar with some f the places, and knew there were some good stories to tell that just weren’t shared on this tour. At one point we passed by a different tour, where the guide was in costume and telling scary ghost stories with a ton of energy and suspense, and interacting with his group - and multiple people in our group mumbled ‘I wish we were on THAT tour instead…’ - a sentiment I share. I felt the guide was knowledgeable and prepared, but to be a ghost tour guide there is a whole other very important part of the job - hosting and performing, interacting with the guests and delivering the stories in an interesting and engaging way - this did not happen tonight. I hate to say it, but I was bored.
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Sara_g
Oct 31, 2023
Bad experience - First time doing a tour and actually going to Salem in general which is why we wanted to do the tour and we was unable to enjoy and listen to what the guy said because first his voice was kind of low and it was hard to keep up with him because he was always in a rush. He would run to the next stop and wouldn’t even wait for everyone to get to the spot to start talking he would just keep doing he’s think like someone was waiting for him or he would just be on his own. It came to a point that we couldn’t keep going and we lost him because of how fast he was going specially when we had a pregnant women and a disabled person. We saw how others did there tours and they where way better than the one we had. He had a purple shirt, always closing his eyes every time he talked and always in a rush since I don’t even remember his name and maybe he didn’t even say it or I didn’t even heard it since again he was always in a rush. We was 15 in total since it was my birthday weekend and at the end half of his group end up losing him. The place is so beautiful and so much fun but the tour could of been way better. I really wish I could at least get half of my money back which we spend over $340 for just the tour but at least my kids said they had fun
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Katie_g
Nov 9, 2023
Poor - Did not enjoy this at all, the guide, however nice he was, you could not hear him through his voice or speakers
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