Spirits, Sinners & Scandals Tour Salem's spookiest, haunted *adults only* walking tour!

Embark on Salem’s spookiest adults-only haunted tour, delving into the city’s dark history of murder, deception, and despair. Explore haunted sites and relive terrifying tales. 18+.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Salem Old Town Hall - Meet your tour guide outside of the Old Town Hall to set off on a spooky journal though time while walking the cobblestone streets of Salem
  • The Burying Point - The second oldest cemetery in the United States has lots of stories to tell. What spirts still roam the cemetery and why are they stuck there?
  • Salem - Why…
What's Included
  • Expert-led Tour - Licensed Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity not included
Additional Information

Experience Salem’s most spine-chilling, haunted adults-only walking tour!
Are you ready for a late-night, 1.25-hour journey into the eerie and shocking?
Explore Salem’s darkest corners and honor our otherworldly history by uncovering the city’s sinister stories of deception, greed, torture, murder, and curses, while delving into the supernatural….

Location
32 Derby Square
Derby Square
We meet outside the Old Town Hall on the side with three staircases
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(41 Ratings)
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Christinean4225gq
Nov 2, 2025
Ghosts and Laughter - I took the nighttime ghost tour with Violet, and it was an absolute blast! The stories were fascinating, spooky in all the right ways, and told with such great energy. Violet was hilarious — I was laughing the entire time while still getting chills from the creepy history. You can tell they love what they do and really know their Salem lore. The mix of humor, storytelling, and eerie atmosphere made it one of the best tours I’ve ever done. Highly recommend this tour if you want to learn, laugh, and maybe get a little scared too!
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99caitline
Oct 26, 2025
Great tour - Great tour ! Very knowledgeable and funny. Took the 9:45 tour the weekend before Halloween. Will definitely be back to do others.
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Trish
Oct 26, 2025
Don’t Miss This Tour - We recommend the Spirits, Sinners & Scandals tour! Violet is an awesome tour guide- a great storyteller and very knowledge about the area. She knows where you’ll find the ghosts. It was an immersive history lesson with stories fitting this tour. Tips: October evenings are chilly, wear layers, we brought coffee. Would have liked a warm hat. Sidewalks are uneven, shifted bricks or roots growing through the walkway. There are street lights but you’re walking at night and it’s dark, wear athletic shoes.
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Kristinsz9525cw
Oct 12, 2025
Spooky fun with Violet - Our tour with Violet was loads of fun. We enjoyed the local ghost legends and nighttime atmosphere. Seeing the ghost pictures was a neat touch. I recommend this tour to anyone who wants to hear about spooky things that are not just witch trials related. Beware of the spooky skunks that linger in the cemetery.
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Bonnie_k
Oct 10, 2025
Great tour - Very interesting, quirky guide added to the experience. Hancock was very knowledgeable and interesting, also very nice and patient with some of the other participants.
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Heatherdh1886da
Oct 7, 2025
Great tour, fun guide - We had a great time on this tour with Hancock. Great stories, fun anecdotes. He was really energetic and really stayed engaged which is important when a tour starts at 9:45PM. Would recommend, and would do again. The only negative was that the group size was so large--he was great at projecting his voice and it was still hard to hear over the street noise sometimes just because it was such a large group.
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Y6621gcjanb
Sep 21, 2025
Good experience - Yes, Hancock was our Tour Guide it was great!. All my expectations were met.Yes they are some great surprises and some good scandals.
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F6367gcelizabethr
Oct 18, 2025
Given dark, stormy conditions, moved too quickly - Easy website to navigate and compare/contrast the various tours. Found what I was looking for. Enjoyed the walking tour's content; traveled at little too quick a pace, though, as it was very, very dark, and the ground was rocky and uneven, especially in the cemeteries and on the narrow brick/cobblestone paths. Fell over roots and treestumps we couldn't see a few times, as group sped on without noticing. Either slow it down or recommend that participants bring a good flashlight, as our phone flashlights did not help much given the conditions.
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Latoosaj
Oct 5, 2025
A differnt way to spend the evening - Our guide was very knowledgeable about the area and its varied history, and always had an answer for my questions. It was nice that it does not focus only on the witch trials and instead talks about other murders and ghosts of Salem. I would say it was a bit pricey for what we got out of it.
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765maggied
Sep 27, 2025
Would go for a different tour… - Overall my husband and I weren’t thrilled with our tour experience. I hate to even say this but I was not a fan of our tour guide which made it feel lackluster. Some of the stories were interesting which made me believe maybe if we’d done a different tour that it would’ve been better!
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From $36
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).