2 hours
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English
Overview
Choose from a daily evening tour to explore under the cover of night, or opt for an afternoon tour on weekends. Meet your licensed tour guide at the Revere Bell in front of the Salem Visitor Center and set off on an easy walking tour through the historic town center. Guides are not costumed actors, but real historians and experienced paranormal researchers.
Hear about what really happened during the famous witch trials of the 17th century. Visit the Old Burying Point cemetery to see the tombstone of trial judge John Hathorne, and learn about the slave Tituba, who played a key role in the witch hysteria and was herself accused of voodoo practices. Keep an eye out for specters at the original Witch Dungeon, and get help examining your own photos for evidence of paranormal activity such as orbs, ectoplasm, and apparitions. See real photos taken at some of Salem’s most haunted sites that bear traces of ghostly activity, and learn about the scientific methods used by ghost hunters today.
Beyond witches, Salem has been the center of other dark legends including accounts of vampirism. Hear shocking tales of New England’s vampire folklore and documented cases of blood drinking for a true and disturbing sense of how this once-sleepy town became New England’s horror capital.
Operated by
Spellbound Tours
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Awesome
Claire_G, Apr 2025
Absolutely fantastic!!! The tour guide was awesome and extremely knowledgeable. I would recommend this tour to everyone.
Super recommended
Cecilia_A, Dec 2024
I’m a Halloween lover and getting to know all this amazing stories from a local guide was absolutely amazing.
Awesome Tour
Christina_E, Nov 2024
We really enjoyed this tour. Our guide did an amazing job. He is a great storyteller, was interactive with the group and very knowledgeable about the history of Salem.
Spooky Tour with Spooky Surprise Guest
Alexandra H, Nov 2024
This was a fun tour of the town. They gave interesting stories and history lessons with a twist. If you enjoy spooky history, this is definitely the tour for you. We even had a supernatural experience when we went home. My phone went from 2% battery life to 100% without being plugged in at all. Lasted about an hour longer than it should have. So maybe a ghost followed me back to the hotel.
Itinerary
Tour the haunted streets where the infamous Witch Trials happened with a licensed public guide and paranormal investigator! Learn the strange truths of Salem past and present and maybe capture ghostly evidence of your own.
8 minutesGiles Corey was pressed here! This is believed to be the location where accused witch Giles Corey was pressed to death after he refused to confess. Probably the most gruesome story on the tour! Stand where he died and learn of the cruel curse he put upon the city as he breathed his last tortured breath!
8 minutesA quick stop a haunted church graveyard with ties to the Witch Trials! Great photo opportunity with beautiful antique gravestones.
5 minutesThe location of the dungeon where the accused witches were held and tortured as they awaited trial and execution! Here you learn the history of the Witch Trials, the fanatical Puritans, and my favorite Witch Trials character, Tituba, the innocent enslaved woman who might have been a clandestine practitioner of Voodoo! Quite possibly the most active haunted site in Salem. Make sure to take lots of photographs here!
10 minutesBridget Bishop's land. You will recognize this stop if you ever watch the ghost hunter shows. Relentlessly haunted by the restless spirit of one of the most ornery Witch Trials victims. Strangely enough this is also where Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his telephone for the first time before a mass audience. People have reported weird physical manifestations of ghostly energy and taken some amazing pictures here.
8 minutesA great chance to snap a picture of location from the classic Hocus Pocus movie! This is where the big "I Put A Spell On You" ball was filmed!
5 minutesVampires! My favorite part of the tour, here is where we delve into vampire legends and folklore as well as the strange truth about modern day true life blood drinkers! These stories get bloody.
10 minutesMaster magician Harry Houdini performed a dramatic escape right here in Salem!
5 minutesSerial killer time! Both the Boston Strangler and the brutal maniac Carl Panzram executed their nastiest murders in Salem. You will learn the details here.
5 minutesA haunted bar!
3 minutesDating to 1636 one of the oldest cemeteries in the United States. Resting place of Witch Trial judges and townsfolk who lived through the terrible ordeal. Tremendously haunted. Hawthorne hung out here during his life and possibly still does after death. Important American history site and a ritual location for modern magical practitioners.
10 minutesPeabody Essex Museum
Classy art museum which hides some of Salem's darkest secret artifacts!
5 minutesHere we share ghost photographs captured during our years of investigation.
8 minutes
Experience
Highlights
Inclusions
- English-speaking guide
Exclusions
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Service animals allowed and well behaved pets are always welcome
Guide Languages
English
Cancellation Policy
A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.