New Orleans Haunted History Ghost Tour

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New Orleans, USA

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Overview

Take a romp through the haunted French Quarter on this famous New Orleans ghost tour. During your 2-hour evening walking tour, explore the grim and ghastly deeds of New Orleans’ haunted history as you follow your entertaining guide down dark and sinister streets. You’ll learn about infamous events that occurred long ago and be chilled by evidence of phantoms and ghosts that abound!

This is the original ghost tour of New Orleans. We are the oldest and largest walking tour company in the city. We are not only locals, we are natives to New Orleans. These are the ghostly tales that we heard growing up in and around the most unique city in America.

Our guides are licensed by the city. Our guides love their city and are proud to share their stories as well as some of their own personal encounters with the ghosts of New Orleans. Our tours are theatrically presented but are all historically accurate.

What's Included

  • Guided Tour
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks

Meeting Location

Meeting point

Vampire Apothecary Restaurant & Bar, 725 St Peter, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

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725 St. Peter St. in the French Quarter

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

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What To Expect

French Quarter

Follow your guide through the legendary French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans. This eerie, chilling yet fun-filled adventure takes you to several sites of documented hauntings by the region’s ghosts and spirits.See the French Quarter residences in which unbelievable events took place and visit a haunted bar along the way. You’ll get the shivers amid the shadows as you descend into New Orleans’ grim and grisly past, and discover thrilling tales of supernatural activity – try to capture it in a photo if you dare!
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2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bourbon Street (Pass By)

The party never ends on Bourbon Street. As you hunt for ghosts departing just steps away from the biggest block party in the world. Take in the essence of the famous of all streets, Bourbon Street.
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Finnegan's Easy (Pass By)

Enjoy 2 for 1 hurricane specials at Finnegan's before or after your tour. Just check in with the tour guide for your sticker to participate in this special.
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Rev. Zombie's Voodoo Shop

Escape into the spirited past as your theatrical ghost-hunter guide leads you on a 2-hour haunted history ghost tour – featured on the History Channel and recommended by the Travel Channel as the ‘number one tour in New Orleans’! Tour departs from Reverend Zombie’s Voodoo Shop in the evening.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lalaurie Mansion

The most haunted house in New Orleans is the LaLaurie Mansion. Learn the real story behind the city's most famous serial killer. In public, she was a socialite but in the unseen shadows behind the scenes, she was a cold blooded murderer who took the lives of innocent people right under the noses of the affluent New Orleanians.
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12 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar (Pass By)

There are many more haunted bars in the French Quarter than we can possibly include in one ghost tour but often that bar is this one. Located on Bourbon Street it is hosts to a number of ghost stories as well as signature drink called Voodoo.
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Jackson Square

Jackson Square takes on a completely different persona after dark. See one of the most iconic landmarks in America when the shadows and spirits come out to roam. This tour usually ends in or near the square.
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3 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Pirates Alley (Pass By)

The most notorious alley in all America where pirates sold their contraband and killed their enemies and all right next to a Catholic Cathedral! Legend says that if you begin drinking in Pirate's Alley and make your way to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, the ghost of Jean Lafitte will greet you when you get there. Many a visitor has witnessed the apparitions of pirates running in the alley then disappearing late in the evening.
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Pirate's Alley Cafe (Pass By)

Most of our guides end their ghost tour near this iconic bar in Pirate's Alley. Stop in and try an absynthe, dubbed The Green Fairy for it's hauntingly green appearance. This famous pub was a popular hangout for Aleistar Crowley in the early 1900s as well as an entire culture of vampire lifestylers in the 1990s.
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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the activity for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-3252_1

Reviews

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1,691 reviews

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