Houdini Takes Manhattan! A New Walking Tour Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini 100 Years After His Death September 10, 2026 Presented in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death on October 31, 1926, Boroughs of the Dead offers a new tour to celebrate the life of a magician renowned for his interest in the spirit world! Houdini Takes Manhattan is a 90-minute walking tour of Midtown Manhattan, designed and to honor Houdini’s legacy […]
Summer Hours Private Tours Available July and August June 22, 2026 Summer is officially here, which means we’re working hard behind the scenes getting ready for fall. As we work on drafting book proposals, creating new tours, and improving existing ones, plus coordinating a ton of special events and collabs in honor of our 13th Anniversary, we’ll continue offer Private Tours upon request, and we’ll still be […]
Victorian True Crime Tour in New York City In partnership with The Mysterious Bookshop April 20, 2026 We’re teaming up with The Mysterious Bookshop! Join Boroughs of the Dead on April 25 as we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with a very special edition of “Gotham by Gaslight: A Victorian True Crime Tour.” Step into the shadows of 19th century Gotham, then follow us into the Mysterious Bookshop afterward to browse a curated […]
Spooky Holiday Gifts Keep it Creepy with a Boroughs of the Dead Gift Card December 2, 2025 Friends, it is holiday season and if you’re like me that can only mean one thing: you’re behind. You’re behind on everything. Your year-end To Do List. Holiday Shopping. Sending cards. Fixing yourself up for those glam holiday parties. All the things. But fear not …. because Boroughs of the Dead is here to help […]
Discover the Uncanny Upper West Side Introducing a brand new ghost tour August 14, 2025 We’re thrilled to announce our latest ghost tour, The Uncanny Upper West Side. The tour debuts this October, and tickets are on sale now! Join us for strange tales of spirits, psychics, and seances on this tour of the Uncanny Upper West Side. Once the hinterlands of Manhattan, the Upper West Side has since become […]
October Ghost Tours Tickets are on sale now for the 2025 Halloween season August 7, 2025 Tickets are on sale now for our ghost tours and dark history tours for Halloween 2025! From a haunted walking tour of Lower Manhattan, to our brand new ghost tour of the Upper West Side, we’re thrilled to be back for another Spooky Season in the city. For those who are new here, our tours […]
Tours currently on hiatus Returning fall 2025 with a new book and updated tours! January 3, 2025 Boroughs of the Dead will be on hiatus through Labor Day and tours will resume in September, 2025. We’ll return with a brand-new book and some new-and-improved tours! We’re spending this time putting the finishing touches on America’s Most Gothic, which will release just in time for Spooky Season 2025, and is available for pre-order […]
Ghosts of Christmas Past: A Spooky Holiday Walking Tour New York City's original holiday ghost tour is back! November 20, 2024 It’s time to celebrate… the spooky way! We’re bringing back our annual Ghosts of Christmas Past tour this season. This is New York City’s original (since 2013!) and only Christmas Ghost Tour! More About the Tour Yuletide is the time when ghosts glide through old houses, a time for winter tales told by the fire. So we’re delving […]
City of Mysteries: Two New True Crime Tours From Victorian Murder in Manhattan to Scandal and Blood in Brooklyn September 20, 2024 Join Boroughs of the Dead for a stroll into the dark, twisted criminal history of our city as we present two new true crime tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Gotham by Gaslight: A Victorian True Crime Tour takes us to the 19th century, a bloody and violent era when the city seethed with murder, scandal […]