Save over 50% on Halloween Tours with Amazon Local

In honor of the frenzy that is Halloween, I’m offering a discount of over 50% on Amazon Local. Choose from either Dark Histories of Lower Manhattan or The Ultimate Greenwich Village Ghost Tour. Vouchers are $24 for two tickets to either of these seasonal...

Historic Costumes on Ghost Tours: Cheesy or Awesome?

When you take a historical or ghostly walking tour, do you want your tour guide to be in costume? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. On the very first New York City ghost tour I ever took, two guides were present — one in a long, black, flowing...

The Friendly Horror and Other Weird Tales

They call it the forgotten borough: Staten Island. Lonely, remote, looming, mysterious. Filled with abandoned cemeteries and hospitals, haunted houses and crumbling forts, the ghastly urban legend of Cropsey, and the notorious Willbowbrook State School (now repurposed...

Boroughs of the Dead Launch Party

Celebrate the launch of Boroughs of the Dead: Macabre New York City Walking Tours at Brooklyn Winery with an evening of tales written and inspired by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Featuring special guest readers! Prizes! Wine tasting and tour! October...

Fear City

I’m possibly going to hell for this, but I couldn’t help riffing off the vintage Fear City flyer that’s been making the rounds online this week. I’m aware of the irony of using this flyer to sell walking tours in which I expound upon the...