Fall Tours Are Here for 2024! Book by Labor Day to Save with Promo Code EARLYBIRD July 31, 2024 Book now and save $5 off any regular ghost tour with promo code EARLYBIRD when you book by Labor Day! Did you know? 2024 marks the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam / New York City (founded in 1624) and Boroughs of the Dead is marking the occasion with an epic series of walking tours designed to reflect […]
Spooky Summer Sale Take 15% off all regular ghost tours June 11, 2024 This summer, take 15% off regular Boroughs of the Dead ghost tours with our Spooky Summer Sale! Enjoy any of our Manhattan and Brooklyn ghost tours for only $30 through August 18th. No discount code needed! Tours include Forgotten Dark Histories of Lower Manhattan, The Ultimate Greenwich Village Ghost Tour, West Village Ghosts, and Haunted […]
South Street Seaport Ghost Tour Ghosts of the Seaport, a phantasmagoria of nautical ghosts, vengeful spirits, pirates, and other waterfront phantoms. February 19, 2024 THE CITY’S ONLY SEAPORT GHOST TOUR This is the city’s only South Street Seaport ghost tour, and the first to focus specifically on the spectral and supernatural side of the seaport. Nautical lore is filled with ghost stories and sailor superstitions, and we’re so excited to finally have an appropriately haunted walking tour of this […]
Frights and Phantoms of Flushing July 27, 2019 Boroughs of the Dead is excited to announce our return to Queens (the original “Borough of the Dead”) with our brand new tour: Frights and Phantoms of Flushing! Venture into the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, home to some of the oldest, best-preserved, and most significant buildings in the United States. This tour will examine the […]
Tours for Women’s History Month March 6, 2019 This March, Boroughs of the Dead presents a series of themed tours to celebrate Women’s History Month! We kick off our spring season on Saturday, March 28th, with our 90-minute ghost tour, Ghostly Women of Greenwich Village. Explore the haunting histories of the neighborhood’s most iconic female ghosts. Discover the stories of Gertrude Tredwell, the […]
Ghosts of Governors Island October 2, 2018 Visit the secret sixth borough of New York City: Governors Island! Location of military executions (by hangman AND firing squad!), a mass grave, two abandoned cemeteries, and history galore. This is the only tour that shows you where the bodies are buried (they’re still there). You will learn the full history of the island, from […]
Tickets for Halloween 2017 on sale now! August 23, 2017 Tickets to all Boroughs of the Dead tours are now on sale for the Halloween 2017 season. Our meticulously researched ghostly and macabre historical tours are, as always, led by expert guides who are published authors, museum educators, and seasoned storytellers.
Ghosts of the Titanic March 18, 2017 Inspired by the uncanny and ghostly tales associated with the Ship of Dreams, “Ghosts of the Titanic” explores the more mysterious and inexplicable aspects of one of the eeriest maritime disasters in history.
NPR Mystery Guest! October 24, 2016 Our tour guide Marie Carter was a mystery guest on NPR’s Ask Me Another! Marie Carter has a job that takes her all over New York City, and Ophira and Jonathan try to figure out what it is by asking yes-or-no questions.