Q&A With Leanne Renee Hieber August 4, 2014 Boroughs of the Dead is excited to announce that tour guide, actress, and author Leanne Renee Hieber has joined our team! She will be leading our signature Greenwich Village and West Village tours, and she is also the mastermind behind our brand new tour, The Magic and Mysticism of Central Park. Get to know our […]
Weird Tales of the West Village July 28, 2014 Wander the labyrinthine streets of the West Village and hear chilling tales of ghosts, poets, occultists, and two masters of the macabre! CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. There’s something inherently uncanny about the West Village, a place where W 12th Street intersects with W 4th Street, and Waverly Place intersects with … Waverly Place. Explore the […]
Poe and Lovecraft: The Weird in New York City July 1, 2014 Boroughs of the Dead’s tour The Weird West Village: From Poe to Lovecraft focuses on the ghostly, uncanny, and weird side of the city on this tour that highlights the works of two great masters of the macabre. Tickets available here. Quick: what comes to mind when I say the word “weird”? The uncanny? The […]
Poe Tour Featured in Literary Manhattan April 1, 2014 Edgar Allan Poe’s Greenwich Village has been featured in Literary Manhattan! We’re proud to earn their seal of approval, as we’ve worked hard to put together one of the most accurate and deeply researched Poe tours in this city. Learn more at www.literarymanhattan.org or contact us to schedule your own private Poe tour.
Medical London: A Self-Guided Walking Tour March 26, 2014 Designed by the good people at Strange Attractor, and published by the Wellcome Collection and Trust, Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures, is a portmanteau: part map, part history, part walking-tour guide, stuffed with beautifully illustrated full-color prints of such points of interest as Bedlam Insane Asylum and Thomas Crapper’s water-closet manufactory. This […]
Scribes and Sailors of Woodlawn Cemetery March 22, 2014 Yesterday I headed up to Woodlawn Cemetery for a little visit with my hero Herman Melville. Anyone who knows me knows about my Melville/Moby-Dick obsession (I have one), which is why it’s a little strange that I’ve been living in New York City for ten years and hadn’t visited his grave in Woodlawn. In my […]
FREE Ghost Tour on March 13th! March 7, 2014 As part of International Tourist Guide Day, I am offering a FREE ghost tour on March 13th at 7:30pm. You must RSVP to secure a slot on the tour; space is limited and it is first come first serve! Updates: due to unseasonably cold weather on the 13th, this tour has been rescheduled for March […]
Dark Tourism Survey Results Are In March 4, 2014 A few months ago, I created a survey in order to ask the question, “What do you look for in a New York City ghost tour?” Several of you took the time to answer the survey, and the results are in! Here’s what you’re looking for in a ghost tour of NYC: Education and entertainment. […]
March is Butchery Month! February 28, 2014 Take both tours and get $10 off your second ticket! William “Bill the Butcher” Poole died on March 8th, 1855. This Saturday March 8th, learn more about this notorious gangster and visit his stomping grounds of the Bowery and the old Five Points on our tour of Murder, Scandal, Crime & Vice: Crime & Corruption […]