The Ultimate Greenwich Village Ghost Tour Bring your curiosity, morbid fascinations, and love of NYC history This 2-hour walking tour presents our favorite Greenwich Village ghost stories, all handpicked by our guides. (Think of it as our Staff Picks!) This tour is ideal for history lovers and spooky people alike, and for anyone seeking a classic Greenwich Village ghost tour. Washington […]
Forgotten Dark Histories of Lower Manhattan THE perfect Tour for history lovers with a curiosity for the macabre Lower Manhattan is the oldest part of New York City, and at night it feels as though you could slip through time, as if the past is palpable in its crooked, shadowy streets. Let Boroughs of the Dead guide you beyond the glass […]
East Village Ghosts A haunting history of this legendary neighborhood, told through a ghostly lens The East Village is legendary in its own right, known for its unique cultural history spanning from the 17th century Dutch colony to the rich immigrant history of the 19th and early 20th centuries, up to its punk scenes of the 1970s and […]
Spiritualists of Green-Wood Cemetery Uncover the strange and spiritual secrets of New York’s foremost Victorian-era cemetery Uncover the strange and spiritual secrets of New York’s foremost Victorian-era cemetery. With a focus on the legacy of Spiritualism in the 19th century, this tour will visit the final resting places of mentalists, mediums, and more. On the tour we will visit […]
Hart Island October 25, 2017 In the past, Hart Island has variously been used as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a Union Civil War Camp, a women’s insane asylum, and a boys’ reformatory. It was also used to launch missiles during the Cold War in the sixties from the Nike Missile Site, and it housed a rehab facility called Phoenix House in the sixties and seventies. And it has been and continues to be used as a potter’s field.