Tag: Local Legends

A Victorian True Crime Tour Life in 19th Century New York City seethed with murder, scandal, crime and vice of all flavors. “Gotham by Gaslight: A Victorian True Crime Tour” takes us back to this bloody and violent era as we examine four true crimes of Antebellum and Gilded Age New York – some of […]

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 […]

Discover the Haunted, Uncanny, and Occult on the Upper West Side 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 an iconic enclave of artists, writers, singers, and filmmakers, many of whom have […]

A Ghost Tour for Valentine’s Day Nothing goes better together than love & death! And what could be more romantic than a stroll on a winter’s evening as you listen to ghost stories and strange tales of New York City’s haunting history with Boroughs of the Dead? On this 90-minute walking tour you’ll hear thrilling […]

The intersections between the history of institutional spaces and the urban folklore that surrounds them Explore the dark and haunting past of Roosevelt Island with our ‘Island of Lost Souls: Madness & Medicine on Roosevelt Island’ ghost tour. Discover the history of lunatic asylums, smallpox hospitals, and penitentiaries that once occupied this eerie island. Now […]

Unsettling tales of this neighborhood’s grim and ghostly past Astoria is a pleasant, bustling, vibrant neighborhood — but it also has a dark and lurid history with its fair share of ghosts. Its shadowy past is a whirlpool of sunken ships, secret cemeteries and tombstones, grisly murders, sinister legends, and deadly waters. Discover these unsettling […]

Where genteel brownstones belie subterranean horrors Uncover the chilling secrets of Brooklyn Heights on our Haunted Brooklyn Heights Tour. Take a stroll among the graceful homes of one of Brooklyn’s oldest neighborhoods… but don’t let their sedate charms fool you. Nestled within these dwellings are a wealth of gory, ghastly, haunted, and gruesome tales. Brooklyn […]

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 […]

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 […]