Love & Death A Ghost Tour for Valentine’s Day Nothing goes better together than love and 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 […]
Island of Lost Souls: Madness & Medicine on Roosevelt Island The intersections between the history of institutional spaces and the urban folklore that surrounds them Now a pleasant, tight-knit residential community, Roosevelt Island was once an island of institutions inhabited by convicts, lunatics, and the destitute. City leaders in 19th century New York viewed the small East River island as an ideal locale for their […]
Spiritualists of Green-Wood Cemetery Uncover the strange and spiritual secrets of New York’s foremost Victorian-era cemetery Please note this tour is only available as a Private Tour, place your request by completing the form below. 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, […]
Ghostly Women of Greenwich Village Haunting histories of the neighborhood’s most iconic female ghosts Meet the ghostly women of Greenwich Village on this 90-minute walking tour that explores the haunting histories of the neighborhood’s most iconic female ghosts. Why are women at the heart of so many ghost stories? The “woman in white” is a staple of ghost lore, but […]