Haunted New Hope: The Ghost of Aaron Burr April 3, 2015 We’re excited to present the follow Guest Post by our brand new guide, Marie Carter. Marie grew up in Scotland near Edinburgh, a city bubbling with ghost stories. Her father was a bus tour guide in Edinburgh and he would often drive her around town quizzing her on historical facts.
Contact February 24, 2015 Like the old fashioned touch? Send us mail at: Boroughs of the Dead LLC, 9 E 8th Street #285, New York, NY 10003 Or drop us a line at [email protected]
The Victorian Book of the Dead February 8, 2015 Chris Woodyard knows that the morbidly-obsessed Victorians had “as many words for death as the Inuit do for types of snow,” and she shares her knowledge in the relentlessly fascinating compendium of grim 19th century arcana, The Victorian Book of the Dead.
Boroughs of the Dead is Hiring! January 20, 2015 Boroughs of the Dead is hiring tour guides for spring/summer 2017. Our ideal candidate has a genuine interest in NYC and all things macabre.
Macabre Holiday Gift List 2014 December 8, 2014 Cut through the “holiday season” treacle with these weird and macabre finds guaranteed to delight your strangest and most wonderful friends.
Alternative Holiday Activities in NYC December 7, 2014 We all love New York City during the holidays, but certain activities have become slightly shopworn. Once you’ve gazed in department store windows, seen holiday trains, gawked at obscenely enormous trees, and wobbled around a tiny, overpriced skating rink, what else is there, really? Plenty. Boroughs of the Dead offers several alternative holiday activities in NYC, perfect for New Yorkers and tourists alike.
Gift Certificates Are Here for the Holidays! December 6, 2014 This holiday season, why not give your friends and enemies something delightfully macabre? Boroughs of the Dead gift certificates make the perfect present for local New Yorkers and visitors alike.
Why We Tell Ghost Stories At Christmas Part 2 December 3, 2014 This is the third post in a series of holiday themed posts celebrating our annual Christmas tours. We’ll be presenting three holiday themed ghost tours, Ghosts of Christmas Past, this December. To buy tickets to these events, click here! In yesterday’s post, we discovered part of the reason why we tell ghost stories at Christmas. […]
Why We Tell Ghost Stories At Christmas Part 1 December 2, 2014 This is the second in a series of holiday themed posts celebrating our annual Christmas tours. We’ll be presenting three holiday themed ghost tours, Ghosts of Christmas Past, this December, plus an extra highlights tour and reading of classic ghost stories at the Player’s Club on December 19th. To buy tickets to these events, click […]