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 A dark and spooky twist on Christmas in New York City 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 […]
Ghosts, Christmas and New York City The original NYC Christmas ghost tour highlights the historic side of a surprisingly spooky holiday December 1, 2014 This is the first in a series of holiday themed posts celebrating our annual Christmas tours. We’ll be presenting our signature holiday themed ghost tours, Ghosts of Christmas Past, this December. To buy tickets to these events, click here! Tour Dates & Details Tours run November 29 & 30, December 6 through 14 90 minutes, […]
Ruth Edna Kelley: Librarian, Authoress, Badass October 27, 2014 Who was Ruth Edna Kelley and why am I obsessed with her? Kelley was a twenty-six year-old librarian who literally wrote the book on Halloween. Back in 1919, Kelley wrote The Book of Halloween, which I picked up in a slightly crumbling hardback first edition (!!!) from the Brooklyn Public Library (why and how they […]
Poe Land by J.W. Ocker October 3, 2014 J.W. Ocker’s Poe Land is pure fandom fun. Structured like a road trip from Boston to South Carolina, this engaging travelogue meets up with collectors, enthusiasts, actors, and scholars, to form a fascinating picture of the people who keep Poe’s legacy alive. I must admit that, initially, I wasn’t crazy about the fact that the […]