Virtual Tours May 30, 2020 Boroughs of the Dead will be offering virtual tours in fall 2020! Watch this space for announcements and info. Tours are conducted in an “illustrated lecture” style, and vary slightly from our regular walking tours. Registered participants will receive an email with a Zoom link on the day of the tour. We hope to resume […]
Coronavirus March 12, 2020 Boroughs of the Dead will be offering virtual tours in fall 2020. We hope to resume our regular IRL touring schedule as soon as possible. Please check this space for updates. If anything changes in the future, we will post updates here.
Frights and Phantoms of Flushing July 27, 2019 Boroughs of the Dead is excited to announce our return to Queens (the original “Borough of the Dead”) with our brand new tour: Frights and Phantoms of Flushing! Venture into the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, home to some of the oldest, best-preserved, and most significant buildings in the United States. This tour will examine the […]
Tours for Women’s History Month March 6, 2019 This March, Boroughs of the Dead presents a series of themed tours to celebrate Women’s History Month! We kick off our spring season on Saturday, March 28th, with our 90-minute ghost tour, Ghostly Women of Greenwich Village. Explore the haunting histories of the neighborhood’s most iconic female ghosts. Discover the stories of Gertrude Tredwell, the […]
Christmas Ghost Stories at the Players Club December 13, 2018 Join Boroughs of the Dead for our annual holiday event at The Players Club! Each year we gather in the library of this exclusive (and reputedly haunted!) private club for a reading of ghost stories in the style of the old Victorians, who loved to tell ghost stories at Christmas. Our tour guides will celebrate […]
Boroughs of the Dead Dark History Trivia Night October 10, 2018 On November 13th, Boroughs of the Dead will host a Dark History Trivia Night, where our tour guides will turn the tables and quiz the audience on their knowledge of the city’s macabre past. The more Boroughs of the Dead tours you’ve taken, the better your odds of winning fabulous prizes and our guides’ eternal […]
Ghosts of Governors Island October 2, 2018 Visit the secret sixth borough of New York City: Governors Island! Location of military executions (by hangman AND firing squad!), a mass grave, two abandoned cemeteries, and history galore. This is the only tour that shows you where the bodies are buried (they’re still there). You will learn the full history of the island, from […]
Family Friendly NYC Ghost Tours for Halloween 2018 October 1, 2018 Boroughs of the Dead is excited to present — for the first time ever! — a pair of Family Friendly ghost tours just in time for Halloween! We’re offering two of our best-loved tours in 90-minute kid-friendly versions, suitable for ages 8+. Tickets are $15 for kids under 12 (must be accompanied by at least […]
Day of the Dead Wreath Ceremony October 1, 2018 On the Day of the Dead (November 1st), Boroughs of the Dead will honor the deceased who lie buried in one of the city’s former potter’s fields. Boroughs of the Dead guides will lay a commemorative wreath in Washington Square Park that is the site of a former potter’s field, where the poor, disenfranchised, and diseased […]