Take a Ghost Tour this Valentine’s Day February 2, 2016 What could be more romantic than a stroll on a winter’s eve, just you and your loved one and a small group of twenty or so other people, as you listen to bone-chilling ghost stories and enthralling true tales of NYC’s dark and gory past? This Saturday, February 13th, join us for a special Valentine’s Day edition of The Ultimate Greenwich Village Ghost Tour, led by Boroughs of the Dead founder Andrea Janes.
Macabre Holiday Gift List 2015 December 11, 2015 There’s still time! Snag these gifts for your most morbid friends now, or risk Krampus’s wrath next year! Without further ado we present our third annual Macabre Holiday Gift List!
Bleak December Sale! Weird Tales of the West Village December 5, 2015 This Friday, December 11th, join us in the labyrinthine streets of the West Village with a Poe-inspired walking tour! And, in honor of Poe’s perennial penury, we’re offering $5 off each ticket with the discount code POE15.
The Darkest Night of the Year: Ghosts of Christmas Past December 2, 2015 The original spirit of Yuletide has a much darker hue. Ghosts, elves, spirits, and sometimes malevolent fairies abound. It is a haunting time of year, the darkest night. In some traditions, devils and impudent sprites verge on the downright terrifying.
Green-Wood Cemetery: Murder & Mayhem, Scandal & Spiritualism September 28, 2015 See the hidden gems and strange secrets of New York’s foremost Victorian cemetery. With a focus on the scandalous and lesser-known inhabitants of Green-Wood, on this tour you’ll see the final resting places of femmes fatales, revolutionaries, spiritualists, gangsters, artists and murderers.
Poe Movie Giveaway Extravaganza! PLUS Edgar Allan Poe Walking Tour September 25, 2015 Win free Blu-rays of classic Poe adaptations TALES OF TERROR and THE PREMATURE BURIAL, or free tickets to Raul Garcia’s brand-new animated adaptation EXTRAORDINARY TALES.
Happy Birthday, Virginia Poe August 15, 2015 Virginia Poe was only twenty-four years old when she died, and there is not a lot about her life that is well-documented, except for that which affected her husband’s life — her tuberculosis, the dates of their marriage — so we don’t know a lot about her personality or what she was like on a day to day basis.
Exploring the Lent-Riker-Smith Home July 31, 2015 It doesn’t seem real that this charming Dutch colonial house exists in urban East Elmhurst, a ten minute walk from Astoria and just across the bridge for Riker’s Island, but happily, it does.
NYC Cemetery Project July 14, 2015 Periodically, we like to run profiles to showcase the hard work of New Yorkers who are dedicated to the history and archaeology of this city. Mary French runs the NYC Cemetery Project, an incredible blog that actually has real writing, and information, and images — not just clickbait “content.” In this world, it’s a rarity.