October Ghost Tours

Tickets are on sale now for our ghost tours and dark history tours for Halloween 2025! From a haunted walking tour of Lower Manhattan, to our brand new ghost tour of the Upper West Side, we’re thrilled to be back for another Spooky Season in the city.

For those who are new here, our tours are a mix of dark history and ghost stories, led by working writers and artists with a passion for New York City, folklore, and all things weird and macabre. Our historic ghost tours explore the spectral, the occult, and other urban hauntings. We explore overlooked and forgotten histories, including women’s history (scary, we know). Boroughs of the Dead is a woman-owned, locally and independently operated business.

Meet our guides here, book tour tickets here, and, of course, buy our books! And hop over to Publisher’s Weekly to learn more about our latest, America’s Most Gothic. This non-fiction book, written by our founder and one of our guides, is a tour of true spectral sightings across the country, each one playing on the lush and spooky tropes of Gothic horror.

Still not sure if a Boroughs of the Dead tour is right for you? You can learn more about us here, dig into the nitty gritty details on our FAQ page, or check out what folks are saying about us on our press page. If you’d still like to learn more about our upcoming tours (including that new, top-secret route we’re planning), sign up for our newsletter over on our homepage or follow us on socials.

Book now! Tours fill up fast, especially around Halloween.