Ghost Cities · Georgia
We run walking tours in Arizona, and we research haunted history everywhere. This is our honest local guide to Savannah: the tours worth booking and the stories behind them.
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Our top picks in Savannah
The classic: 90 minutes through the historic squares by lantern light, past moss-draped oaks and cobblestones, while your guide works through the city's record of war, executions, and mystery. History first, hauntings close behind.
Genteel and Bard's interactive ghost walk through the city's deepest sagas: the Sorrel Weed House, death and plague at Colonial Park Cemetery, the apparitions of 12 Oglethorpe, and the violence that marked Madison Square.
The afterlife rides comfortably on this Ghosts and Gravestones trolley tour past former battlegrounds, historic cemeteries, and old mansions, with a nighttime stop on River Street, a known gathering spot for wandering spirits.
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The Dead of Night walk visits the city's most haunted locations while tracing the notorious characters who shaped one of America's oldest ports. Dimly lit streets, dark history, and whatever else keeps to the shadows.
A small-group ghost walk and hunt covering Colonial Park Cemetery, Chippewa Square, and the Andrew Low House, with a local guide connecting the sightings to the city's past. Bring your questions; the group stays small enough to ask them.
The original adults-only route: two hours of Savannah's harder material with an expert guide, meeting outside Clary's Cafe. Advance reservations required, and worth it.
A haunted pub crawl through the historic district that pairs the city's two best assets: reported hauntings and a great bar scene. Three haunted pubs, stories between rounds, and to-go cups for the walk.
A small-group ghost and pub walk hitting four storied watering holes, with the history and hauntings of each told over a raised glass. A night out and a dark-history lesson in one.
The equipment tour: EMF detectors, thermal cameras, and 4K night vision in your hands as you work the city's darkest corners with a guide. For guests who want to record their own evidence.
A psychic-guided walk through the Historic District, from Forsyth Park to Monterey Square, framed around thirteen of the city's ghosts. An alternative read on Savannah for those who want their history with a sixth sense.
A guided walk through one of the most haunted cities in the country, covering house hauntings, the occasional exorcism, and Gullah traditions and superstitions still practiced today. More cultural depth than the average ghost walk.
A trolley hunt through the city's most haunted places with a ghost-loving guide, hotel pickup included, and optional upgrades: a Telfair Academy visit or dinner at a pirate-themed restaurant before you roll.
Savannah is often called America's most haunted city, and the setting makes the case before any guide says a word. Established in 1733 and laid out around 22 parklike squares, the historic district survived the Revolution and the Civil War largely intact, so today's pubs, museums, and hotels occupy the same walls where the stories happened. Names like the Sorrel Weed House, Colonial Park Cemetery, 432 Abercorn, and Moon River Brewing carry files that keep investigators coming back. We are Arizona tour guides who research haunted history everywhere, so read this as our honest shortlist for Georgia's crown jewel. The ranked list lives in our guide to the spookiest Savannah ghost tours.
Colonial Park Cemetery sits at the center of it, its markers recording the plague years and duels that filled it, and several routes trace its edges after dark. The Sorrel Weed House carries the tale of a death guides still lower their voices for, 432 Abercorn keeps its reputation without needing a plaque, and Moon River Brewing may be the only brewery where the upstairs is more discussed than the beer. Along River Street, the old Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery adds the waterfront's share of sightings. Almost every hotel in the district claims a resident or two; Bonaventure Cemetery, with its wrought-iron gates and ancient markers, rewards a daylight visit.
Savannah rewards choosing deliberately. The candlelit History and Haunts walk is the classic 90 minutes through the squares by lantern light, and Genteel and Bard's Dark History walk covers the Sorrel Weed House, Colonial Park Cemetery, 12 Oglethorpe, and Madison Square with theatrical polish. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley handles the district without the walking, including a night stop on River Street. Adults only? The Sixth Sense walk runs two hours of harder material. Drinkers split between two pub crawls, hands-on types take the Night Terrors equipment tour or the Ghostwalker hunt, and there is a psychic-guided route through Forsyth Park and Monterey Square for the curious. Plan the rest with our guides to haunted Savannah, things to do in Savannah, and where to stay in Savannah.
Practical notes: late evening runs are the strongest, when the squares empty and the lamps take over, and fall books out well ahead. Reserve early, wear comfortable shoes for the cobblestones, and expect reports of cold spots and orbs at the usual addresses whether or not you brought a camera.
The label is repeated often enough to argue about, and the case rests on the district itself: a 1733 city that kept its original squares and buildings through two wars, a dark history with slavery, and cemeteries like Colonial Park absorbing its plagues and duels. The stories never had to move.
The shortlist most guides agree on: the Sorrel Weed House, 432 Abercorn, Moon River Brewing, Colonial Park Cemetery, and the Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery on River Street. The Andrew Low House earns its spot on several routes as well.
Families do well on the trolley and the gentler walking routes, which keep the history forward and the frights manageable. The Sixth Sense adults-only walk and the two pub crawls carry the harder material, so save those for the grown-ups.
Walk if you can; the squares by lantern light are the experience. Take the trolley when the weather or the miles argue otherwise, or when you want River Street and the wider district covered in one evening.
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