Haunted Savannah Booze and Boos Ghost Walking Tour

Haunted Savannah Booze and Boos Ghost Walking Tour is an evening pub walk run by Nightly Spirits, booking from $39.92 per person at our July 30, 2026 check. The age line is real: the only adult band runs 21 to 100, there is no child band, and of the twelve Savannah ghost listings we checked that day only one other sets its floor at 21. A costumed guide leads it, the group is capped at 16, and the itinerary names one location: the meeting point at Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 East Bay Street, Monday through Saturday. Length is where the listing argues with itself, three hours on the search surface against two and a half in the inclusions block. It suits adults who want documented history and a bar in one night.

What you will see

Start with what the listing withholds. Beyond the meeting point its itinerary names nothing, and the operator's description promises four pubs and bars without naming one; eight of the twelve listings we checked publish a stop list and this is not one. So what follows is not a route; this listing promises none of it. It is the documented record behind the stories Savannah night walks tell, to weigh against what you hear.

The city's tavern lore runs through one address above all, the Pirates' House at 20 East Broad Street, on ten acres James Oglethorpe set aside in 1733 as the Trustees' Garden (Wikipedia on the Pirates' House). The story is shanghaiing: sailors drugged in the tavern and carried through a tunnel to the river. The practice was real in nineteenth-century seaports, but no court record, crew list or newspaper ties a case to that address, and the city's tunnel stories dissolve on inspection: one well-known example turns out to be a hospital utility passage (Jefferson Hall). The Stevenson layer is thinner. Treasure Island appeared in 1883 and its Captain Flint dies in Savannah, but the restaurant's own history page never claims Robert Louis Stevenson visited, and no source places him in Savannah. Even the oldest-building claim is contested: the City's Historic Building Map of November 17, 2011 dates the Herb House to 1734, the restaurant hedges with the words "said to be", and Wikipedia's Herb House article puts its first map appearance at 1853.

The squares carry the other half of the trade, and the most repeated stories fail on dates. Chippewa Square was laid out in 1815, named for the Americans who fought at the Battle of Chippawa on July 5, 1814 (Wikipedia), so it is not where Alice Riley was hanged in January 1735. The bench is not there either: the one from the Forrest Gump scenes was a fiberglass prop, now held by the Savannah History Museum. The James Oglethorpe Monument, dedicated on November 23, 1910, stands here, not in Oglethorpe Square. The Marquis de Lafayette did stay at the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters on Oglethorpe Square in March 1825 (Telfair Museums), but the speech from its cast-iron veranda is tradition rather than record: Jefferson Hall read both Savannah newspapers for the week and wrote that "there is no evidence from either newspaper that Lafayette ever spoke from the balcony of the Owens-Thomas House" (Hall on the 1825 visit).

The city's most heavily marketed address is a private house. 432 Abercorn Street was built between 1867 and 1869 for Benjamin J. Wilson, an Irish immigrant and Civil War veteran. The story sold about him, that he tied a daughter into a chair at the window until she died and then shot himself, is contradicted by the record: Wilson died of natural causes at Colorado Springs on February 15, 1896, and both daughters, Carrie Wilson Tye and Mary Dell Wilson Potts, lived to adulthood and married (Savannah First-Timer's Guide). No record has ever been produced for the mid-century triple homicide, the Anton LaVey purchase attempt or the vanished art student. It looks derelict in the legend's photographs because it stood vacant from 1987 for about three decades, and its restoration took the Historic Savannah Foundation Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation in 2021. Somebody lives there now: read about it, do not knock.

Who it suits

This is an evening on foot with bar stops built into it, in a group capped at 16, and the 21 line is real because there is no child band. At either of its stated durations it is the longest of the twelve Savannah listings we checked, and it is marked not wheelchair accessible, where several Savannah walks are.

• Skip it if anyone in your party is under 21; there is no child band, so they cannot be booked.
• Skip it if you need step-free ground. The listing is marked not wheelchair accessible.
• Skip it if you want a named route. Only the meeting point is published, so ask first if one building is why you are going.
• Choose it for the cap of 16, tied with one rival as the smallest among bookable Savannah listings, and for 4.9 across 1,249 reviews.

How it compares

The direct rival is Spooky Savannah Haunted Bar Crawl, $34.70 for two hours at a cap of 30, rated 4.7 across 1,008 reviews, and the only other of the twelve whose adult band starts at 21. It is cheaper, shorter, names four itinerary locations, and is not wheelchair accessible. If the drinking is not the point, Savannah History and Haunts Candlelit Ghost Walking Tour is $39 for 90 minutes, holds the largest review sample of the twelve at 3,445, shares the 4.9 rating and is wheelchair accessible, though its adult band starts at 13.

Genteel and Bard's Savannah Dark History and Ghost Encounter Walking Tour is $35 for 1 hour 50 minutes at a cap of 22, rates 4.8 across 1,700 reviews, publishes a seven-stop itinerary and was the one Savannah listing in our July 2026 check flagged as likely to sell out. At $39.92 this pub walk is the second-priciest of the nine bookable listings we checked, behind the $42.80 trolley, in a field running $30 to $42.80. For the wider field see Savannah ghost tours compared and our roundup of the best Savannah ghost tours.

Questions people ask

How old do you have to be?

Twenty-one. The only adult band runs 21 to 100 and there is no child band, so under-21s cannot be booked. Read the band, not the marketing: another Savannah listing calls itself adults only without stating a threshold we could verify.

How long is it and what does it cost?

From $39.92 per person at our July 30, 2026 check. The listing gives two lengths, three hours on its search surface and two and a half in its inclusions block, and we could not resolve which is current, so confirm both when you book.

Where does it start?

At Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 East Bay Street, recorded on the itinerary for Monday through Saturday. It runs in the evening; no clock time is verified, so check the times offered when you book.

Are drinks included?

The listing does not say. It lists a costumed guide, the walk, visits to historic bars and the stories, but never states what the price covers at the bar. We will not claim it either way, so ask the operator.

Which bars does it visit?

None are named. The operator's description says four pubs and bars and the itinerary publishes only the meeting point, so the route is not knowable in advance. Ask the operator if one particular bar is why you are booking.

Is it wheelchair accessible?

No. The listing marks it not wheelchair accessible and shows no stroller detail. Check this tour by tour in Savannah: six of the ten in our July 28, 2026 comparison are accessible, while the seated trolley is not.