Self-Guided Smartphone Ghost Walking Tour Boston App EMF Reader is a 45-minute self-guided walk from WalknTours, booked as a private activity and starting from $9.95 per person at our August 2, 2026 check. There is no live guide: you follow the operator's app around seven listing-named stops on and around Boston Common, four of them flagged as pass-bys. There is also very little to judge it on. The listing carried six Viator reviews at our August 2, 2026 check, too small a sample to publish as a rating, so we print no score for it and leave it out of every comparison on this site.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $9.95 per person (checked August 2, 2026) |
| Duration | 45 minutes, at your own pace |
| Format | Self-guided on the operator's smartphone app, booked as a private activity. No live guide. |
| Stops | 7 named (July 31, 2026): the Boston Athenaeum, the Omni Parker House, the Granary Burying Ground, Boston Common, the Great Elm, the Central Burying Ground and the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Four are flagged pass-by. |
| Reviews | Six Viator reviews (checked August 2, 2026). Too small a sample to publish as a rating, so we print no score and do not count this listing in any comparison. |
| When | Not captured. The walk is self-paced. |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation flagged August 2, 2026. Confirm the window before you pay. |
| Ages and accessibility | Not captured on the listing data we verified (July 31, 2026). Ask the operator if either matters to you. |
| Operator | WalknTours. We do not run this tour. |
Who it suits
Self-starters who want a cheap, short, phone-paced loop of the Common and the downtown burying grounds on their own schedule. It does not suit anyone who wants a live storyteller, a guaranteed departure, or a verified answer on ages and accessibility, none of which was captured on the data we checked.
Check the operator and the route at checkout rather than the name: at our July 31, 2026 check the same operator listed a second, cheaper Boston walk naming no stops at all, so route and price are what tell the two apart. Two of the stops here need a caveat as well. The Great Elm on Boston Common no longer exists. It fell in a gale on 15 February 1876, leaving no stump, no surviving tree and no replanted descendant on the spot, only a small plaque, and the hanging-tree story attached to it is tradition rather than record; the city's own 1854 tablet on the tree said nothing about executions. The Cutler Majestic Theatre deserves the same caution, because the operator that tells its ghost story concedes in writing that there is no record of any of it happening inside the theatre, and Cutler is a donor name from 2003 rather than a historical one.
For guided Boston walks with verified stops, prices and review counts, see our Boston page.
Questions people ask
Is there a live guide?
No. The listing sells it as a self-guided smartphone walk booked as a private activity, so you set the pace and there is no group.
How long is it, and what does it cost?
The listing states 45 minutes at your own pace, from $9.95 per person at our August 2, 2026 check. The time of day was not captured, so start when it suits you.
What does it cover?
Seven listing-named stops around Boston Common and the downtown burying grounds, four of them flagged as pass-bys. One of them, the Great Elm, has not existed since 1876.
