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Old 01-16-2005, 04:39 AM
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Ghost Tours

Have anyone ever been on Ghost tours? Just wondering how it is.
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Old 01-16-2005, 08:43 AM
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we've got a couple in southern new mexico...
all depends on your thinking, i suppose.
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Old 01-16-2005, 09:36 AM
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I went on one in Tasmania. It was freaky, but we didn't see anything. Some of the pictures people had taken were weird, though, and showed really strange things.
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Old 01-16-2005, 09:55 AM
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At Halloween,my town offers an historical tour of local cemetaries.I meant to take it this year but never got around to it.

I also don't live far from Stull cemetary.It used to have an old half burned church that was rumored to be haunted and had many legends attached to it. It has subsequently been torn down.I have visited a couple of times but was never able to get close as it is private property and very heavily patroled.Unfortunately the propertry owners get tired of people hanging around and they do prosecute.I don't believe the legends surrounding it and I never saw anything on my visits but it is a really creepy place.
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Old 01-16-2005, 10:22 AM
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I went on one in Cape May. I was kind of let down by it, because apparently all the owners of the houses have to give permission to let their property be named on the tour. So the guide kept saying, "This one house, that we can't point out....."
And we didn't actually get to go inside any where. I thought we would go *inside* the houses, tour a little bit and maybe get a chance to see something. No such luck.

The whole night wasn't a waste, though. We got a package deal in a haunted resturant with the tour for like $50. Dinner alone at that resturant would be more than $50.
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Old 01-16-2005, 11:17 AM
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I have been on a tour in New Orleans. It was fascinating.
Every All Saints Eve, our town also offers a walking tour through the city with guided docents in period attire.

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we've got a couple in southern new mexico...
Any in Albuquerque?

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Old 01-16-2005, 11:56 AM
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I took several Girl Scouts to Honolulu a few years ago and we were scheduled to go on one there. It was cancelled at the last minute--I was just sick! It sounded so interesting!!!
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Old 01-16-2005, 12:00 PM
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Kinda Like a Ghost Tour...

The best thing I've ever done like this was in London in 1988 I went on a Jack the Ripper tour in Whitechapel. It was the 100th anniversary of the Ripper murders. It was fascinating!
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Old 01-16-2005, 12:13 PM
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Re: Kinda Like a Ghost Tour...

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The best thing I've ever done like this was in London in 1988 I went on a Jack the Ripper tour in Whitechapel. It was the 100th anniversary of the Ripper murders. It was fascinating!
I'm going to London in 3 weeks with a friend, and we were looking at possibly going on the Jack the Ripper tour. I'm glad to hear that it's good... we might have to check it out!

The only ghost tour I've been on was in Ocean City, NJ. It was interesting, but it's not like we saw anything. It was pretty much the same deal as DolphinChica's description of the one in Cape May... a lot of houses that couldn't be pointed out.
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Old 01-16-2005, 01:03 PM
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I think Gettysburg and New Orleans got nice ghost tours. Those are the two I'm thinking about doing. Gettysburg during the re-enactment though, probably more restless spirit flying around.
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Old 01-16-2005, 02:16 PM
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While at Gettysburg, I was looking out over a Canon on Little Round Top above Deviels Den, not a cloud in the sky. Well, some clouds to the West. A sudden Big Boom, sounded like a canon firing. Stepped back and said WOW!

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Old 01-16-2005, 02:28 PM
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Re: Kinda Like a Ghost Tour...

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The best thing I've ever done like this was in London in 1988 I went on a Jack the Ripper tour in Whitechapel. It was the 100th anniversary of the Ripper murders. It was fascinating!
I did the Jack the Ripper walking tour when I lived in London and it was very good! It was a dusk tour and as we were finishing up, the weather got very stormy--it added a lot to the ambiance of the tour.
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Old 01-16-2005, 02:29 PM
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I live near Savannah, GA. I've heard their Ghost tours are pretty good, but we've never done them. The area has a great deal of history so at the very least the you learn some things abou the area you didn't know previously.

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Old 01-16-2005, 02:33 PM
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Re: Kinda Like a Ghost Tour...

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The best thing I've ever done like this was in London in 1988 I went on a Jack the Ripper tour in Whitechapel. It was the 100th anniversary of the Ripper murders. It was fascinating!
I would SO love that tour - but 1988 would have been extra special! Do you agree with Patricia Cornwall, or do you have another thought about the identity of Jack the Ripper?

We went on the Haunted DC tour once, but it was totally silly. I have heard from several insiders about one place or another that really does seem to be haunted, and the tour didn't mention even ONE of those! Instead, the guide mentioned the Sullivan brothers (4 brothers on the same ship or submarine, all killed) haunting at least three different places. No mention of Blair House, certain houses in Georgetown, etc. What a waste!
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Old 01-16-2005, 03:37 PM
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Summer before last, one of my sisters planned an entire weekend getaway for an alumnae chapter we both belong to and it included a ghost tour of Old Town Alexandria (Virginia).

We were lucky because our guide was super-knowledgable (a lot of the experience really depends on the guide) and it was a fun evening.

The best part was when he showed us a ca 1755 townhouse that had been on the market forever because every time someone moved in they ended up leaving soon after because the house was haunted by not-very-nice ghosts. We were all standing on the opposite side of the street looking at the dark house and I (ever the bigmouth in any group) said, "Who wants to cross the street with me and look in the window?" Only one of my sisters took me up on it, so we crossed the street and were peeking in the windows while everyone stayed on the other sidewalk (wimps! lol). The sister who came with me, though, stepped on a loose cobblestone and twisted her ankle and let out a bloodcurdling scream. Everyone across the street screamed and fled; screaming DZs running in all directions!

It was fun
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