Ghost Tours

DSTRen13 · #1 08-27-2011, 01:59 PM

I live in Sav'h. I've gone on two ghost tours - one that was great, and one that was blah. It seems to depend less on the company and more on the tour guide, IMO. (I'm not a big drinker, but if it's your thing, a lot of my friends highly recommend the haunted pub crawl.)

carnation · #2 08-27-2011, 03:50 PM

We don't crawl pubs but isn't that one of the tours that James Caskey gives? I'm reading his book now.

WVU alpha phi · #3 08-27-2011, 05:05 PM

I did a ghost tour in Savannah 3 years ago and my boyfriend and I both loved it. Savannah is such a historic city and they point out some really cool, interesting things. I definitely recommend it!

honeychile · #4 08-28-2011, 03:49 PM

I've done two in DC, both really bad. Mrs. Surratt haunted at least 8 places, while the Sullivan brothers haunted the rest of the place. No real drama about people who dueled or things like that.

I did know an intern who knew more "real ghosts" than any tour did - THAT was entertaining!

PiKA2001 · #5 09-05-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

I've done two in DC, both really bad. Mrs. Surratt haunted at least 8 places, while the Sullivan brothers haunted the rest of the place. No real drama about people who dueled or things like that.

I did know an intern who knew more "real ghosts" than any tour did - THAT was entertaining!

Which ones did you do? There's a fun one in Old Town Alexandria that they only do in October..I enjoyed it.

honeychile · #6 09-05-2011, 03:34 PM

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Which ones did you do? There's a fun one in Old Town Alexandria that they only do in October..I enjoyed it.

Haven't done that one, but would like to at some point. I've done the Old Town Trolley and the Greyline (?) tours. They were boring, but the monuments are beautiful at night!

LikeASista · #7 08-28-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTRen13

(I'm not a big drinker, but if it's your thing, a lot of my friends highly recommend the haunted pub crawl.)

Thank you ...

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Originally Posted by honeychile

I've done two in DC, both really bad. Mrs. Surratt haunted at least 8 places, while the Sullivan brothers haunted the rest of the place. No real drama about people who dueled or things like that.

I did know an intern who knew more "real ghosts" than any tour did - THAT was entertaining!

Really?!?!?!?! Could you elaborate a little bit about the intern, Honeychile?! I've never been on a ghost tour, but I've always been intrigued by the subject.

honeychile · #8 09-03-2011, 04:51 PM

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Thank you ...

Really?!?!?!?! Could you elaborate a little bit about the intern, Honeychile?! I've never been on a ghost tour, but I've always been intrigued by the subject.

He was someone we knew, who thought he was going to run for office at some point. But, Blair House has a couple ghosts, and the Octagon House (in Georgetown) supposedly has several ghosts. Supposedly, Queen Elizabeth of all people saw "Abraham Lincoln" on her first stay at the White House, and tries to stay at the British Embassy when she's here now.