Top Charleston Ghost & Vampire Tours

Discover the spookier side of Charleston’s history on this haunted tour of the Old City Jail. With an expert guide, learn about some of Charleston’s most notorious criminals, pirates and despicable characters like Lavinia and John Fisher, 19th-century hoteliers who allegedly poisoned their guests. Visit eerie spaces such as prisoner cells, hallways and locations where criminals died. Brace yourself for a possible ghostly apparition!

Uncover Charleston’s darkest secrets on an evening ghost and cemetery tour. Stroll through the atmospheric heart of the old city while an entertaining local guide regales you with tales of the dark deeds, restless spirits and supernatural phenomena that make Charleston one of the most haunted cities in America. Get exclusive after-hour access to the famous Unitarian Church Graveyard, where an overgrown southern garden surrounds historic plots said to be haunted by wandering ghosts.

Get all the thrills of a Charleston ghost tour without any walking on this haunted horse and carriage ride. A horse and carriage takes you down twisting side streets and cobbled alleyways with ease as your guide shares spooky stories from Charleston’s past. Make your way past the Mills House, the Circular Congregational Graveyard, and and Provost Dungeon in the heart of the Holy City.

Peek into Charleston’s shadowy history with a chilling nighttime walking tour of the city’s most eerie sites! Wind through the dark corridors of the Historic District and hear spooky tales of graveyard hauntings, voodoo and botched burials from your local guide. Pass by infamous locations with grisly histories and wander through the Charleston’s oldest cemetery after hours.

Charleston native Mike Brown has been giving ghost tours in the city for over 20 years. His tour is consistently ranked among the best ghost tours in Charleston on TripAdvisor. He is the host of the Pleasing Terrors Podcast, which has been downloaded over 1.5 million times in over a hundred countries around the world and has been featured on television and radio shows including the BBC, HGTV, Voice of America Radio and Destination America's Ghost Asylum. Every tour is given by Mike so you are guaranteed that the quality of the experience will match the reviews.

On this small-group walking tour of Charleston, learn about the city's haunted history while following in the footsteps of lords and generals, murderers and thieves. Hear stories from a guide about horrifying, macabre, and occult events, tales that have been passed down through generations in quiet voices. More than just a ghost tour, this is a great way to see a different side of one of the South's oldest cities.

Discover the spooky charms of South Carolina on this supernatural walking tour. Walk the nighttime streets of Charleston as your guides share chilling tales of public executions, exhumations, and violent episodes of the Civil and Revolutionary Wars. This 90-minute tour is led by local authors who are experts in supernatural history.

Explore the darker side of Charleston with an evening walking tour of the city’s most eerie sites! Wind through the Historic District’s dark corridors and graveyards, and hear spooky tales of ghosts, voodoo, local superstition and famous haunted spaces from your local guide. Cap off the tour with a chilling visit to the Provost Dungeon, a pre-Revolutionary dungeon steeped in grisly history.

Is this a walking brew tour with a side of ghosts or a ghost tour with a side of brews?? While guests will have to decide that for themselves, we can tell you this is not an average "sit there and shut up " tour, but rather an opportunity to engage back and forth with a local Charlestonian. As a combined bar and ghost tour guests will visit two different bars where complimentary appetizers will be served and the guide will provide drink recommendations. As part of the tour guests will also walk by and receive ghost stories near local graveyards and homes, some of which are over 200 years old. The tour will wind down at a hauntingly beautiful local park where one of the first female serial killers was hung. Don't stick around too long after the tour or you may end up a ghost yourself!

Our Charleston Terrors ghost tour explores the most haunted places in Charleston, one of the oldest and most haunted cities in America. On our Charleston Terrors tour, you’ll discover both the paranormal and historical sides of each of our carefully selected tour locations. There are many “ghost stories” surrounding Charleston, but what you’ll hear from our guides is researched, up-to-date, and authentic.

Discover Charleston’s shadow side on this small-group ghost tour of the Holy City. A seasoned guide takes you to top Charleston haunts while regaling you with spooky stories from the city’s past. This tour only operates after dark, making for a fun way to explore Charleston at night.

Decide for yourself if Charleston’s ghost stories are true on this haunted after-hours tour of the Holy City. Walk to infamously spooky locations—including the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon—and hear a mix of history and lore from your guide about soldiers who once fought within the city.

See Charleston through a darker lens on this 90-minute walking tour of the Holy City’s most notorious locations. With an expert guide, learn about the debauchery that lies beneath Charleston’s polished surface. Hear about brothels, scandals, criminals and other wayward behavior as night falls on the city. A great uncensored tour for mature audiences only.

Houselore is the historical research consultant for HGTV’s ‘Good Bones’, the Historic Charleston Foundation, and large real estate develpment firms throughout the eastern USA. This exclusive walking tour is led by Houselore’s trained and licensed historians who are also passionate and talented storytellers.Houselore has spent years researching the historic buildings of Charleston and the stories of their former inhabitants. The Houselore Charleston tour will allow you to peer beyond the veil into the colorful and intriguing past of this historic Southern city.

Will this tour be memorable?Of course it will! But even if you can’t remember your most memorable tour, Nicholas tours using a digital recorder to listen for Electronic Voice Phenomena, or EVP’s for short, and then uploads them to a website Further, Nicholas’s recordings are at your fingertips for you to discover any EVP’s on your tour!With any supernatural investigation, there is no guarantee that a ghost will be seen or heard. But by using several tools of ghost hunting equipment and walking through one of the most haunted cities in America, something is bound to turn up! What will you discover on your tour? About this interactive experience Your host will share local haunting stories. In addition, Nicholas will utilize ghost hunting equipment at various locations along the tour. During the ghost hunt, you will assist Nicholas with an investigation using real tools of the trade. This is an interactive experience using historical data and facts to help with each investigation.

Combine the mystery of a haunted tour with fun of a pub crawl for a great night out. A guide will lead the group on a 2.5-hour walking tour through historic downtown Charleston. Stop at several bars along the way, each housed in historic buildings with their own unique ghosts and stories. Guests will have time to enjoy a delicious libation as the guide tells them all about the fascinating history of Charleston and some of its most famous and creepy haunted stories!

Bruce Burris a 7th generation Charlestonian represents a look into Charleston’s past from the inside of Ft. Sumter to South Of Broad Street the tales of by gone years. Please join us everyday in Downtown Charleston for Tours.

Charleston is home of the supernatural, paranormal, and existential: 350 years of graveyards, ghosts, and ghouls in a drinking town with a history problem.Starting at one of Charleston's more notorious watering holes, an upscale dive, we will start our paranormal exploration at the bar. Our story begins with the tale of George Washington's "Witch Doctor," a Charlestonian woman who saw the future. From there, we will venture to the "Witch Doctor's" final resting place. Along the way, we will walk through a gunfighter's alley where 100's of men lost their lives, and learn to feel a spirit when it passes your way.Lastly, we will stop at another notorious watering hole where we will learn about the slave who had to die for America to be born and how her spirit still roams the streets of Charleston today. Once you hear this ghost story, your heart will beat twice every time you see the American Flag.