Dark History & Murder, Salem Walking Tour

When you hear people talk about Salem, often times the first thing that comes to mind is Witches, and Halloween, and ghosts and spooky fun, but there's so much more lurking in the shadows. Salem is nearly 400 years old and just like all of us, it has a dark side. An underbelly wrought with stories for the ages. Join us for our 90 min evening walking tour as we wander through the shadows and hear stories about pirates and pepper, secrets of the oldest cemetery in Salem, brutal murders, strange legal battles, curses, spiders, torture, and of course a ghost story or two. We invite you to be part of our story and learn why true history is Better Than Fiction. -All tour guides are licensed by the City of Salem and are professional storytellers .

Itinerary
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Stop At: Houdini Way, Salem, MA 01970, USA

This is where the tour meets and the site of our first story. The building here is the historic site where Harry Houdini preformed an escape act from the Salem Jail in 1906.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Burying Point, 51 Charter St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Historic Location. Dating back to 1637, this is the oldest burying point in Salem. We will hear stories of the infamous dead, spiders, and lost corpses.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Gardner-Pingree House, 128 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Historic Location. This is the site of one of the most infamous murders in American history. In 1830 this is where Captain White was murdered in is sleep, the news of the murder swept across America and is remembered even to this day.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: 10 Federal St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Historic Location. Our Story takes place near the historic location where the Old "Witch Goal" (Jail) once stood, which was described as a purgatory for the living. We will also be within sight of the unknown location of where Giles Corey was tortured to death in 1692.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Salem Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Sq, Salem, MA 01970-3704

A historic building in its own right, it's also a filming location for the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. Do you know what was filmed here?

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Joshua Ward House, 148 Washington St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Historic location. Arguably one of the most haunted locations in Salem, George Washington once stayed here. But it's the site on which the building now stands that is of legal and spectral interest.

Duration: 15 minutes

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