Recommended Ghost Walks

Olde Towne Ghost Walk, (Portsmouth, VA)
DATE: October 26, 2007- One Night Only!
TIME: 7 PM – 10:30 PM Tickets are sold for 3 time slots: 7pm, 8pm, 9pm
Groups will leave at five minute intervals from Trinity Church graveyard.
DURATION: The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes, ending at Middle Street Park where hot cider will be served, there will be entertainment, and the opportunity to purchase T-shirts, Ghost Books, posters, etc.
LOCATION: Tours begin in the graveyard of Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of Court and High Streets in Olde Towne.
PARKING: Free parking in municipal parking garages located on County and High Street and on Middle Street. Limited on-street parking in Olde Towne.
TICKETS: Tickets go on sale October 1st and are $10 per person. Children carried or in strollers are free. Cash or checks payable to Olde Towne Civic League, are accepted at all advance ticket locations. Credit cards accepted only at the North Street Landing Visitors Center in Portsmouth.
Advance purchase is recommended. Tickets are available on day of event, but it is generally a sell-out early that day. See Advanced Ticket Locations information sheet.
ATTIRE: Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing.
THE TOUR: Guides take spectators on a walk past haunted houses and mansions of Olde Towne, a 20-square block, 500 building area on the National Register of Historic Places.
At each house on the tour, actors in appropriate costume will retell the legends of ghostly visitations and things that go bump in the night. Cameras are welcome. Houses are private properties and not open to the public.
GENERAL: Call 714-2343 for general tour information.
 

Shirley Plantation Ghost Tour
October 31, 1 to 3 pm L. B. Taylor book signing and refreshments.
October 31, 5pm Walk with Aunt Pratt to private family cemetery.
October 26 - 31,  9am to 5pm Aunt Pratt tours of the great house.
All tours and events are included in regular admission, no additional fee. Reservations not included.
 

Endview Plantation's Annual Ghost Walk!
An eerie outdoor candlelight tour of the grounds. Lantern-led tours guide brave guests.  Check back for more detailed information! 
$7 per person. Not intended for younger children.