Philadelphia: Ghosts of Old City Walking Tour｜United States

Step into the haunted heart of Philadelphia on this evening walking tour through Old City’s most storied streets. Meet your guide outside City Tavern and set off to uncover the city’s chilling past, where every cobblestone has a tale to tell.

Your journey begins at City Tavern, once the lively backdrop to the American Revolution and now a site rumored to echo with the screams of a burnt bride. Continue to the Merchants’ Exchange, a historic building bordering the infamous Dock Creek, where greed and tragedy left their mark. At the former site of Alexander Hamilton’s house, ponder whether his ghost still lingers, haunted by his personal missteps.

Pause at Carpenters’ Hall, a landmark of the First Continental Congress, but also a place of intrigue, espionage, and tragedy. The Dolley Todd House tells a somber story of loss and resilience, as does the statue of Robert Morris, whose legacy is both heroic and haunted. Witness Library Hall and the American Philosophical Society, where the shadow of Benjamin Franklin looms large, and Independence Square, the birthplace of the nation with its own dark secrets.

End your tour at Washington Square, now a place of remembrance but once a burial ground for soldiers and the unclaimed dead. Throughout the walk, your certified guide and historian will share interactive stories, answer your questions, and reveal the hidden ghosts that still wander Philadelphia’s historic core.