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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A perfect Charleston Halloween.
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 10:00 PM |
maryglickman |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We took this tour as a diversion for Halloween. We did not know what to expect. And what a great turn of events it was to have a very knowledgeable, entertaining guide (a Mr. Cameron) whose tales of Charleston's ghosts and sundry customs regarding the dead and near-dead over the centuries were fascinating, instructive, historically authoritative, and full of surprise. Our group was of Charleston transplants, one of whom has lived in the Holy City for more than twenty years, and she learned new pieces of local history as well. Bravo! |
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Excellent story telling by tour guide
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 9:30 PM |
leslie44 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our tour guide was fun and a very good story teller. Went late Halloween night, saw everyone dressed up and had fun. The only problem I had was while we were at the Episcopal church on the sidewalk: a very strange man came and tried to act like he was part of our group and he lingered around us and the graveyard. He was not a part of our tour group and he made us feel very uneasy. We were standing near a graveyard, on the sidewalk on Halloween night at 11PM and it is hard to trust people these days. Other than the creepy stranger we all enjoyed it. |
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Lots of fun.
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 7:30 PM |
jcrook28115 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The guide seemed quite knowledgeable. However, we were not sure if he was telling everything as it had been "handed down", so to speak, or heavily embellishing. We love ghost stories...but we also love history and want our stories to be as accurate as possible. He did have great pictures sent to him by prior ghost walkers when their cameras and picture-taking divulged images of interest and those were enjoyable. We would recommend this tour to others as you can't beat a walk through Charleston at night no matter the storyteller. |
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Too few stories, stories too long
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 7:30 PM |
PJASchultz |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour we took only visited 3 locations - 2 buildings and the cemetery. But the 2 locations prior to the cemetery we didn't even really go to those locations - we stood a block or two away. For example, when visiting the Poogan's Porch we stood in a random parking lot the didn't even have a good view of the restaurant. I would have rather been on the street where we could at least see the porch that the story was about.
Then, when we were in the cemetery the big story wasn't even about that cemetery but something that happened 30 miles away.
The stories in general were WAY too long and drawn out - got very boring.
I would not recommend this tour. I would recommend someone read stories online or in a book and walk themselves around downtown to see those locations. I would be more interested in getting to places where I might have a chance of capturing a ghost on film (should it/they really exist) like the actual buildings or yards that they supposedly haunt. |
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Spooky Disappointment
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 7:30 PM |
brider57 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enthusiastically signed up for a Halloween Ghost & Graveyard tour. Our excitement waned during a 60 (instead of the advertised 90) minute walk with only 3 stops/stories. The tour abruptly ended at the Unitarian Church Graveyard, leaving us more than 1/2 mile from our start point with vague directions back to where we started. Our guide was nice and a good story-teller. There was a lot of fluff around the stories - the core part was slim. |
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Great way to spend Halloween
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 7:30 PM |
SusanStone |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We decided over a year ago to have our own Halloween party. We'd spent many years enjoying handing out candy to trick or treaters and decided the next time we'd do something for ourselves. So, this is what we chose to do and we weren't disappointed! We'll probably do it again next year. As much as we enjoyed handing out candy, this was much better. We're all transplants and the history learned in our city was wonderful. It was so meaningful to have learned it from another person, as opposed to reading it in a book. Our guide did a wonderful job. I'd recommend this as an alternative for kids and adults alike. |
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Fun and enjoyable
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| Fri, Oct 31, 08 7:30 PM |
Kathyrufus |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Eric was our tour guide. He was enthusastic and had wonderful stories. A little girl in our tour group was terrified. I thought the stories about the people from history were very interesting, sad, and informative. I enjoyed the graveyard tour and would reccommend it to anyone looking for something fun and different to do. |
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Great Experience
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| Thu, Oct 30, 08 9:30 PM |
cpropst619 |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| The story telling was superb! The stories themselves were quite historical and frightening. I even firmly believe I encountered a ghost inside the St. Phillip cemetery! I would, with out a doubt, highly recommend this tour to any one, local or tourist! |
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Strongly Recommend Bulldog Tours
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| Tue, Oct 28, 08 7:30 PM |
RichieRich33 |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| I have been on a couple of the tours offered by Bulldog. My favortie is the jail tour hands down. This graveyard tour was ok, I just wished we would have spent more time actually in the graveyard instead of walking around Charleston. It does have alot of history involved but the history is necessary to understand why the areas are "haunted". It would have just been a little better if the graveyard tour was actually spent in the graveyard instead of just the final 15 minutes of the tour. I do, however, stongly recommend this tour company to anybody that asks me about Charleston tours. |
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Fun tour! We enjoyed ourselves and would go again!
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| Mon, Oct 27, 08 9:30 PM |
sherpaschke |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our tour guide, Brooke, was great!! Good stories with alot of detail to set the mood. We would do another ghost tour if we get back to Charleston. The history background was an added plus. We went back to some of the locations the next day just to see and experience it again! Thankyou for a fun and informative 90 minutes! |
