The Charleston Ghost and Graveyard Tour

The walk was not what we expected. Two adults came with 6 young adults. We were thinking it would be some history along with some scary excitement. The children were not excited by the walk but it was nice.

This was a very entertaining and informative tour guided by an enthusiastic young lady.

Our tour guide was great and very knowledgeable. I was not quite as spooked as I would've liked to have been, but that could be because there was no eerie music playing in the background. However, my 9 year old son absolutely loved it and would definitely go again.

What a fun thing to do in Charleston!! My husband and I went on the 9:30 Graveyard Tour and had a fabulous time! However, check the weather reports before you book your tour because the tour happens, rain or shine! If there's a chance for rain, bring rain gear and be prepared. Most of our tour was conducted in a monsoon and we were thoroughly soaked. Still had fun, though. Great way to see Charleston and hear interesting stories and history of the area. Be sure and request Houn (as in Calhoun) as your tour guide -- he was a great storyteller and answered lots of questions.

We were a multi-generational group and all had a good time. Our guide, Grason, was an excellent story-teller. The only drawback was that his flashlight didn't work. He did his best to make up for it with the light from his cell-phone, but in the future, it might be better to provide lights or suggest that they are brought along. Red lights would provide illumination without brightness, and could even add to the creepy factor. Overall, we were glad to have a different activity to do all together, and it was worth it.

Having been on quite a few walking "ghost tours" up and down the States from NY to Florida the past couple years, if you have been on one before then you've been on this one. You hear about purported ghost sightings/tales and you enjoy a light walk. This is not to say it "isn't worth it" or "isn't any fun". Yes, you will be competing with various tour groups at certain stops, but, our experience was that every group stayed a respectable distance from one another so as not to interfere with each others stories. Afterall, it really is to be expected as this is a popular tourist destination this time of year and where you have those famous words you have the naturally competing "ghost walk" companies. ;-) It's just plain fun......whether you believe or not. You get a little history lesson along the way and you get to end your walk in an actual graveyard. My husband and I went back the next day in daylight to see some of headstones that had been pointed out by our guide, Jim. Our guide was pleasant and you could tell he was a real "people person" who liked to meet people from all over the country. When someone truly likes their jobs, I think it makes the experience that much more pleasant. If you are looking for something other than the typical "ghost walking" tour, I would suggest the "Haunted Jail" also offered by Bulldog. Both this tour and the "Haunted Jail" tour were sold out all the nights we arrived to do our activities at the tour office so since it was the peak season of the tourist, I bought our tickets two weeks before we arrived for our vacation. You just hand them your e-ticket and you are all set. Easy check-in!!!!!

I was disappointed for many reasons, but mostly it was the context. Telling ghost stories... I guess ghost stories are not really scary if you are surrounded by 20-30 fellow tour members. There is just something about a cemetary losing its capacity to fright when you are surrounded by a group. A sort of group think I believe (one is safer in a group). Furthermore, the whole tour had a super organized feel. At all times, you are waiting for the group ahead of you to finish "getting spooked" at the particular ghostly site (e.g. cemetary), and likewise a third group is behind your group waiting for you to get spooked and move on so they can get into the cemetary or whatever and get spooked also. Best I could tell, there were no less than 10+ (probably 20) groups that were visting the same sites in a different order. Another context problem was the actual locations. Sure you go into a cemetary, but that's it. For the remainder of the tour, you will stand in front of houses (in the street) or churches and hear tales of someone dying. Not real scary. Just boring stuff like John Doe died and now several people say that they have seen him around the place. Maybe I am a dud, but I was expecting some form of thrill reminiscient of high school stories told in cars or at friends houses or camping; the late at night in the middle of nowhere type of stories. I was bored and felt ripped off. I would not recommend this tour or the other tour companies available (the companies follow similar routes through spookville). I would rent a scary movie: it would be cheaper and much more scary.

as the other tours offered by Bulldog. Not Scary at all, several other groups in the graveyard at the sametime.

The Ghost and Graveyard tour was interesting, but unfortunately the tour guide was not very enthusiastic and it was very hard to hear what she was saying. She was very soft spoken and with the traffic on the streets I had to literally stand right next to her to hear the stories. I have heard that the jail tour was scary and that people have actually had picutres of orbs on their film. Next time to Charleston we will definitely do the jail tour.

Hi thought our tourguide Grayson was really great. However, I think that with so many tours going at once it is a little distracting. I also think that Bull Dog Tours could put a little more effort into their presentation and make their guides dress up and be a little more theatrical. I am a regular on these ghost/other tours and the best ones I've been to in the states is in Boston. The very best was the Jack the Ripper Tour in London. These both showed more pictures and elements from history times that helped to put you in the mood and learn a little history.