The Charleston Haunted Jail Tour

First ghost tour I've been on that actually takes you inside a location!! To top it off, something breathed in my ear! I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone I know who goes to Charleston.

Fun, and insightful with a great tour guide and location. Well worth it.

if you like history and ghost this would be a great tour for you to take. The guide had alot of history and alot of the ghostly things that go on at the old jail. I highly recomend this tour to anyone. Thanks

The historical information shared concerning not only this building and the inmates, but the correctional strategies of the day was very interesting. I would have loved to see more than three rooms, though, and would have enjoyed more light so I could see the rooms I was in.

The tour was very well done. The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the jail and had a lot of invested emotion into the people of it's past.

The history of the jail tour was very informative. Learned a considerable amount about how individuals were treated for acts that were not even crimes.

We had an interesting tour of the jail - no scary Halloween type pranks (we were worried about that a little). Good information and stories. And then we reviewed the photographs....

My sixteen year old son and I attended the haunted jail as something different to do in the city of Charleston. We travel a lot together and always try to learn something new about the culture and history of a city and it's people. It is amazing how possible it is to blithely walk by so much history without ever really knowing it. Charleston is a town made for tours and to really experience it, you should take some. The haunted jail tour did not disappoint. We expected the usual ghost stories, but we didn't expect our guide to give us a 150 year old perspective of prison life complete with personal stories of inmates and an explanation and demonstration of torture devices. My son nor I scare easily but many in our tour group were quite scared. There is definitely a creep factor as well as just a feeling of heaviness due to the inhumane conditions of prison life. Our tour guide stated he had several ghost encounters himself at the jail and I, for one, believed him. He seemed to genuinely care about maintaining the historical importance of the jail and honoring the inmates (many innocent-take the tour and learn how treacherous life was 150 years ago). Most teens think they don't want to do a historical tour but really they have a good time in the end and are thankful they attended. You are encouraged to take photos and ask as many questions as you want. The tour guides are a wealth of knowledge. I recommend tipping them for their service if you feel they gave you a great tour.

Our guide was the best. He was very knowledgable, polite and elusive, which added to the experience. Left us questioning the existence of spirits and learning a piece of undesirable history. Keep up the good work!

The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the Old City Jail and even provided examples of paranormal activity she had experienced.