The Charleston Haunted Jail Tour

We enjoyed our tour guide and our tour of the old Charleston jail. Not only did we learn alot of history, but we walked among the energy of the spirits of the past residents of the jail and their keepers. The guide (AJ) did a great job as he moved us through the rooms and levels of the jail, plying us with stories and tidbits of experiences he has had in the building as well as the history of the inmates and their stories.

Glen was our tour guide. He was very informative and spoke well. He had a lot of interesting stories with details. The jail itself is scary! One member of our group was a non-believer of ghosts. She now believes.... I would recommend this tour because it is entertaining and you learn alot about the history of the jail and how the prisoners were treated.

I really enjoyed the tour guide (Glenn). His storytelling ability was wonderful. However, I do feel the tour was over-hyped in the literature online. The jail itself has some incredible history, but the haunted angle was not focused on much. We mostly learned of the jail's fabled past. I would have loved something a bit more interactive. Maybe show some pictures of reported sightings or tell more stories about the ghosts seen at this location. This tour could have been so much more with a few props and pictures and a slightly different focus.

Going into this, I thought it might be a hokey tour but when my family and I went, it made me a believer in ghosts. The weather set the stage, it was lighting and raining. We were soaked so we were really happy to go inside. But before we went in, we went to the bathroom downstairs through the outside entrance. I didn't notice anything but my girls kept taking myspace pictures and thejr camera wouldn't work half the time and the battery went low really quickly. We never thought anything about this, then on the tour, we took lots of pictures and the same thing kept happening not only to my family but to everyone else too. As the girls were looking at the pics they noticed orbs in the picture. We have never seen anything like this ever. I was very skeptic about all this but I felt a bad presence in there. I also saw a red orb in one area of the jail. Now I am a believer and I suggest this tour to everyone that doesn't believe.

Our family loved this tour. Our kids were scared just enough and each swore they saw one of the ghosts. The tour guide was very knowledgable and informative. AND our tour had a little something extra...our tour was especially enhanced by the major thunder and lightning storm taking place as we toured the jail. It does take place rain or shine as the ad states...my advice...pray for a storm! Also...pay special attention to that "13th" step! Have fun and happy ghost hunting!!!

I am planning on going back. Next time I go, It will be the late tour and I will bring a flash light and camera. Very intertaining.

We enjoyed the history of the building.

The Jail Tour is a fun thing to do with a group of friends as we did. However, the tour guide, although interesting, had very limited knowledge on specific incidences that occurred there, which would have enhanced the tour. I know these stories exist as some are on the website. Also, the jail had a great deal of construction going on from the school that was doing research there. It kind of kills the mood when you're looking at new scaffolding and materials. It was good, but definitely could have been better.

The tour was really cool. The stories were interesting and the tour guide was very good

I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Charleston. Our guide was very knowledgeable on the history of the jail and the inmates housed. I have some WONDERFUL pictures of energy orbs that are amazingly clear! I'm anxious to return after the renovation/conservation to see it without all the construction materials!