The Charleston Haunted Jail Tour

I thought it was a great tour and my 14 year old son and I really enjoyed it. It is a very spooky old jail and the real stories of jail life, torture...etc were scary enough. I would definitely do it again.

The tour was not terrible, but was less than I expected. The overall "scare" factor could have been improved had the tour guide not tried to intensionally scare you through their clapping and stomping, which made the tour seems more of a hoax. More than that, now that the jail is owned by a local college which holds classes within the jail, the interior is beginning to seems less authentic with certain rooms boarded up for class space plus random equipment like riding mowers in the basement give the sense that its all intended to be a prank. Though the tour guide felt the college would continue to allow the tour because they get a percentage of the ticket price, I feel that if "modernizing" the jail continues the less interested people will be about the whole experience, not to mention the fake scare tactics used by the tour guides.

Holy cow - when they say "not for easily frightened adults" THEY'RE NOT KIDDING! Honestly, the description of this tour does it NO justice - WAY CREEPIER than captured. Most of the tour is spent in dark, barely moonlight rooms, and the ambience really heightens your senses FOR A TOTAL FREAK OUT. From the moment I walked into the jail I wanted to leave, but I sucked it up silent and shaking until we were finally out. If you're looking to get spooked - THIS IS THE TOUR! I have participated in two ghost and dungeon tours and will tell you it is for sissies compared to this one! Had amazing tour guide (woman - forgot her name I was so scared!) and got pics of TONS of orbs and wierd shadows ... one of our cameras also went dead right before we went in ONLY to turn right back on as soon as the tour was over - AHHHHHH!

This was the first time I have taken one of these haunted tours. I loved it and got some good pictures. The next time I travel I'll be looking for these types of haunted tours again!

I recently went on this tour on Halloween with a group of friends; the tour itself was well done. The guide, A.J., had excellent delivery, and the tour was well thought out. The jail building was intriguing. The experience was, however, someone spoiled by the other people on the tour; the constant flashes of cameras (frequently aimed right at people's faces) were blinding and downright dangerous on the stairs, one of the other tour members was hanging off of/groping the rest of us, and another was making god awful noises constantly. Banning photography in the jail itself and figuring out some sort of crowd control would make the experience much more pleasant.

Tour had lots of great stories. Told in a manner that was chilling. Just wished more of the jail could have been seen.

We had a great time on the Haunted Jail tour. It wasn't scary, but was very interesting and fun to see inside the old jail. It was one of the best tours we went on.

I ordered tickets for the Jail tour because we wanted something scary to do for Halloween. One of my best friends and her husband came with me to Charleston and she loves scary events. This tour was advertised to be one of the scariest in Charleston but honestly it wasn't. I am a huge chicken when it comes to that kind of stuff and it really didn't scare me at all. The scariest thing was some of the other people on the tour. Our tour guide, AJ, did a great job with the history of the jail and he was a good story teller. I thought he did a wonderful job. I also realize that ghosts don't always come out when you want them to, I mean how scary would that be. Overall I would recommend Bulldog tours to anybody that wants to learn the history of Charleston and wants to get a few chills up their spine. The jail tour just wasn't what I was expecting. Thank you for the opportunity to give you my comments. I love Charleston and would definitely come back for another vacation.

My sister and I did the jail tour and found it to be alot of fun. Our guide, Ginger, was very informative and the tour seemed to fly by. My only regret is that we didnt also try the other tours they offer.

The tour was awesome!