| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A Ghostly Girls Night Out
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| Tue, Jun 30 9:30 PM |
esnoopy |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| My friend and I decided to do the ghost walk to end our day spent in Charleston. Our guide was friendly and informative. At each sight that he took us to, he gave a brief and to the point history lesson. Then spoke of the tragic event that had happened and then gave a few examples of peoples ghostly experiences. The graveyard is dark, over grown, looks ominous, and holds a sad story...
Our guide kept my attention the whole time because he was not "long winded" and told 3 "to the point" stories (historic, tragic, haunting).
It was a nice ending to our day and I would recommend this tour to anyone looking to have a fun time and even learn a little history! |
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Everyone in our group enjoyed.
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| Mon, Jun 29 9:30 PM |
kprinske |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I believe the tour was mostly historical. Not as scary as I thought it would be. Our family of five, three boys ages 15, 11, and 9 were a little apprehensive at first, but everyone agreed that it was worth the time. The guide was extremely knowledgable about the history and places of Charleston. The swealtering heat of 90 at 9:30, made it a little hard to concentrate to every word he said. Over all, we agreed we were glad we went, the kids did not get scared out of their minds. It's mostly ghost stories told in alleys and a graveyard with a lot of history thrown in. This was our first ghost tour ever and were glad we did it in Charleston. |
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very accurate, more history than ghost
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| Mon, Jun 29 9:30 PM |
stephpenn |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I took this tour two years ago with a different guide and also read the book that the tour is based upon. History is one of my favorite subjects and our guide was definitley very knowledgeable on the subject. I would have appreciated more time spent on the ghost stories from the book and less time on local history, as important and informative as it is. The tour was supposed to last 80 minutes but it ended up being 2 hours. While I enjoyed hearing about our guides personal background, I think that if he had pared this down a bit, as well as some of the historical information, we would have had more time for addtional ghost stories and the tour would not have run overtime. Our tour guide was obviously well educated and interesting and would have been someone you would love to have a few hours with to learn all about Charleston, or history in general. I did enjoy going into the Unitarian Church graveyard, spiderwebs and all. I missed going to the Brewery and Poogan's Porch. I have taken another ghost tour and it did not compare to this one. I would say this is the best ghost tour in Charleston. |
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extremely entertaining
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| Thu, Jun 25 9:30 PM |
Wglichstrahl |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I enjoyed this tour very much and would recommend it to anyone visiting Charleston, Very entertaining and informative about ghost life in Charlesston. |
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cheated
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| Wed, Jun 24 9:30 PM |
dansimmons93 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour did not live up to the advertizing and did not meet our expectations. We did not recieve value for the cost. |
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great!!!!!!!!!!
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| Wed, Jun 24 7:30 PM |
patepies |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our tour guide was the best . He added thoughts and feelings and stories that made us think. It was worth not seeing ghosts for the history we learned. |
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not a good tour
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| Wed, Jun 24 7:30 PM |
gduggan |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Tour started OK. tour guide had a very cocky attitude. Talked more about his experience at the beginning than the history of Charleston. Just ignored it. Once we got ouf ot Waterfront Park, it got better. However, when we were at the stop in front of the church, another tour guide was already there. She made a comment about how loud our tour guide was talking ( this was true). Our guide rudely told her to NEVER interupt his tour again. I thought that it was rude and out of line. It was VERY uncomfortable for us. After the graveyard tour, he took us toward the starting point at the water park. It was obvious that most of the group was turned off by his presenation. He then ended the tour 4 blocks from the Waterfront Park and stated that he couldn't guide the tour through a residential neighborhood. I got the impression that he know he "blew it" and the possiblity for tips were slim-to-none so he dumped us off as qucikly as possible. This was our first visit to Charleston and our first guided tour. We were dissapointed and would like to see a better tour. |
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OK
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| Sun, Jun 21 9:30 PM |
patjenda |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| The guide was not really a very good story teller. I think with a better guide it would have been more interesting and enjoyable. |
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Fun and interesting tour!
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| Sun, Jun 21 7:30 PM |
mspence13 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the area and his stories were interesting! We have been on other Charleston ghost tours, but this one was our favorite! We were able to enter locations that are usually inaccessible to the public. Good time! |
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It was okay....
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| Fri, Jun 19 9:30 PM |
Bev132 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our tour guide, an older professorial type, was an excellent storyteller although he needed to speak louder as I found him hard to hear unless I was up in the front of the group. He was great with the kids in the group and played to them quite a bit. Actually going into the Unitarian Church graveyard was much more fun than standing outside and looking through the fence like on other tours. The problem I had with the tour overall is that we were walked all over Charleston and more often than not the place we stopped was nowhere near the location where the haunting actually took place. They were good stories, but it would have been better not to be sitting in Waterfront Park being told a story about a B&B on the Battery blocks away or standing on the corner of Broad Street being told a story of a house three blocks to the south. With the exception of the graveyard we might as well have just stayed in Waterfront Park and saved a little wear and tear on our already tired feet. All in all this is a nice safe, not to scary choice for families with younger children. It was a little sedate for an all adult group like mine, however. Not the worst ghost tour I’ve ever been on, but not the best either. Just a tip – bring bug spray! Also, the tour ends in a different location than it begins so be prepared to walk back to your hotel/car on your own. |
