| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fantastic! Creepy! Hair Raising! Skin Crawling!
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| Fri, Oct 20, 06 9:00 PM |
JustDandy |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I've been on walking ghost tours before and thought I knew what to expect - but was I wrong! The history and stories of Richmond's Shockoe Bottom and Farmer's Market area that the tour guide shared were eerily believable - she has received first hand accounts of actual hauntings, sprits, and other super natural stuff from the people who live and work in the neighborhood - things that go on even today! The story that got me the most freaked out was about the steam train buried in the Church Hill Tunnel during a cave in back in the early 1900s, trapping and burying many of the workers. Rescue efforts were futile so the city ended up filling in and sealing up the whole tunnel - steam engine, flat bed cars, workers - everything is still in there. One of the ladies in our group said she used to play on the playground above that site as a child and they would hear voices telling them to go away! I also did the haunted house attraction - this ain't your county fair/carnival fun house, no sirrrrrr. They put together professional sound, lighting, props, and numerous live actors and scared the bejesus out of me. One girl got so scared she screamed and ran out of the exit door :-) Those folks at Haunts of Richmond know the scare business well. I can't wait to come back and take their holiday season haunted house, themed after a Christmas Carol - I can only imagine what they'll be able to do with that great material! Go now and go often. |
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Great for those faint at heart
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| Fri, Oct 20, 06 9:00 PM |
mrice75 |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The Haunts of Richmond Ghost Tour is a great alternative for those who don't like the normal hayride, haunted forest type activities. I'm a big scardy cat so this was a great group activity that allowed me to feel included in the Halloween festivities.
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Good historical walking tour; not very scary
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| Fri, Oct 20, 06 7:30 PM |
rhstaton |
Male |
20-29 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| Taking this tour is an excellent way to see a part of downtown most people would not normally walk at night. The tour provides a brief history of the buildings it passes. The stories are not that scary, however, and not much detail is told about them. This tour would be better if the storytellers were better. It suffered atmosphere on the part of the tour guide. |
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Good idea, too expensive
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| Sat, Oct 14, 06 9:00 PM |
Finslf2rt |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| My boyfriend and I were out with another couple Saturday night for the Ghost walk. Our guide was excellent and told us some really interesting stories. I had hoped the tour would be longer than exactly an hour, at least the 75 minutes we were told it would be. I thought the cost was too much-- I think a better price for one hour would be $12 including the tax and surcharges. Also, there were quite a few minutes between checking in and leaving for the tour and no one checked our tickets. We could have EASILY snuck in with the group and not paid. |
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Good for the history, not for the scare
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 9:00 PM |
gkw831 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The stories were good, and the story teller well informed. I can't say that I was scared during the tour. There was too much noise from passing cars and drunks at the bars (not the tour's fault). The next day, I also visited a few of the people in the buildings we passed and learned that the stories are 'greatly embellished', but that's all in good fun.
My only complaint was the size of the group. I'd estimate there were 30-40 in our group and that was just too many people to make the tour truly enjoyable.
I recommend the tour for the history, if not for the scare. The Widow's House and the Hollywood Cemetery were just lane and not really worth the extra money. |
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Very Interesting!
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 9:00 PM |
SRiggsby |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Individual |
| I really liked this tour and I would definitely take it again. I had a lot of fun and I'm really into history so it was great to learn about buildings in the area! Definitely take this tour! You'll love it! |
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Just not believeable
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 9:00 PM |
cgalasso |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| It was just too hard to believe the stories being told by our guide -- it looked like she didn't even believe some, if not all, of what she was saying. Her ghost stories, supposedly reported to her by people in the community, were pretty dull. It seemed too convenient that so many ghost sightings occured within a few blocks of their storefront haunted house! Definitely NOT worth the time or money. |
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Good
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 9:00 PM |
irishcpa |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| It was very annoying on the walking tour when one of the other people in the group started smoking. The rest of us were subjected to his toxic fumes. It was terrible!
I recommend the tour be made nonsmoking for the health and safety of all the people who are PAYING to be on the tour!!!!! |
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BORING!!!!
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 7:30 PM |
staticslayer |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| This tour was so boring I was hoping that I would get hit by a passing car, total waste of time and money. |
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we expected more
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| Fri, Oct 13, 06 7:30 PM |
aespang85 |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| we thought we would have a little more excitement when we left. we got not as much info. as we thought we would. it seemed like if we were to go again we would here the same "story" over. we think it is something to expand on, but not quite thrilling.
everyone was very nice and seems to like talking about the haunts of richmond...but maybe alittle change to make it more exciting. |
