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Williamsburg, Virginia, is one of the world’s most haunted cities in America. Under its cobblestone historic streets and restored Colonial architecture, there is something really frightening to be revealed in the shadows of the 400 year old city.
A good way to appreciate this is on the Colonial Ghosts Ultimate Dead of Night Haunted Ghost Tour. You can do this at a discounted price with a coupon.
Ghost Tour Itinerary
You’ll meet your professional guide on the Duke of Gloucester Street in front of the Kimball Theatre. This building was a private house that was commandeered by the Union Army during the Civil War. It was turned into a makeshift field hospital after the bloody battle of Williamsburg in which there was a total of 4,000 dead and wounded.
People have reported ever since seeing a spirit dressed in a Union Army uniform and another dressed in ragged gray clothes. They’ve been seen walking into solid walls and vanishing into thin air.
You’ll explore the lovely Bruton Parish Episcopal Church and its surrounding graveyard. It is the oldest structure in Williamsburg, dating back to 1683. It continues to be an active place of worship. Your guide will tell you about the Revolutionary War figures who attended this church.
The church was also used as a field hospital during the Civil War. Almost 100 Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery there. The wife of Reverend Jones in also buried in this cemetery. A couple of months after Mrs. Jones was laid to rest, her husband remarried. Since then, people have seen her at the cemetery and the church and they say she’s not a happy ghost.
You’ll walk through Merchants Square. Your guide will tell you about the happenings there at night for which there are no reasonable explanations.
Your walk will take you to the beautiful campus of William & Mary, the second oldest college in the U.S. and one of the most haunted. It was founded in 1693.
Erected just before 1700, the Sir Christopher Wren Building is the oldest college building still standing. It served as a hospital for French soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The building was used as barracks and a hospital for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Reports of students seeing ghostly apparitions of wounded soldiers in the building have been commonplace since the Civil War. Your guide can tell you about this and the other paranormal activities that have been reported on the campus.
If you’re interested in history and paranormal activity, you will love this tour.
Coupon
There is a great discount right now for this tour is that you can save up to 22% on your ticket here.
You can check for availability for the tour here:
Additional Information
If you’d like to read more about paranormal activity in Williamsburg, try these books. And use our links to see how you can save money on them.
- Haunting of Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown by Jackie Eileen Behrend
- Haunted Historical Williamsburg, Virginia: With Breakthrough Ghost Photography by Tim Scullion
