Philadelphia Trip Overview
Enjoy Oktoberfest lagers and Halloween treats over ghost stories with history teachers. Visit cemeteries and bars this Halloween season for spooky tales of witches and Native-American burials in Revolutionary Philadelphia. And learn about the histories of Oktoberfest and of Halloween while you toast the ghosts of Old City’s haunted taverns while engaging in trivia games for additional beer and shot giveaways. Select evenings will include psychic and tarot card readings.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Philadelphia, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Ghost & Vampire Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Enjoy Oktoberfest lagers and Halloween treats over ghost stories with history teachers. Visit cemeteries and bars this Halloween season for spooky tales of witches and Native-American burials in Revolutionary Philadelphia. And learn about the histories of Oktoberfest and of Halloween while you toast the ghosts of Old City’s haunted taverns while engaging in trivia games for additional beer and shot giveaways. Select evenings will include psychic and tarot card readings.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Benjamin Franklin’s Grave, 5th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Kites, Keys, and The Constitution are discussed on most tours that cover Benjamin Franklin. They will not be discussed here. We discuss instead the most interesting and less told facets of this complex and interesting Founding Father. Franklin’s brewing activities, advise on woman, connections to grave robbery, and other surprising but true complexities of this intriguing personality will be explored.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1999
The Grave site and home of Betsy Ross will be visited. Ghost stories will be told.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1595
When ground was broke for construction of the National Constitution Center numerous bodies were discovered and re-interred to other burial plots across the city. We discuss here Native American ritual, burial practices, lore, and haunted history of the area.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Arch Street Meeting House, 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2114
The witch trial that happened here will be discussed. Ghost stories will be told. The thousands of bodies buried under the grounds here and house itself will be discussed.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: City Tavern Restaurant, 138 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Numerous haunted taverns, German taverns, and other taverns chosen for their cultural significance in Old City Philadelphia are on our possible list to visit. The City Tavern is one of the haunted taverns on that list that was frequented by numerous presidents and Founding Fathers of the USA in 1776 including future presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. Alexander Hamilton, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, and others ate and drank here often.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Independence Hall, Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106
The center of early American democracy; where the Constitution of the United States was signed.
Pass By: The President’s House, 6th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Home lived in by George Washington and John Adams during their presidencies in Philadelphia.
Stop At: Christ Church, 20 N American St On 2nd, Above Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4592
The burial grounds behind The Church will be discussed. The accidental burying alive of people mistakenly will be covered.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Christ Church Burial Ground, 340 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
We visit the burial grounds were 5 Founding Father’s of the United States are buried including Benjamin Franklin to discuss grave robbery, ghosts, and Revolutionary Era tales of yellow fever and more.
Duration: 10 minutes