Salem Trip Overview
When you hear Salem, you often think of Witches, and Halloween, of ghosts and spooky fun, but there’s so much more lurking in the shadows. Salem has a dark side. Join us on our 90 min walking tour as we learn secrets of the oldest cemetery in Salem, brutal murders, strange legal battles, secret passages, curses, spiders, torture, and of course a ghost story or two.
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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Salem, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Salem, Massachusetts, United States
When you hear Salem, you often think of Witches, and Halloween, of ghosts and spooky fun, but there’s so much more lurking in the shadows. Salem has a dark side. Join us on our 90 min walking tour as we learn secrets of the oldest cemetery in Salem, brutal murders, strange legal battles, secret passages, curses, spiders, torture, and of course a ghost story or two.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Houdini Way, Salem, MA 01970, USA
This is where the tour meets and the site of our first story. The building here is the historic site where Harry Houdini preformed an escape act from the Salem Jail in 1906.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Burying Point, 51 Charter St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. Dating back to 1637, this is the oldest burying point in Salem. We will hear stories of the infamous dead, spiders, and lost corpses.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Gardner-Pingree House, 128 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. This is the site of one of the most infamous murders in American history. In 1830 this is where Captain White was murdered in is sleep, the news of the murder swept across America and is remembered even to this day.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 10 Federal St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic Location. Our Story takes place near the historic location where the Old “Witch Goal” (Jail) once stood, which was described as a purgatory for the living. We will also be within sight of the unknown location of where Giles Corey was tortured to death in 1692.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Salem Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Sq, Salem, MA 01970-3704
A historic building in its own right, it’s also a filming location for the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. Do you know what was filmed here?
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Joshua Ward House, 148 Washington St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
Historic location. Arguably one of the most haunted locations in Salem, George Washington once stayed here. But it’s the site on which the building now stands that is of legal and spectral interest.
Duration: 15 minutes
