Gettysburg Ghost Tours

We went on the Extreme Ghost Tour and loved it. Robert and Patrick were our guides and were very knowledgeable about the whole field of investigating. As it turned out, we were the only ones left after the two hour tour was up and continued to the second location. This was great because it allowed for even more interaction from guides. I had expected to get one device to use while investigating, what a surprise when my husband and I were given a bag with 8 – 9 devices in it plus a set of dowsing rods! We had a great time and I’m sure Robert and Patrick’s patience with us newbys had a lot to do with it! Thanks and we will be coming back.

My family and I got a fantastic deal on Groupon for this place and we are so happy we did. 0ur tour guide (i believe her name was Shady) was incredible, bubbly, knowledgeable, friendly, and very interesting. And what it made it better, in my opinion, was that she is also a Gettysburg local which added am additonal feeling of professional as well as more personal information. If you ever visit the area and want something fun to do, please check it out.

Highly recommend, everything you would want in a historic ghost tour… Loved Johlene Spooky Rily’s Period dress, her enthusiasm and knowledge of local history. Our group experienced a ghostly camp fire smell at one of our spots along the tour. («There is a open burn ban within the boro of Gettysburg»)

I’ve booked through Gettysburg ghost tours about a dozen times for various private and even a few public investigations. My point of view comes from the perspective of a experienced, paranormal enthusiast that has done several investigations along the east cost. I don’t use the «public» equipment provided, simply because I own my own. However, I know personally that the people there take great pride in assuring that equipment is up to date and in working condition. The locations they have are in my opinion the best you can get from any of the ghost tour companies. These tours are geared to everyone, but like anything in the paranormal, your chances of seeing a ghost come out of a room and make you a turkey sandwich isn’t going to happen. If you’re looking to go and laugh at everything and insult people, don’t waste your time. You’re grouped, given a brief on equipment and are directed to a location or two. You’re then briefed on the history and then given free roam with a lead investigator there to help. It’s very important to keep an open mind and understand the paranormal is scientific and that many things are measured by temperature and electro magnetic fields. Sometimes the best equipment is your ears and trying to understand the things you cannot explain. If you’d like, you can go into the store and buy pieces of equipment, shirts, books, crystals and much more. If you love history and the paranormal peaks your interest, this is a great paranormal instructional crash course, IF you keep and open mind. For experienced investigators, Gettysburg Ghost Tours is a great place to book your private investigation with limited supervision. Looking forward to going back as many times as I can. Locations never disappoint.

My son and I went on the extreme ghost tour. We had such a great time. It was a lot of fun and very exciting. We did get activity — while just the two of us were in a room, the door shut on it’s own while we were sitting down. We did try to disprove the experience but just could not.
Advantages — was able to spend a lot of time in two places so we were able to get activity. Most of the time we were in rooms alone
Disadvantage — too many people were on the tour. If I was a ghost I would not know who to talk to! Also there were people in our group who hogged the equipment so we didn’t get to use most of the equipment as we would have liked. I wish there were less people on the tour — can’t imagine what the summer is like.

Tonight we tried out the Black Cat tour. It was a pretty neat experience! We started out with a tour guide in Confederate dress. He took us around for about an hour, telling stories of the history of the battles and the landmarks around it.
The pros:
He was informative and knowledgeable. I learned a lot of new things.
The atmosphere was fun.
The group was small and intimate.
The cons:
No good place to use the restroom.
The lights of the city took away from the ambiance.
Expected more to do with paranormal.
Overall a nice experience to have at least once. Enjoyed it!

This was a fantastic experience! We went to the murder house with Robert who was very patient in explaining everything to use and how to use it. We actually did encounter energy we couldn’t explain, as well as a door opening and shutting itself! I eagerly await my DVD copy of what happened, which you only get on the Extreme hunt, not on the other one. It’s and extra $ 20, but totally worth it!
My fiancé was super skeptical, but after hearing a response to his question through the spirit box, he admits that things happened that he couldn’t explain. We all saw the EMF meters start going off in the exact area where the woman died, and heard voices through the spirit box. I’ve got video of the meters going off.
At the next location, he put meters on the American and Confederate flags, and told them to set off the one they preferred. Each time, even after swapping the meters, and moving the flags, the American flag went off.
This was a wonderful experience, well worth the money! If I could rate them more than 5 stars, I definitely would!

REVIEW FOR THE «INTENSE» GHOST HUNT: Even if you don’t believe, it was still a lot of fun, even with equipment that was a bit faulty.
So a disclaimer: Your enjoyment of this tour will probably depend on whether you buy into the whole paranormal thing. If you’re open minded or get a kick out of it, you’ll probably have a really good time. If you think it’s all hogwash, stick with the walking tours. For what it was worth, my girlfriend and I had a great time on the Intense Ghost Hunt, which we signed up for at our hotel, the Tillie Pierce House. If you get it through your hotel, you’ll have to come before the 7:00pm start time in order to sign the usual legal waivers, which doesn’t hold Gettysburg Ghost tours responsible for (1) death, (2) injury, or (3) possession by ghosts. So you know, the usual legal mumbo jumbo.
We came early to the meeting stop outside of Gettysburg Ghost Tours, parking on the street out back (if you’re doing the Intense or Extreme, you’ll be required to take your car as the locations are a few minutes drive away). It was surprisingly crowded for mid-​January (it’s probably a mob scene in the summer), and after waiting for the various tours to take people away we were finally taken out back for a review of the equipment we would be using. The ghost hunter guy explaining the equipment was deadpan as he reviewed the equipment you’ll be using, such as a voice recorder, an EMF reader, dousing rods, laser temperature gauge, spirit box, etc. My girlfriend and I were surprised to learn that everyone else in the group was in the three hour Extreme hunt, and only we were in the two hour Intense. We met our ghost hunter, Matt, and followed him by car to the location.
Our location was an old farm house that, like literally every structure in Gettysburg, was used as a field hospital and sits a stones throw away from the actual battlefield. Matt was fantastic and really chill, really letting us have free range over the whole farmhouse and determining the nature of the investigation while lending some helpful advice (he also used to work at Battlefield Brew Works, so he knows those *spirits* as well). If you’re expecting «Paranormal Activity» level of activity, you’re going to be very disappointed. Most of the time you’re asking questions to an empty room, while occasionally jumping at creaks or a very specific responses from the spirit box (it cycles through radio stations quickly and backwards, generating white noise that ghosts can use to communicate). The creepiest evidence? We heard very distinct footsteps (heel + boot, heel + boot) go up the stairs, turn the corner, and walk down the hallway toward the room we were in. They were loud enough that Matt started pulling out equipment to measure/​record it and my girlfriend ran behind me to hide from whoever was about to come through the doorway. Luckily, the footsteps stopped short of our room, but when we looked there was no one else in the hallway. Matt even remarked «Well, I’ve never heard that before at this location.» Sure, it’s an old creaky house, but it was certainly fun.
Overall, we had a fantastic experience with our ghost hunt, in no large part because it was essentially a private tour and Matt was a cool guy to hang out with for two hours. The only negative is some of the equipment was less than optimal, such as an EMF reader that didn’t work our a spirit box that was too soft for us to make out any alleged spirit voices. If you’re reading this lengthy review and rolling your eyes, then this is not the tour for you. However, if you’re looking for a unique experience or love watching those ghost shows as much as I do, this could be a highlight of your trip to Gettysburg.

We took the Author’s Black Cat Tour. It was so much fun! Spooky was such a fantastic guide! Being lead through the alleys and hearing tales of times past was a great way to spend an evening! I would recommend this tour to everyone!

I would love to give a better rating because the experience was awesome but unfortunately we never got our findings or pictures afterwards. They promised 30 days but it’s been 2 months. I have called and emailed repeatedly have not gotten a single return message. If you do sign up then sign up for the cheap tours because we paid for the more expensive tour to get our findings and now have nothing to show for that money.

This was a complete joke… without a doubt.
I paid 30 something dollars a piece for my friend and I to go on a ghost hunt.
After paying we went to the back yard for someone to show us all the equipment (mostly thermal equipment that you can buy in most hardware stores) and then we all got in our cars to drive to an old house.
After arriving at our destination we went inside to look at a security monitor which showed all the rooms they had under surveillance throughout the house. They then cut the lights out and everyone started calling out to the ghosts… talking to mostly the wall and what not…
There are no tee shirts, DVDs, or anything else on this «adventure» (did manage to get a free apple), however if you are into real estate you will be able to get a good idea of what condition most of the homes around the area are in.
Whether or not you believe in ghosts… this was over $ 30 a person and to actually think a «ghost» is going to present itself to a large group of nuts haha… it’s just a laughable thought.

My husband and I capped off our crazy fun Halloween with the black cat ghost tour. Booked and paid through PayPal. Showed up a few minutes before the tour and the place was absolute bedlam. We waited for three other groups to leave because the rest of the customers were way bent out of shape at the crowd. It’s a $ 9 ghost tour on Halloween, folks. Expect a little craziness.
The group we went with was led by Confederate grandpa and contained a dozen or so preteen girls. They were a riot. Gasped and screamed at all his stories and kept my husband and I in stitches. The tales were silly and kid-​appropriate. Nothing too gruesome or terrifying. The host was charming and the tour was great.
I’m not at all a believer in anything paranormal but I LOVE a good story in kind company. I wouldn’t recommend this tour for «serious ghost hunters» but if you’d like a nice walk and talk this is a perfect end to a nice evening!

Fun way to spend an evening with friends and make some new ones from this world and beyond!
Spooky was lovely and her passion for the town, it’s history, and it’s hallowed grounds shines through. It was a real treat to see the town through Spooky’s eyes.
We loved Spooky’s insights into ghostology and we left hungry for more!
If you’re going to take a tour, take one with Spooky!

Don’t waste your money! My family took the Live or Die tour where you are supposed to hear «special interest stories» of soldiers and find out whether your soldier lives or dies. Instead we were made to listen to the ramblings of our tour guide who told incoherent stories that did not make sense. At one point we sat in a back yard and heard stories that had nothing to do with each other and included a tale of a soldier who ate acorns. What??? We heard nothing about the soldiers who we were designated until the end of the tour when we were handed a piece of paper to look for ourselves. What is the point of that? We really got nothing out of this tour and feel like we wasted time and money. In such a spooky setting, a potentially scary and fun walking tour had us shaking our heads in disbelief. Very disappointed…

Worst paranormal investigation I have ever been on. The investigation got started very late. We spent an inordinate amount of time driving between locations and had very little actual investigation time. To add insult to injury, we were supposed to have two investigations booked back to back… and they had the second investigation booked for the wrong night. When we complained about it the manager became very unpleasant and rude. They called this the «Extreme Investigation.» The only thing extreme about it was that it was extremely poorly managed!!!

Did the 8pm tour with Dr Phil. Very energetic but lonnnng winded. Pretty disappointed we walked a very, very small distance. I know it says its not a walking tour but all we did was walk in a parking lot and down an alley way and back. The first 10 mins was spent listening to him talk about his childhood and adult life, so that was awkward. I heard a couple of people say they were bored while walking. Wont be back with this company again. Bummer too because I followed a lot of reviews on here and trip advisor.

Had a great time on our extreme ghost hunt with our guide Robert. I do wish that we could’ve learned the equipment before we actually went on the hunt so the time it took wouldn’t have cut into our hunt time. I also would’ve liked to see a smaller group. I believe there were 10 of us on the first hunt, and it was very loud in the house. I thought by paying for the extreme it would cut down the num of ppl, but both Groups were combined for the 1^st location. The 2^nd location of our hunt was only 4 of us that paid for the extreme, that’s when we went to the old school house and got to talk with children over the evp. I was a bit uncomfortable talking to someone I can’t see (I felt silly), but there were others in my group that had children talking over the evp that I got to listen in on. My husband got 2 children to say hi and hello to me, and they told us there were 12 children in the room. We did have a lady in our group that used to be a teacher, so I think her presence helped a lot. All in all it was a neat experience. I do think if we go back we would be willing to pay a little extra to go on a private tour. I think the chances of experiencing something in a smaller group would be more likely…
One more thing… We were responsible for holding the video camera that was recording our experience, would’ve been nice if a 2^nd investigator or someone not there to hunt would’ve been there to do that.

«Wow — Awesome Tour»…and that really doesn’t do justice. Two friends and I took the 8:00 pm Ghost Tour with «Spooky» on 13 May 2015. We LOVED the tour and Spooky’s talent and passion is unrivaled.
Spooky possesses a level of passion and depth of local knowledge that is beyond compare. Spooky brings true accounts of local history as well as paranormal phenomenon together woven into a fact based tour that is not only informative, but entertaining!
Spooky fits the part perfectly! Dressing in period 1863 attire carrying a candle lit lantern makes Spooky, well, even more «spooky» — and realistic! The tour along with Spooky’s presentation really kept us engaged.
Great stuff… and the engagement with her audience she maintains throughout the tour was a real bonus — I felt like it was 1863 — in Gettysburg!
Spooky brings history, and ghosts to life!
Just go!

Just finished the battlefield tour and wanted to compliment shorty for her excellent guided tour. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to anyone asking for a recommendation.

Great Customer Service here! We walked in for our Ghost Tour and they told us our tour was with the company up the street. They said to us though our tour is better, if I hadn’t prepaid for the tour we would have stayed. As we were walking out one of the tour guides asked us where we were going? we explained the situation and she walked back into the office. She asked us to go back in because the manager wanted to speak to us. I walked back in and she offered to let us to do the tour for free because our card had already been charged. We were so thankful.
Now I can’t say we say any ghosts or were we spooked, but we had a fabulous informative tour of the street and learned a lot along the way. We did the black cat tour and enjoyed every minute. We started at 9:30 and walked up and down the street with our tour guide who led us by a candle lantern. Tour lasted about an hour and there were many stories to tell. I would highly reccomend this company with all tourists. Very fairly priced at $ 8 a person as well.