Haunted Pub Crawl

This ghost aficionado’s dream tour visits the sites of live Witch Trials, Founding Father’s graves, bodies stacked under colonial structures and colonial boneyard haunts in a one hour pre-pub historic site’s visit before entering the most haunted taverns known to Philadelphia.

Meeting Point

Grim Philly Twilight Tours

523 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

We meet "outside" the Market Street doors of the Independence Visitor Center across the street from The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and The President's House.

What's included:

• Light Refreshment
• Graves of Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross
• History Teacher Tour Guide
• Witch-Trial Site, Burial Grounds, and Ghost Stories

Not included:

• Food and drinks

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

National Constitution Center

525 Arch St, Independence Mall, Philadelphia, 19106-1595, Pennsylvania

When earth was broken for construction of the National Constitution Center numerous bodies were discovered and re-interred in mass burials from this site to another within Philadelphia. We flesh these stories out with Native American ritual, burial practices and lore on this location.

10 minutes

Betsy Ross House

239 Arch St, , Philadelphia, 19106-1999, Pennsylvania

We visit the Betsy Ross House and Betsy Ross Grave recounting the chilling tales of haunting of the house and site where she is laid to rest with third husband John Claypol.

10 minutes

Benjamin Franklin's Grave

5th and Arch Streets, , Philadelphia, 19106, Pennsylvania

We visit the grave of the statesman and patriot Benjamin Franklin where he is buried with his wife Deborah and infant son Francis. Here, we discuss less known facets of this complex and intriguing Founding Father of the United States including his connection to body snatching and ghouls, and influence on horror novelists of his day.

10 minutes

Christ Church Burial Ground

340 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

We visit a burial ground known for its internment of 5 Founding Father's of the United States, including Benjamin Franklin. Here we discuss grave robbery, ghosts, and the multifaceted and bizarre histories of medical practices throughout the Revolutionary and Victorian Periods.

10 minutes

Arch Street Meeting House

320 Arch St, Philadelphia, 19106-2114, Pennsylvania

Join us to the historic Quaker Meeting House and burial grounds for tales of witch trials and ghosts in the heart of historic Philadelphia.

10 minutes

Christ Church

20 N American St, On 2nd, Above Market Street, Philadelphia, 19106-4592, Pennsylvania

We visit the old Anglican Church of England to discuss grave robbery, those who were burred alive mistakenly, and ghost lore from before and during the Revolutionary Period in The United States.

10 minutes

The President's House

6th and Market Streets, , Philadelphia, 19106, Pennsylvania

This structure was America's first "White House" where President's George Washington and John Adams both served tenure when Philadelphia was capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. Foreign dignitaries and members of congress and senate frequented The President House for official and unofficial business. Benedict Arnold lived also in the structure as Military Governor in Philadelphia after the British evacuation of the city during the American War for Independence.

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Independence Hall

520 Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, , Philadelphia, 19106, Pennsylvania

The historic structure of Independence Hall was the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. The historic structure is now the centerpiece of the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Independence Hall was the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787 where 55 of America's greatest statesman hammered out The Constitution of These United States.

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Liberty Bell Center

526 Market Street, Between Market and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, 19106, Pennsylvania

Commissioned in 1752 what we refer to now as The Liberty Bell cracked on its initial test ring and was re-casted two years later by local workman John Pass and John Stow with the lettering, "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof."

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