Pros: * The guide was a decent story teller. * The covered bridge provided feelings of paranormal activity. The history of the covered bridge is very interesting. Cons: * Overly priced, particularly in comparison to similar tours. * The tour was supposed to start at 8:30pm. My group was all present prior to 8:30pm. We finally left the parking lot for our first destination at 8:47pm. * Only three locations are offered, all of which are available to the public already. * One of the locations that the tour guide boasted about being exclusive to their company was literally a public dog park. * The lack of passion and engagement displayed by the guide and co-guide was disappointing. * Despite starting nearly twenty minutes late, we also ended twenty minutes early. Not a single participant stayed until 11:30. I believe this was because our tour ended at the dog park. Although they indicate there are 52(ish) acres to investigate, all that is truly accessible is the path that goes around the dog park. The guide doesn't even guide you. They simply set up their "base camp" at one of the picnic shelters. During the entire walk around the park path, you could even hear the guide and co-guide conversing. * When listening to the spirit box with headphones, the guide claimed they're noise canceling. I listened to the spirit box with them and could hear people up to three feet away. Ironically when the co-guide was receiving answers from the spirit box after the main guide would ask questions, the two were sitting about three feet apart most of the time. Also, once I mentioned to the main guide that I could hear conversations through the headphones and that they didn't appear to be noise canceling, only the co-guide was permitted to use them from that point on. That made me very suspicious and I am NOT skeptical about the paranormal at all. All in all, I would not recommend this tour or company based on the price they charge and the overall lackluster experience. In addition the tour is advertised as "advanced," yet there is nothing truly advanced about walking along a park path with a plastic K2 meter. read more

If I could give this zero stars I would. I have been on numerous paranormal investigations and this by far was the worst. I was so excited to do this. My daughter and I drove from MD to Gettysburg and was highly disappointed. We were on the 8:30-11:30 tour and was supposed to arrive to the meeting spot 10 minutes early. The GPS was not very helpful and we arrived 8:25. There was no one in the parking lot. We saw a few cars and thought maybe we should follow. I called the number on my confirmation to see if I was going the right way. The person was very helpful and we met up with the group. No one greeted us and we weren't even sure we were in the right spot. We ended up asking a couple of youtubers that were more helpful than the actual group. The tour guide not once acknowledged us. She only talked to a couple of people in the group. It was a very small group and there was no reason for her not to interact with us. My daughter tried asking her a question and she ignored her. When it was time to go to the next location she didn't say anything. Next location it was the same way. My daughter asked others questions and was completely ignored. No one checked to see if we were supposed to be there so essentially I could've just shown up without even paying. I wasted my money on this very unorganized tour. They really should do better. I've seen some really good reviews and either they are all fake or they are from the people who this tour guide actually talked to. If this was free than I could see this being as unorganized as it was. Other paranormal tours I've been on were larger groups and much more organized and interesting than this. Maybe it was this tour guides off night but being a paid tour I expect way better than what we got. Highly DO NOT recommend doing anything with After Dark Investigations. read more

I am an avid paranormal fan, and wanted a hands on experience for ghost hunting. I was worried we would be presented with "parlor tricks." However, this experience went beyond my expectations. We did the 8:30-11:30 tour, and was grouped with about 10 other people. The locations are large, and there was enough space for individual investigation at each location. I actually found the most incredible evidence when we investigated as a group by asking questions together using a spirit box. Clinton, our guide, was genial & knowledgable. The locations to drive to were not too far, and driving in the dark was a lot of fun! We were given a run down of all the devices we could use, and I had no issues wanting to use whatever equipment I wanted at the locations despite there being many people. I would definitely book again with this company. Well worth the money for three hours, and able to go to locations with so much history we wouldn't have otherwise known about. read more

Highly recommend! My husband and I had Clintin and he was amazing! Besides the vast knowledge of everything, he was so entertaining! My husband who is skeptical of everything, was really glad he did it for the history that he was able to tell us. We've been on so many ghost tours in Gettysburg, this was not only the most educational but the most memorable and paranormal experience I have had. Clintin really is amazing at what he does to make the experience one we won't forget! read more

Went last night. Cheyenne was knowledgeable and fun. We didn't really see anything but a couple of responses about a particular little girl and a name that kept coming up, and it happened I was having a issue with a client with the same name. while I was there. So that was funny. This was the second time we have used this company, and I would recommend them. read more

Our guide Cheyenne was fantastic, spiritually connected and made our experience a memorable one. I will be back to do more investigating!

Since the business owner felt the need to argue with me on what I paid for, here is the proof. I have attached the email that specifically states "private tour". I had forgotten about this disappointing waste of my money, but after my memory being jogged by this needless reply, here is an update. I will not be returning for another tour. My reviews are honest and I feel no need to lie. Thank you. read more

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Don't waste your money. This was an absolute rip off. After we arrived to the wooded area outside Cemetary Hill, the guide turned on the Necrophonic app with a blue tooth speaker. She then reacted to all the canned voices and sounds like they were real spirits. Maybe this would work on less savvy folks? But hello it's 2022 and you would need to be born under a rock to not realize what was happening. Here is a excerpt from the developer's site if anyone is curious: Sounds and effects One of the main features of the Necrophonic app for Android is the variety of built-in sounds and effects. The unique atmosphere is achieved thanks to the successful combination and joint overlay of audio effects -- reverb, multi-level echo and white noise. The sample database contains various variations of the equivalents of linguistic phonemes in foreign languages, which are randomly cut off and in some cases inverted in playback. We left early, frustrated that we wasted so much money on a fake experience. I mean at least try to be good at it. Avoid at all costs. You're better off with a walking Ghost tour and simple stories. read more

Terrible... why pay so much for public places I can go to without the hookie stuff. The history did not match at all... and the equipment is rigged on the smaller items. And suddenly being "contacted by the dead" of a relative of a tour goer, is shady. Anyone with sense knows the kind of open ended questions the lady asked to get the info... Cake topper? We went into a field and a ranger stopped us and threatened to charge us. Apparently the tour guide didn't know she had to produce a "guide license" so I don't think this company is even allowed to run tours... read more

Every year, we come back to Gettysburg and book a tour with After Dark. I can't say enough about this group. knowledgeable, friendly guides are awesome and have a wealth of information. We will continue to come back every year. Tonight, we had Clinton as our guide and he was fantastic. My aunt and I had brought two friends along who had never been here and they had a blast. A++ experience. read more

Highly Recommend! Great tour, Clinton was our guide. He was awesome! Very knowledgeable and eager to answer any questions you may have. I definitely plan on booking another tour! Definitely check them out, you won't be disappointed!! read more

Cheyenne was delightful and energetic. She took her time to explain all the equipment, and was informative on all the locations. We had an awesome time as a group, and caught some great audio and visual experiences! read more

Awesome for a newbie. My 11 year old daughter and I decided to do the 8:50-11:50 tour. First, it is amazing when you get grouped with a great group! We had one couple that I would hang out with any time! Second, our guide was awesome. Not too pushy. He scared the lights out of us! His voice is way too calming to be a ghost hunter . So calming that it was creepy (in a good way). We met in a random parking lot and had an equipment introduction. Next we traveled in our own car to each location. I am now excited for my next ghost hunt. We def had activity at all the locations, but the most exciting was the covered bridge. Bring a cigarette! We used their equipment as well as an app we downloaded. CREEPY AND FUN! Well worth the money! read more

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Cheyenne was our tour guide and she was awesome, she was very informative and told us many great stories. This is a great place to go when wanting to do something fun and a little spooky! read more

Very disappointing. Would not do this again. Didn't feel anything was authentic and some equipment seemed pre-recorded. Although we were told to wear comfortable walking shoes, wasn't told we would be walking for miles ad standing for almost three hours. I get more spirit adventures in my own home. read more

I have to be honest and I hate to even say it, but I really wasn't feeling it at all with this tour group. I've done so many of these all over the world so I know a good ghost hunt when I experience one. This is an investigation and it is important to note it is different from a tour. But I was still hoping for more information about our locations and a little more interaction. Our tour guide did spend quite a bit of time going over all their equipment and how to use it. And they do have a lot of good stuff. But afterwards that was it. We were taken to locations whose historical significance was never really explained to us and we wandered around aimlessly while our guide shivered and complained about local kids making too much noise. It actually got uncomfortable a few times when this wacky ass guide started screaming at the local kids. During a guided investigation like this I expected the "leader" to offer stories, prompts, and even lead the ghost hunt. None of that happened here. We went to three locations in the middle of the night and the locations were all pretty creepy. It would have added to our experience if we heard some stories or got basically any interaction from our guide. While going to some little known creepy places in the middle of the night was kinda cool, it wasn't cool enough to ever book this tour again or recommend it to anyone else. read more

In the summer of 2017 I visited Gettysburg, PA for a few days with my boyfriend, my son and his fiancé. I hadn't been there in over 15 years and was looking forward to all the historical sites. My son booked several interesting things to do, the bus tour through Gettysburg, visiting the battlefields on horseback and one tour in particular was a late night ghost tour with After Dark Investigations. I was a bit scared to go out so late at night to places that might be haunted but I was a good sport and we all went. We met with a lovely woman who owns ADI by the name of Susan Snyder Barton. I believe we were out with her for 2-3 hours on a private tour visiting all the haunts of Gettysburg...my favorite being Sachs Bridge. There were some "happenings' going on at the bridge and it was as exciting as it was frightening in such a good way. I have always believed that ghosts have always been around us but this just solidified it for me. Susan next took us to a spot where spirits gather and we talked in length about my deceased parents and brother. I wanted to reach out to them, 'talk' to them and just know that they were okay. Susan used the rods to connect and talk with my deceased loved ones. Susan had no idea about anything concerning my deceased family members. I asked questions, some out loud, some in my head, and the answers that they gave me were spot on. Only they would have known what was asked of them. When I received 'hugs' from the rods from my parents, I just cried...cried tears of happiness. All that were there and witnessed these amazing happenings were shocked with joy. Susan was just amazing. I can't wait to come back and do this tour with her and her company again. If you are looking for an exciting ghostly tour while visiting Gettysburg I highly recommend After Dark Investigations. Trust me you will not be disappointed. For me and my family it was the highlight of my short but fun vacation. read more

You will be spooked! Our guide gave us a bunch of good info on the equipment available Not all sites are civil war related but the stories were interesting. I believe our guide's name was Cheyanne based on our previous reviews, I didn't catch it as I got pretty spooked early on. She was very informative and was very clear about her understanding of each site delineating what is confirmed and what hasn't been confirmed on the stories of each site. We had a few observations that just couldn't be explained. At a bridge our thermometer read close to freezing temperatures it was a warm and humid night. There were a few other moments that are hard to explain what happened but I recommend you be the judge if you are considering this tour! It was well worth it. This is an exciting way to break things up if you are coming to Gettysburg to observe history. Know also that if you are in comfortable at any time our guide made sure we knew that we can always check in with her. It rained very briefly on our first site and some folks left given how warm it was, we didn't mind; rain in a half-moonlit forest where paranormal activity has been observed introduced us to a very creepy start. read more

Carey our guide was fantastic!! Very friendly and knowledgeable. Got some good pictures and we (myself husband and 2 kids) had a great time! So glad we did this on our trip to Gettysburg. read more

My wife signed us up for a 50th bday gift. Was great! We signed for a group tour but because of it being the off-season pretty much ended up on a private tour. Very personable, knowledgeable staff. Had a great time. Wanna' go back in the summer. read more

Saying someone made a comment about your daughters breasts is slanderous and can get you sued. You might want to quit with the false statements and learn to take responsibility for your employees actions family or not. This is her private message to me it just shows the type of person she is. Your an angry guy and really need help. You said your opinion, would you like a noose next? I will not read another thing you have to say because I know we do a great job and care about people and our customers. If we had one bad night, well we are human. You really need to do something else with your time besides hate. Not once was I hateful or angry until she attacked me as a person. I will contact the better business bureau about her comments and accusations towards me and others on the tour. She's a classless person who doesn't deserve to run a business. It's always an excuse or someone else's fault for the issues. Grow up lady and take criticism. It's how you grow as a person and as a company. read more

BOO!! Not happy. I was told after I purchased my tour tickets that I should have checked out other walking tours in the area before I consider doing this one. I was told that it's a very on organized, and a lot of the information was fabricated. But I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and go in on the tour optimistically and with good vibes... The organizer, I think she was the owner was actually 15 minutes late for meeting her tour. There is no way to contact her, and a bunch of us were just sitting in a restaurant parking lot looking at each other thinking that we could have possibly been scammed or ripped off. Finally, almost 20 minutes late the owner/tour guide finally shows up! I think everybody who have purchased a ticket was pretty irritated by then but again tried to get the benefit of the doubt. There wasn't much I could to you after I purchase the tickets. Understanding that she's human being and stuff happens and things don't always go perfectly. We all followed her to our first location. We had to duck under some gates blocking us from getting in A specific area. Which made me feel uncomfortable like We could've been trespassing. We went into wooded area behind a school that she claimed Was part of the battlefield. There is some spare activity through the ghost box. But let me tell you it wasn't anything good, it wasn't any soldier, it was something evil and dark. It cursed and I felt very uncomfortable along with everyone else. This woman conjured up something really nasty and scary. I felt like I was putting my spirit in danger of a demonic attack or something crazy. We all met up at McDonald's to go to the next location. The woman left without telling us anything. She was back in 10 minutes but we didn't know where the heck she went and if she was coming back. Lol she came back and explained to us that she had to meet another investigator?? Then we left to go to our other location... We did a head count and she realized she left 2 of her customers behind at a parking lot. She took off without them while they were using the restroom. Seriously!! Her phone rang nonstop, and she took calls throughout the whole investigation it was very irritating . After that we went to the covered bridge. The covered bridge itself was pretty neat. But The tree I found out later was all fabricated by her we wasted like 10 minutes looking at a tree. Check around there are better haunted ghost tours that do late-night investigations at the bridge and you actually get your own equipment to use. read more

If you are looking for an after dark activity in the Gettysburg area, you have to contact After Dark Investigations. I traveled to Gettysburg on vacation from CA, where I am also a part of an paranormal team, so I am familiar with procedure and equipment. I have to say, I've never been on such an amazing investigation! Laura and Ashley are the two that took us out to The Grove and Sachs Bridge. They were very professional but super fun! I felt immediately comfortable with them and really enjoyed the night. We caught some amazing evidence and I can't wait to go back! read more

I've been out on a couple of tours. I have seen things that I couldn't explain. The first time I used the dousing rods I didn't have any activity. Other people in the group did. The next tour I went out on they did work for me. I've felt chills down my spine and my hands tingled and the rods moved in responded to questions that the guide asked. Another time, two young women in the group were able to get in contact with the spirit of their grandmother that was with them. It was a very touching moment. I highly recommend this if you are looking for an authentic ghost hunting experience! read more

Ashley, our investigator, was terrific! She was willing to brave the rain and the possibility of getting her equipment wet instead of cancelling our appointment. Luckily nothing was damaged and it only rained for 30 minutes out of our 3 hour investigation. First stop was The Grove.... definitely a creepy feeling and solid communication from a spirit that we did not want to mess with. My husband was able to communicate with his dad with the dowsing rods. Oddly enough, the rods did not work for anyone else. Next stop was the Sachs Bridge. We started in the woods next to the Marsh River which was another creepy location. We had some communication from the spirit box, mostly telling us to leave. We did clearly hear it say the name of the kid who was in our group, Caden. Not a very common name. We finished our investigation on the Sachs Bridge. That was relatively quiet except for several direct responses from the K2 meter from a spirit called Tennessee. Overall it was a great night. Ashley was very thorough explaining the equipment and answering our questions. We would definitely book another investigation with After Dark. read more

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Did this tour with some girls from work and it was a great time. Saw and heard some interesting things. I would recommend taking a flashlight. They staff was professional and on time. We will talk about this for years I'm sure. read more

I had an amazing experience with After Dark Investigations! I've been to Gettysburg many times, and always wanted to investigate but because most of the areas are battlefields and are closed at nightfall, it's hard to know where you can and cannot go. With After Dark Investigations they take you to several different locations with a lot of equipment (digital recorders, FLIR camera, EMF detectors, etc) and perform investigations. You even get to use some of the equipment and ask questions! If you're a fan of Ghost Hunters or Ghost Adventures on SyFy or Travel channel, you'll love investigating with AD. read more

My boyfriend and I took his daughter to Gettysburg for her birthday with a couple of friends of ours tagging along this past weekend. We got there Friday and were staying til Sunday afternoon. I had already purchased the tickets and established a time and date for our tour TWO weeks in advance. I was contacted the week prior stating they would not be able to do the 10 pm investigation due to one of the investigators breaking their ankle and the other had a death in the family. So there were only two investigators who could do the tour. Due to that they bumped up our time to 9pm. Which was fine. I received a voicemail stating this and an email. I got a call After dark investigations the day before our tour confirming everything. So the night of the tour we arrived at KFC around 8:40pm in which we were instructed to do. Nobody showed up, and nobody was their waiting. We tried calling 3 times before we even got a hold of someone. Finally a lady named "Jessica" answered the phone. We explained the situation and asked why no one was there. By this time it was 9:05 pm. She told us that she would figure out what was going on and would call us back. we waited 10 minutes and no call back. So we called her back only to be told she doesn't know why the person is running late and that she is not answering her phone. Then tried to tell us our investigation was at 9:30pm. UM NO. I have proof stating that 9 pm was our time. So we asked for a refund, once again was told they would call us back. We were called back only to be hassled about changing our time, that the next one was at 10pm. THE WHOLE REASON IT WAS BUMPED UP TO 9PM IS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DO 10PM. SO DID THEY STRAIGHT UP LIE???? Anyways, We had to ask several times for a refund and finally was told they would give it to us. 201.46 was the amount. We told them that we would come by and get a receipt the next day and to my surprise.....THEY DONT EVEN HAVE AN OFFICE! They work out of their homes. Very fishy to me. The next day I received a call from "susan" who STILL was trying to sell me on the tour and taking a time that day or the next. We had to basically demand our refund. Also once again we asked to come get a receipt and was ONCE AGAIN told they don't have an office. We were highly upset about this considering we enjoy Gettysburg and doing the investigations. So it was aggravating to have someone be so disorganized and pushy. Also, I heard that these people are not licensed in what they do so I would be careful. We will NEVER try and book through these people again!!!! My advice. GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER! There are better places to do these investigations with people who actually care about what they do and about you. I recommend going somewhere else. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME! read more

Fraud!!!!!! When booking the time, I was asked to provide a credit card number "to hold the reservations". Prior to the tour the "investgator" asked us to pay the $30.00 per person. Once I returned home and was able to check my bank account, I found that 2 days prior to the tour I was charged for the tour. (I was charged the full amount and not the online amount.) I have now been charged twice for this service. I have contacted the business and still have not received a refund. They seem to take financial advantage of vacationers. read more

We went on an investigation this past weekend. It was lots of fun and we got to test all of the equipment ourselves. It was very hands on! Lots of great info and history from our host Susan. read more

I just felt compelled to write a review. Me and my fiancé went to Gettysburg right before Halloween so we found it fitting to do a ghost tour through one of the most haunted sites in the country. This seemed like one of the best, according to the review. It sounded fun 12am-3am, walking around looking for ghosts. Turns out it was one of the biggest scams I've ever fell for. My fiancé was super excited, we went back to our hotel room and fell asleep for a few hours so we're weren't so tired during the tour. The tour started ok, we went into the woods and stood there for about an hour in the freezing cold while our investigator tried convincing everyone that the broken transistor radio she had was actually picking up ghostly sounds, instead of just random radio waves. That's were it got weird. Mostly all of the people in the group looked around confused. A few played along with it. I was kind of over it at this point. But unfortunately we still had two other locations to go to. Next we went to a covered bridge, which was cool. However, this is were the tour really started to suck. The investigator continued to use her "ghost box" to summon the spirits. Total crap. But anyway, by this point people actually started to wander off so they could sneak into their cars and drive away. What was probably the coldest night of the fall didn't end there. We were freezing, and our investigator lost all her desire to actually investigate. Instead the tour got handed over to 3 middle aged women who proceeded to taunt the ghosts in hopes of a response. To which there was none by the way. By this point me and my girlfriend had enough, got in our cars and laughed all the way home. It cost us 100$, wasn't worth it at all, but we got a good laugh out of it. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Walk around the park yourself at night if you want a good scare read more

I feel the need to include my input in regards to the investigation we participated in on 7/19. My boyfriend had originally written an honest review simply stating issues we encountered on our investigation. The owner's rebuttal has been a continual tirade of lies. A simple apology would have sufficed but, apparently admitting when you are wrong seems to be an issue with her. We started our investigation with 8 people. Shortly after arriving at out first site, there was a couple who left the group and decided to not continue on to the second investigation site. That needed to be said because the owner continues to state it did not happen. Whatever the reasoning is, it is fact that we went from 8 to 6 people. From the very beginning, the owners daughter did indeed speak very condescendingly to the other investigator, Dominic. Not only was it unprofessional, it was also extremely awkward for those us is in the group. I felt as if there was no structure whatsoever to the investigation. We tried in vain to make the first part of the investigation fun but, the entire experience was uncomfortable. At one point Dominic was trying to do evp's on the bridge and Jess was less than five feet away using a ghost box. Call me silly but how are you going to gather and evp with an extremely noisy ghost box in the backround? Thats ghost hunting 101 and you do not have to be an expert to know that this breaks all protocol. The first part did indeed end with the owners daughter crying and leaving with the owner. It was unprofessional and again, awkward. The owner rebutted stating that someone in the group made a comment about her breasts?!? That is false and slanderous! I was with her daughter the ENTIRE time and this did not happen! As a woman, I would have never tolerated that, at all. The second part of the trip continued with Dominic. I have to say, we enjoyed this portion of our investigation very much. He spent a lot of time with the group and even stayed later then the allotted time. We did however miss the ghost box which Jess took with her when she left. There were NO duplicates irregardless of the rebuttal from the owner which is sure to come. After talking to out fellow investigators that night, minus the two that left, we all felt the same way about the situation. To the owner, you can continue to lie about what happened that night but, the fact remains. You were not there. A simple apology was all that was asked, no refunds were requested. This should be a lesson learned on how to run a business and any criticism is not meant as an attack on you or your daughter. I must state that you should never paint your patrons, including my boyfriend, as hate mongering or intolerant people because they critique your tour. Shame on you for not doing the right thing and simply apologizing. read more