We did this walking haunted tour/pub crawl on our first night in Charleston, and it was fun and unique. We walked around the city visiting different bars/pubs and learning some haunted history and local lore. Tricia was a lovely host who made sure we got our drinks and answered questions and offered interesting information about the history of Charleston. She was so helpful and just took care of our group and gave us suggestions on places to try on our visit. read more

This was one of the worst tours we've ever taken. Definitely false advertisement as there is nothing remotely " depraved" about this tour. They don't tell you any different ghost stories than they tell you during the day. Our guide was dull and boring, and we ended up leaving before it ended. Total waste of time and money. read more

Bree was amazing!! I highly recommend her. She was very entertaining and keep us engaged.

Thank you! This was fun, we stopped st blind tiger, and the rooftop. It was a good time. Laid back

Not scary. Mostly a history tour. Why didn't it stay and end at the same location? Expensive for what you get plus tip.

Angela was a joy! Great tour, great mixtures of funny, serious, and spooky. Good length. I feel like it was a great mixture of walking and staying in one spot to listen to Angela's stories. read more

I'm a huge fan of ghost tours, so when I planned my recent trip to Charleston, I knew I had to book one. I've done a few tours in the city before and always have a blast, even if some stories repeat. This time I tried the Death and Depravity Ghost Tour. I can't remember our guide's name, but she was great. Super funny and really knowledgeable. The group was great too. We had a lot of fun chatting about the stories. That said, I felt like some of the stories were a little mild for a tour with such a dark name. Maybe I've just done too many of these tours. Still, it was a fun night and I'd recommend it to anyone who loves a good ghost story. read more

Now I'm normally a food reviewer but I just had such a good time on this ghost tour I had to write a review! Our guide was lance and he was very entertaining and great at his job. He was friendly and genuine and hilarious. Everything about this tour was just right! Good amount of walking but not too much. Just the right amount of spooky. A little history but not boring. This is a great activity to do in Charleston it's tons of fun and a good way to see the city! I will say the website says this tour is R rated and I can confirm it is R rated. read more

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Sunday 4/13 9 pm with Laura (?). Fabulous! She was knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor.

Mr. Scott was a very kind and entertaining tour guide! He is the definition of loving what you do and had so much knowledge on the history.

Lance, was very entertaining and knowledgeable. He gives you time for questions and keeps you laughing. Notice*** this is for adults. If you are easily offended or squeamish, choose another tour. ( but it won't be as good) The history alone is worth the tour. The way Lance tells it is just a bonus. Don't forget to tip your guide! read more

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Totally worth the legthy read! DO NOT GO!! (*update: The company wouldn't even bother to email or comment. Wish they stood behind their customer service as much as they do their 'no refund policy'....worst customer service I've ever experienced) It was chaotic from the beginning. He was fumbling on his phone, once he/they got everything together the other guide and group take off (with a lantern, which made it creepier (better) and we instantly wished we had that guide). Our guide just stood and talked at us for about 10 mins. We finally get moving (he has a cell phone & flash light) only to walk 5 mins and then stop and stand in a single file line for 30 mins while we are only hearing about the history rather than ANYTHING creepy...we all start getting antsy and hot and wanting to move. Finally, we start walking again, only to walk for 2 minutes and then he proceeds to tell us to all sit on this half-wall and preach at us about the history of Charleston again (which we took a history tour earlier that day so this was hearing everything for the 2nd time that day). We all felt like we were children on on a field trip the way he kept lining us up. At this point, were already an hour in and have only moved once and heard NOTHING ghostly yet. People start questioning him..."are we going to hear anything creepy?" "When are we gonna walk?" "I thought this was supposed to be and 'edgier/scarier' version of an actual ghost tour" "Can't we at least see a cemetery or something?" He pulled out his phone and was showing us this old school syringe that really had nothing to do with anything...?? We ended calling an Uber to come pick us up and left (we were a group of 7) and the other group of 5 left as well. It was so disappointing that his entire group left. Which, I feel bad for him but it really was that disappointing And I don't want to add insult to injury but our guide (who was dressed kind of like a pirate ) stunk pretty bad. Everytime he would walk down the line in front of us we would have to turn our noses the other way or pull our shirt up over our noses. Also, we saw the other group walking past us (with a lantern) twice as we stood in the same spot. It also helps the "vibes" if the guides speak lower/slower/creepier tone but he was very animated, lots of jokes, high energy so it took away from the atmosphere/vibe Again, my husband and I have been on quite a few of these tours and have never had a bad experience. This was absolutely not a ghost tour as much as it was a history tour....about two buildings and a cobblestone road. It was bad, really bad. Their website also sells it as and 'edgier/scarier' tour which is why we chose that one but I know there were at least 12 or 13 people who left very, very disappointed read more

Spoke to the owner and a representative on the phone 2 days in a row trying to cancel the tour due to COVID. Owner insisted that there was no other option other than for us to not receive a refund or go on the tour. Unfortunately for us and for everyone on the tour. We will be going on the tour tonight despite being covid positive. Terrible business practice, We will never ever book with Ghosy City tours in any city ever again read more

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This was hands down the most disappointing tour I've ever experienced. The tour only lasted 40 minutes and the majority of content was the guide showing fuzzy, filtered images from his phone with disjointed, illogical storylines to follow. For example, at the Chalmer street stop, he claimed it was the most haunted street in Charleston then spent about a minute digging through his phone, claiming to find a scary story. The story told was that a woman once saw three orbs in a picture that were not there in real life. That was the extent of the story and he didn't even have the picture to accompany the story. When discussing the Ravenel daughter and Edgar Allen Poe, he referred to the woman by three different names and could not remember the name of the poem written about her, which luckily someone in the group knew to be Annabel Lee. I'd expect better training prior to allowing someone to run a tour group. This was not worth a single dollar spent on this tour. read more

All bad reviews are made by malevolent spirits and should be viewed as such. I had an absolute blast of a first date under Meredith's guidance. She's smart, witty, and peppers in super quick jokes that blew my mind more and more the later into drinking we got Hey GCT give Meredith a raise! A big one! read more

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Went on the death and deprecation tour. The description does not at all match the tour. You walk throughout the streets of charleston don't go into any museums or houses. Just walked on sidewalk..Tour guide -Dawson was also a little rude, if you like Dry humor this guy is definitely for you but if not don't recommend. Also he left us at a diffent location then where we started and when we asked where we were in reference to a car he just said Charleston. If that provides any sense of his interesting humor. We did see a ghost though attaching picture for reference read more

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We have been on many ghost walking tours and pub crawls, and this was the worst one ever. Between the host, laughing throughout the whole thing insulting a customer and not controlling the crowd you would be better off, walking around the city and making shi! up then spending your money on this tour. Highly DO NOT RECOMMEND! read more

This was hands down the most disappointing tour I've ever experienced. The tour only lasted 40 minutes and the majority of content was the guide showing fuzzy, filtered images from his phone with disjointed, illogical storylines to follow. For example, at Chalmer street, he claimed it was the most haunted street in Charleston. Then spent about a minute digging through his phone, claiming to find a scary story to tell us The story he told was that a woman once saw three orbs in a picture that were not there in real life. That was the extent of the story and he didn't even have the picture to accompany the story. I've requested a refund from the company and was told that they couldn't give one. Do not use them. This is an absolute rip off. read more

Jonesie was an awesome tour guide who was very insightful on my trip to charleston. She had lots of knowledge on the city and was very personable! Halle will dedicate her book to her once she writes it. Definitely recommend this tour company and request Jonesie!!!!!!!! :) read more

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We had a great ghost tour with Lance as our guide. It's kind of luck of the draw when it comes to guides for these types of tours. You never know who you'll get or how they'll be. Lance was funny. Like a tame white Richard Pryor telling ghost stories. When I've done ghost tours in other cities (*cough* Savannah) those tours have been more creepy, however Lance had us cracking us the entire time which I thoroughly enjoyed. Best tour in Charleston. I hope he develops an R rated dolphin booze cruise. Never stop chasing your dreams, Lance. We believe in you. read more

We enjoyed the tour ONLY because of our tour guide LANCE. We learned a few interesting things which also made it enjoyable. I'd say the price was a little high for what we actually did though. I tipped lance a 20 for being a great guy and continuing the tour even though he got sick halfway through it. read more

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Did this with friends on our first night in Charleston. What a treat. Oliver was knowledgeable, funny and respectful of other tours. He gave us so much information we couldn't remember it all the next day. Send an email and he answered all our questions!!! The walk is easy but be prepared it's dark (duh) and some of the roads are old cobblestone so watch your step. Thanks again to Oliver for a fantastic tour. read more

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Book Bulldog Tours instead. We signed up and paid for a tour but Ghost City Tours cancelled the tour without notifying us. We came to Charleston to do a ghost tour and ended up wasting time waiting around for no one to show up. When we called customer service, the person we spoke to was rude, dismissive, and said she forgot to tell us the tour was cancelled because she was busy. She also told us we were the only ones signed up for the tour, so it doesn't sound like it would have been difficult to let us know it was cancelled. Absolutely terrible customer service. read more

Do not spend your money here!!!!. first impression..:when we check in...the guide says if you need to go to the bathroom do it now...since we had 15 minutes before start i decided to go just precautionary. Needless to say the nearest bathroom is down the street. I run back with 5 minutes to spare and the tour left...our guide says sorry you can catch the next group. So we did. And it was awful. Our guide made a ghost tour into a joke tour every step of the way. There was no Spookey stories...no exploring haunted spaces.. no interesting stories! Just awful jokes it was so bad we cut out half way through!! Everything was comedy hour...not what we paid for. Adult only??( I guess if you like jokes about the pineapple fountain and girls getting hair pulled. Really not fun, not interesting and not ghostly. No emphasis on the death and depravity side. Spend your money elsewhere. read more

We did the depravity tour with Lance and he was fantastic. Good ghost stories well told, and he was very funny.

Me and one of my friends went on the ghost pub crawl last night and it was a blast! By far the best tour I have ever been on. We had so much fun and Jamie was amazing. He was very knowledgeable about Charleston and it's deep history. Highly recommended! read more

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DO IT IF YOU CAN! If i could give 10 stars i would! We were lucky enough to have Lance as a guide on the "Death and Depravity" tour; he is HILARIOUS not to mention SO awesome at his job! our tour lasted about two hours but i was so intrigued it went by so fast! I even got some chances to impress our group with Lance's historic questions! The history of Charleston is so rich and the buildings are beautiful but we thoroughly enjoyed the spooky side of it! thank you so much and we will tell everyone we know read more

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Last night, April 24, 2021 we went on our ghost tour. This company is amazing as our scheduled ghost tour was actually two days before. We called the company and they answered the phone right away. We told them that our Lyft driver was running late. The helper on the phone gave us a few options, one was try to come on time and catch up with the tour; two, to reschedule; and three, if we were unable to make this tour within our vacation time span, they would give us a never expiring rain check. Well we thought we were going to make it but our Lyft driver canceled and there was no way we were going to make our previously scheduled tour. Thank goodness this is a rain or shine event, because the only other day was during a rain storm. My husband and I both figured that the rain would add to the ambience of ghosts and the Haunted. Our tour guy was with Lance, accompanied by his brother, and we were lucky enough to be the only two on this tour! We were called and given the option to move to a different group but my husband and I thought a private tour would be extra special and after all we were here also celebrating our 10th anniversary! We felt like we were set up on a personalized planned date with the show the bachelorette/ bachelor (as you might see in the show with extravagant dates that show has). Lance was very friendly, each story he told of the history was told with great enthusiasm. His jokes were funny, and he held himself in a really fun, light, easy going, professional manner! He took us to places known as Dual's alley, we went to the church where there was the dead bride, we heard the most interesting story about the early life and early love of Edgar Allan Poe, and much more! Just walking the streets with explained history was a delight for both of us. I do highly recommend this tour and the I highly recommend the tour guide Lance! read more

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My friend Jenn and I went on this. Our guide Lance was hilarious and our tour group was awesome, going through the majority of the tour in the pouring rain! We were SOAKED but we had a blast! Super informative and funny and the walk was not bad at all! read more

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This tour is an absolute scam-- find another company to book a tour through. The guide didn't tell us any scary stories and every place he took us to you could not hear anything he said. It was like he was talking from a script he didn't really know and there was nothing interesting about it. We actually walked into one of the bars and one of the staff members said, "here comes 10 dumb people!" We stuck it out and made the best of it but it was a waste of our time and money. The company is also terrible and doesn't care about our experience on the tour. Find another company! read more

We did the Death and Depravity tour with Lance and we had the best time. I've done a lot of tours and the guide really makes it or breaks it and Lance was the best guide we've ever had! Highly recommend for the not at all sensitive. read more

We signed up, paid for a tour, and our tour guide was nowhere to be found when we arrived at the location and time we were given. We called their Customer Service multiple times. The people we spoke to told us they couldn't locate our guide and then refused us a refund. We expect the guide just decided to no-show and the company doesn't want to be held accountable. Be warned there is no accountability for the guides or the company as a whole. If your tour guide chooses not to show (or as they suspected, starts the tour 30 mins early without the whole party), you're out of luck and money. Highly recommend choosing one of the many other reputable tour guide companies in the area. read more

Great tour! Angela was a wonderful guide and made the tour fun, spooky, and historical. We would absolutely recommend!

Jessy was great!! Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge with us. Can't wait to come back and do it again.

This company looks okay from the outside looking in but they have terrible customer service when booking. They tout a group discount then do not honor it when you book with a group of 10 plus. They were nasty during booking and now as we didn't go with them for the tour because of the terrible customer service, they won't honor a refund even though we didn't go. Look elsewhere as there are many tours around Charleston to enjoy. Don't book with them. read more

My girlfriends and I had a blast with Lance on our ghost tour! He was super knowledgeable and funny. He even walked us back to our parking garage since we were new to Charleston and weren't sure of our way around. Would definitely recommend this tour! read more

Charleston Haunted Pub Crawl is not recommended. You go to three bars: one is next door to some "haunted" 3rd floor of a building, another bar is 6 blocks away from another "haunted" site (so why did we go to that bar?) and the 3rd-I can't remember, was totally checked out at that point. The tour is mostly just sitting at bars unrelated to the actual "haunted" sites and the guide telling a few ghost stories. You don't go into any buildings or rooms or cemeteries, etc. The tour was pretty lame. read more

Our tour guide, Lance, did an amazing job telling the local ghost stories and touring us around the area of Charleston. He was the perfect amount of funny and a great story teller. We had a great time and would definitely recommend this tour to others. read more

We booked the The Death and Depravity Ghost Tour in Charleston. We had Lance as our tour guide. He was incredibly entertaining and full of such interesting information about Charleston's seedier side. We loved this tour and would highly recommend it! read more

I don't remember the tour guides name. She was nice but not engaging enough for a group of 20 people. I researched stories as she was talking and found many inaccuracies....that was annoying to me, others may not care. This is not a spooky tour, it is a historic Charleston tour at night. There are so many other well done and engaging tours for day or night. Read your reviews!! read more