Atlanta has a super rich history, and we love to celebrate, learn from, respect and acknowledge that history all year round. But when the air starts getting a little chilly and the cobwebs come out, we love to tell our history a little differently: through haunting ghost stories! Atlanta, as many old cities is very haunted with stories and people of the past… and there are plenty of amazing ghost tours to check out to learn all about our haunted history! Keep scrolling for all the details on some of the city’s best ghost tours!
1. Atlanta Ghost Tour
Hosted by US Ghost Adventures, Atlanta Ghost Tour is the #1 ghost tour in the city! During this hour-long tour, you’ll walk through Midtown and reveal horrifying truths and twisted tales that hide behind the Hollywood of the South on the most haunted Atlanta ghost tour. This tour can get a bit scary, of course, so make sure you’re up for the spooks before you book!
For more information, check out their website!
2. Aurora Theatre Ghost Tours
These three Lawrenceville ghost tours, hosted by the Aurora Theatre, will definitely spook and delight you! With three different levels of scary, there’s something for everyone!
The three tours include the Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tour, which will give you a great, family-friendly ghost tour of the city, the Boos and Brews Pub Crawl, which will give a spookier and more bawdy performance, with frequent stops for drinks (21+), and the Haunted Cemetery Tour, which tells a hair-raising story of all of the ghosts that inhabit the oldest and most haunted cemetery in the Southeast!
For more information, check out the Aurora Theatre’s Ghost Tours site here!
3. The Fox Theatre Ghost Tour
The Fox Theatre, a beautiful staple of Atlanta, is also one of the most haunted spots in the city. This Halloween season, take a tour of this haunted and hauntingly beautiful space, and learn all about the stories of the past!
Explore the haunted history with the Haunted History Tour, which will give you an hour long tour with all the frights and delights, or the Ghost Tour, which includes extra stops and is just a litttttle more chilling!
For more information, check out the Fox’s website!4. The Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tour
An Atlanta classic during the spooky holiday is the Oakland Cemetery. From history tours to an adorable pumpkin patch, it really has everything for the season!
This includes, of course, a spooky ghost tour of the cemetery! This specific tour is designed to enlighten and not frighten, though. The Spirit of Oakland Tour has musical performances, as the costumed guide walks you through the cemetery’s beautifully lit Victorian Gardens.
For more details, check out Oakland Cemetery’s website!
5. Little Five Points Ghost Tour
Little Five Points goes HARD for Halloween (their parade and festival is simply iconic), and their amazing ghost tours are no different!
Join their clairvoyant tour guides on a trek around L5P’s most eerie and creepy landmarks, where you might see lost souls or their apparitions.
And for even more fun, book the BOOOOzy Ghost Tour, and have some spirits while you… see some spirits!
For more information, check out their website!