7 Raleigh Ghost Tours Worth Booking

1.Rust, Rebels & Ruins: Raleigh Ghost Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 119 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $32Our pick

Join Raleigh Ghosts for a one-hour walk from the North Carolina State Capitol through downtown Raleigh. You’ll hear tales tied to Haywood Hall, the Executive Mansion, Nash Square, Death and Taxes, and the City of Raleigh Museum. Guides such as Chris, Wendy, Cora, and Tyland are known for mixing local history with humor and eerie folklore.

“Mary-Ryan was amazing! She had a great way of explaining all the stories along the route with both seriousness and comedy!”

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2.Rust, Rebels & Ruins: Raleigh Ghost Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 44 reviews · 1 hour · from $24

Walk downtown Raleigh with an English-speaking guide from US Ghost Adventures, stopping at eight haunted sites. Hear about ghostly politicians, underground tunnels, the witch of the Heck-Andrews House, the peg-legged spirit at White-Holman House, and the Executive Mansion’s Christmas tree mystery. The tour costs $24 and runs for one hour.

“Alexa is a very knowledgeable guide that filled you with enough information to want more without an overwhelm”

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3.The Original Raleigh Ghost Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $21Top rated

Join Andrew of Triangle Walking Tours for a one-hour walk from the North Carolina State Capitol. He leads you through Raleigh’s spookiest urban legends and historic stories in English. The tour stays in the city center, ends where it begins, and costs $21 per person.

“Tour guide knows his subject matter, does his research. Some of the walkways were uneven surfaces, brick and cobblestones.”

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4.Raleigh Guided E-bike Tour: Ghosts, Mystery, Creepy History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $109

Spend about three hours riding an easy-to-handle e-bike from the North Carolina Museum of Art to Dorothea Dix Park, NC State, and the Art to Heart Greenway. Guides Marlo and Dave pair Raleigh history with ghost stories, cemetery tales, mysterious campus lore, sculpture facts, skyline views, and seasonal sunflowers. Groups are limited to 10.

“Beautiful day! E-bikes were easy to maneuver. Tour guides, Marlo and Dave, were great! They gave a little history paired with the legendary folklore. We Will definitely be back for another tour.”

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5.Chapel Hill Ghost Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $19Best value

Meet your guide at Rougarou in Chapel Hill at 8:00 pm for a one-hour walk to four sites linked to Chapel Hill ghosts. The guide leads the group on foot and shares the stories behind each stop. Bring comfortable shoes and allow for a fast pace over uneven brick sidewalks.

“Good stories but walk is fast and lengthy between the stops. If you do walk alot don't do it. Also sidewalk is bricked and uneven to walk on. Tough for people with balance issues etc.”

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6.The Original Raleigh Ghost Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 8 reviews · 1 hour · from $19

Join local historian Andrew, also called Andy, for a one-hour evening walk through downtown Raleigh. Starting at the World Wars memorial beside the North Carolina State Capitol, you’ll hear local legends about sewer creatures, a haunted train crash, and deceased restauranteurs still influencing their businesses. The tour is in English and costs $19.

“Excellent. Andy was great; easy walk & great story teller. We shall ret”

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7.Durham Ghost Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $19

Meet Triangle Walking Tours at Fate & Folklore in downtown Durham for a one-hour walk through ghost stories tied to the Carolina Theater, Herald-Sun Building, Jack Tar Motel, tobacco sites, alleys, and more. Guides including Jackson, Andy, and David connect local history with supernatural tales. Bring water and expect to finish where you started.

“I have lived in Durham since 1983 and have just discovered this wonderful set of tours. I am learning alot about the history that happpened in the long ago past and then some that happened while I have been living here. There have been certainly no lack of stories to here. It was especially fun when folks on the tour happened to work in some of the focus spots. It is a 1 hour tour - my friends and I have enjoyed going early to get drinks and appetizers before joining the tour andLook exploring the downtown area.”

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