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Derby Square Tours
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The Terror Trail
978-745-6314 Adults: $12 Children 7-17 $5 Tales of local haunted houses, spectral assaults,
and grisly murders "highlight" this one hour and 20 minute candlelight walk. Tours are limited in size and are by advance reservation
only. Candles are provided. Adults $12 Children 7-17 $5. For information or to reserve spaces contact Derby Square Tours atjim@nii.net
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The Witch Trial Trail (Since 1983)
Old Town Hall on Front Street Visit the sites and hear the story of the
1692 Salem witch trials. This one-hour candlelight walking tour, led by historian-author Jim McAllister, Reservations are neither
required nor accepted for the Witch Trial Trail; we take everyone. Candles are provided. Tour departs at 7pm - Adults are $12, children
7-17 $3. 978-745-6314.
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Cemetery 101: Grave Matters
Daily 1:00 pm throughout October Adults $10, Seniors (60+) $8, Children (6 - 14) $6 8 Central Street office, 978-745-0666 One hour narrated stroll visits Salem's oldest cemetery and discusses it's infamous occupants,
storied stone carvers and symbolic artwork.
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Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour
8 pm Nightly in October (7pm & 8pm tours available October 6-31) Adults $14, Seniors (60+) $10, Children (6 - 14) $8 8 Central Street, 978-745-0666 Join Salem's "spirited" tour leader on a nightly 90
minute supernatural stroll as we explore Salem's haunted history! Costumed guides recount by lanternlight true accounts of documented
hauntings, Victorian murder, chilling cemeteries and the infamous 1692 Witch Trials. Prominently featured in international media,
we invite you to discover the region's most captivating evening attractions as you unearth the truly macabre underside of New England's
most notorious city.
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Salem Witchcraft Walk
Daily 3:00 pm throughout October Adults $10, Seniors (60+) $8, Children (6 - 14) $6 8 Central Street office, 978-745-0666 Visit
locales linked to the 1692 Witch Trials and explore the related tales, trials and tribulations during this fun and informative one
hour tour through Salem's storied historic district.
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Cemetery Tour
288 Derby Street, 978-740-2929 We are fortunate to have on our premises the Charter Street Burying
Point or Old Salem Burying Point, America’s second oldest cemetery. The tour of this cemetery runs 30mins in length and discusses
some of the cemeteries more colorful inhabitants like Colonel John Hathorne, the notorious Hanging Judge of the Witch Trials, and
Captain Richard More whose grave is the only known resting place of a Mayflower passenger. The tour will also discuss the Puritan
funerary art unique to our cemetery as well as the Tercentennial Memorial to the Witch Trials victims located adjacent to the cemetery.
This attraction is available online on a Halloween Pass only.
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Salem Witch Village
288 Derby Street 978-740-2929 The Salem Witch Village is a 15 min
guided tour concerning the myth versus the reality of witchcraft in both the ancient and modern world. Your tour guide, who is also
a practicing witch, will take you through our indoor maze and demonstrate scenes that mark important landmarks in Witchcraft history.
The tour discusses the origin of stereotypes such as devil worship, flying on brooms and black cats, different persecution periods
such as the Salem Witch Trials and the Burning Times of Europe as well clarifies what it really means to be a witch today. Tours
on the following dates in October:
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The Candlelit Ghostly Tour
288 Derby Street 978-740-2929 This half-hour walk through the streets of Historic Salem
takes you to many of our most haunted houses and locations. This tour discusses the history of the building as well as the different
accounts of spirit activity. The tour guide will advise you on the best methods of ghost photography as well as the different types
of spectral evidence that appears on people's home photography. Some highlights of our tour are the Joshua Ward House, the Howard
St. Cemetery and Old Salem Prison and the Lyceum.
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Vampire & Ghost Hunt Tour
Tour meets at the Visitors Center Nightly @ 8:00 pm 2 New Liberty Street, 978-745-0138 Join
supernatural expert Mollie Stewart or her paranormal investigators for a nightly journey around Salem's dark edges in search of the
ghosts of Salem! Visit some of Salem’s most notoriously haunted places and meet the ghosts that dwell within.
Offered daily every night in October at 8PM (rain or shine). Additional Weekend Tours Schedule:
Friday, October 3rd 6PM, 8PM
Saturday October 4th 6PM, 8PM Sunday October 5th 6PM, 8PM Friday, October 10th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Saturday, October 11th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Sunday, October 12th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Friday, October 17th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Saturday, October 18th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Sunday, October 19th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Friday, October 24th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Saturday, October 25th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Sunday, October 26th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Monday, October 27th 6PM, 8PM Tuesday, October 28th 6PM, 8PM Wednesday, October 29th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Thursday, October 29th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Friday, October 30th 6PM, 8PM, 10PM Saturday, October 31st 6PM, 8PM, 10PM |
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Witchcraft & Cemetery Tour
Daily in October @ 3:00 pm Meets in front of Visitors Center, 978-745-0138 You’ll
hear the poignant stories of many of these victims at the Witch Trials Memorial that was dedicated to them in August of 1992, as we
walk past each memorial. You’ll hear their last, heroic statements before meeting their dark fates on Gallows Hill…and how the crowd
was so moved by the final prayer of one victim, that they almost stopped his execution! We’ll also visit the Old Burying Point Cemetery,
one of the oldest cemeteries in Massachusetts, the site of the true "Witch Dungeon", and where Giles Corey was pressed to death. We’ll
look at gravestone artwork and the symbolism of gravestone engravings. You’ll discover the eloquent epitaphs for the dead. You will
also learn the offensive “burial” practices for those hung as witches. Was the witchcraft hysteria a conspiracy born of greed, envy,
jealousy and petty squabbles among neighbors? Or was it really the “Devil come to Salem”? Come on this tour and find out the truth!!!
Adults $13, Students/Seniors $10.
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