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Group sizeUp to 20 travelers
Overview
Explore the haunted history of Marblehead on this adults-only walking tour that takes you through the town's oldest streets and burial grounds. Discover chilling tales of a Salem witch trial victim, local pirates, and infamous shipwrecks while wandering past centuries-old homes and weathered headstones. This tour offers a unique perspective of Marblehead, showcasing its layers of history and intrigue. With a focus on the darker side of this coastal town, each story is more captivating than the last, ensuring you'll leave with unforgettable memories.
- 90-minute adults-only walking tour of Marblehead
- Visit historic burial grounds and hear local ghost stories
- Discover tales of pirates, witch trials, and shipwrecks
- Private tours available for a personalized experience
What's included
Guided walking tour with a local storyteller
Optional
What to expect
Old Burial Hill
20m
Walk among Old Burial Hill’s weathered gravestones, overlooking Marblehead Harbor. Discover the skulls, hourglasses and other symbols carved into the stones, and hear stories of lives lost at sea, local legends and Wilmot Redd, a Marblehead woman executed during the Salem witch trials. Your guide brings the people behind the names into focus in one of the town’s most atmospheric settings.
Fort Sewall
20m
Overlooking Marblehead Harbor, Fort Sewall sets the scene for a few unsettling stories including a Marblehead pirate’s pursuit of riches and its deadly consequences, a ghost hunter’s recordings of what sounds like a plea for help, and coastal legends of lanterns used to lure ships toward disaster. Hear tales of sea caves and hidden passages as you look out over waters that hold secrets of their own.
Marblehead
50m
Follow Marblehead’s narrow streets and secret passageways, stopping outside historic homes with unsettling stories behind their doors. Hear a former resident’s account of an unexplained presence, stories of family tragedy, and legends of people believed to predict the fate of sailors at sea. Along the way, discover how fear, suspicion and life on the water shaped this town—and the stories its neighbors still tell.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
Please wait by the stone wall on Washington Street across from the front steps of the Old Town House
End point
Additional information
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
