Ghost & Haunted Tours in Salem

272 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

1692 Before and After runs two-hour walking tours from 272 Essex Street (the Botanica of Salem). The History Tour covers the 1692 trials through court documents and firsthand accounts, while the Ghost Tour moves into hauntings and true crime. Licensed local guides build the routes off 30 years of research.

Outside the Halloween Museum, 131 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Bewitched Historical Tours leads walks covering Salem's 400-year history — colonial roots, the seaport era, and the 1692 trials — departing from the Halloween Museum at 131 Essex Street. Licensed professional historians guide the route. Recipient of a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice award; featured in Travel Channel, Boston Globe, and other major outlets.

75 Willson St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Forest Lore Tour is a ~75-minute guided walk through Salem Woods led by a practicing witch, focused on the crossroads of science, history, and folklore. The walk identifies plants and mushrooms across seasons, mixing ancestral knowledge with modern sustainability. Companion workshops cover herbalism, felting, natural pigments, and basketry.

221 Essex St #41, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Salem Ghosts runs nightly ghost tours and adults-only haunted pub crawls in Salem, departing year-round from Essex Street. The company has held a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence multiple years running and was named the #1 Cultural & Historical Tour in the U.S. in 2023 and 2024.

8 Central St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Salem Historical Tours is a family-owned walking-tour company operating since 1997, departing from 8 Central Street rain or shine. They run several tours including the 1692 Witchcraft Walk, Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour, Salem 101 history overview, and specialty walks covering film locations and paranormal sites.

316 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Salem Kids Tours runs walking tours of Salem built for kids ages 6–14, founded by middle school history teacher Alicia Diozzi. The format leans on interactive storytelling and pitches witch-trial and local history at an age-appropriate level — different from standard adult ghost tours.

1 Houdini Way, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Salem Uncovered Tours runs two 90-minute walking tours led by local guides — 'The Salem Witch Trials' covers the 1692 executions, while 'Dark Stories of Salem' moves beyond the trials into murder, mystery, and macabre lore. Both tours run multiple times daily at $30 per person.

125 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Salem Witch Walk runs guided walks through Salem at multiple times daily, mixing local witch history with a participatory ritual and spell honoring the victims of 1692. Operated by Crow Haven Corner on Essex Street.

Outside on the 3 staircases, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Specters & Apparitions is a 1.5-hour ghost hunting experience that hands visitors a Spirit Box, EMF reader, temperature sensors, and laser grids to investigate paranormal activity at Salem's most haunted outdoor sites. Visitors bring fully charged phones to capture evidence — the tour skips cemeteries and buildings and leans into hands-on investigation rather than passive storytelling.

213 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Spellbound Tours is Salem's longest-running paranormal walking tour, founded in 2000 by a certified parapsychologist. Routes cover the 1692 trials, New England vampire folklore, and modern paranormal activity at haunted Salem sites. All guides are trained paranormal investigators and licensed by the City of Salem.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Statue, 20 Hawthorne Blvd, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Vampire Ghost Adventures runs a walking tour from the Hawthorne statue led by a vampire guide, featuring real haunted objects and exclusive access to the Chambers of Terror — a historic building interior other Salem ghost tours don't enter. The route covers paranormal stories collected across two centuries.

Outside on the 3 staircases, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Witch City Walking Tours is a Salem-based tour operator ranked the #1 Cultural & Historical Tour in the U.S. by TripAdvisor in 2024. They run a wide menu of guided walks — witch trials, maritime history, ghost hunting, true crime, and architecture — led by local historians, year-round from Old Town Hall. They also donate $1,000 monthly to local nonprofits.