Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

If you have absolutely nothing better to do on a Saturday evening … Then ok, go. Otherwise corny, corny, corny.

I really enjoyed this ghost tour! I had never been on one, but I knew the concept. There were certainly some interesting stories and tidbits of history on the tour. I am frightened when in graveyards, so it was a little frightening to me to simply be in one towards the end of the tour, but that comes with the territory of a ghost tour I suppose.
Michael was our guide, and I think he did a great job!

I’m totally in love with all of the history that Raleigh oozes and since I know nothing about it personally, I decided to look up local tours and historical sites. When I stumbled upon Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour it seemed like the perfect combination of education and fluff entertainment.
Here’s what you should know about it;
*The tour starts at 7:30 p.m. and ends at approx 9 p. m
*This is a walking tour that begins in front of the Wake Cty Courthouse in Downtown Raleigh on Fayetville. You then walk in a funky arc that’s about 1.5 miles and the tour concludes in Moore Square.
*There’s convenient parking right across the road from Moore Square (I hear it’s free at this time).
*Tickets are $ 15 for adults and $ 9.99 for kids (recommended age for the tour is 8 – 13)
*There are 5 stops: (what used to be) The Yarborough Hotel, the Capitol Bldg, an old house, City Cemetery and Moore Square.
Overall walking through downtown Raleigh on a beautiful night, learning new things and being entertained all for $ 15 was pretty awesome. There were about 12 people in my group and our tour guide Brad (?) was very dedicated to the cause of showing us a good time. My one piece of constructive criticism though, would be the storytelling. I LOVE a good ghost story! I really can’t emphasize that enough. I’m pretty much on the fence when it comes to believing they actually exist but I will always be open to hearing a good spooky tale. That’s pretty much what I was looking for on this tour but the stories didn’t quite deliver. Brad’s story telling technique wasn’t very good when it came to endings. The ending to a scary story is really critical and needs to be delivered with some pinache, but his endings fell sort of flat and I was never sure if he was done telling his story or just taking a break. There was no real punchline that gave me the heebie jeebies. This was a tad disappointing because there seems to be a lot of spooky potential there.
At the end of the night I left the tour knowing a little bit more about this city and for $ 15 that’s a fair shake.