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Old Town Hall
Salem's oldest surviving town building went up in 1816 and 1817 where merchant Elias Derby's mansion stood, and legend has it Derby's ghost haunts it, still unhappy that his house was torn down.
Ghost tour in Salem
Spirits, Sinners & Scandals Tour
Run by Witch City Walking Tours
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About This Tour
The listing says the tour covers deception, greed, torture, murder, and curses, including Houdini’s handcuffs and seances and a sheriff nicknamed “The Strangler.” It passes old cemeteries, haunted homes, and two hotels. It warns of descriptive murder, sexual assault, and torture, and it is for guests 18 and over. It is the pick for adults who want the grimmer, crime-flavored side of Salem’s ghost stories.
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75 minFrom $36★ 4.7 · 44 reviews
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Places
Places This Tour Covers
Cemetery
Howard Street Cemetery
Ghost tours say Giles Corey, who was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and refused to stand trial, was pressed to death on this ground and cursed the sheriff and Salem as he died, though the cemetery opened in 1801 and the Salem Witch Museum puts his death in an open field near the jail.
Cemetery
Old Burying Point (Charter Street Cemetery)
Salem's oldest burying ground, laid out in 1637, holds witch-trial judge John Hathorne, and the woman in white said to walk among its stones is Mary Corey, first wife of Giles Corey, as the Boston Globe told it in 2018.
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