Philadelphia Haunted Tour: Liberty Ghost Walk

There are over 340 years of triumph and tragedy that refuse to stay buried beneath Philadelphia’s cobblestone streets.

On this chilling walking tour, you’ll explore the haunted corners of Old City and Society Hill. It’s a place where America’s founding fathers still linger, revolutionary soldiers still march, and centuries of restless spirits make their presence known through cold spots, phantom footsteps, and unexplained phenomena.

This tour starts at Benjamin Franklin’s grave outside Christ Church Burial Ground, where visitors often report seeing a tall figure in 18th-century clothes pacing the fence line. You’ll weave through the historic streets of Old City, passing the Betsy Ross House where staff report ice-cold air in warm rooms and footsteps pacing empty floors. You’ll explore Elfreth’s Alley, America’s oldest continuously inhabited residential street, where British soldiers are still said to patrol and children’s laughter echoes across empty cobblestones.

Along the way, you’ll discover how yellow fever epidemics claimed thousands of lives, and hear about the murders and misfortunes that left their supernatural imprint on the city. The tour ends at Independence Hall, where security guards have reported encounters with colonial figures who vanish into thin air – perhaps the founding fathers still watching over their revolutionary experiment.

On this 90-minute ghost tour, you’ll have a chance to:

• Explore Powel House, where a woman in pearls still glides down the grand staircase to greet phantom guests
• Stand outside Hill-Physick House, where the “Father of American Surgery” performed operations before anesthesia existed
• Learn about Carpenters’ Hall, site of the First Continental Congress, considered one of the most actively haunted buildings in the city
• Discover the tragic history of Washington Square, once a potter’s field where thousands of anonymous bodies were buried
• Hear about the ghostly Hag of Pine Street whose vengeful spirit is said to roam Society Hill after dark
• Take photos throughout the tour, as many locations are known for strange anomalies appearing in pictures

Prepare for a spine-tingling journey through Philadelphia’s supernatural history, where the past is never truly dead and buried.