Sun setting in York, England, as I start my ghost walk. Taken nearby where Guy Fawkes – the famous gunpowder plot conspirator – was born
I like to do a ghost walk in every city I visit. I’ve done so many + I expect I’ll do more… which is why I’m starting a ghost series on this blog for suggestions + tips for the spookiest activities I find – perhaps in a city near you! My most memorable ghost walks have been in Charleston, Denver, Washington, San Antonio, Boulder, New York and York (arguably the bloodiest history of them all!). Above, a photo as I began my walk on a warm summer evening last year.
I also find it fascinating visiting cemeteries and graveyards in different cities – the most memorable being where Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With The Wind) is buried in Atlanta. See pictures here of her tombstone.
I can say I have only been haunted once (extremely scary) in Leadville, Colorado. It was at The Delaware Hotel ($130 a night). I also had a creepy experience at The Stanley Hotel in Boulder (where The Shining was written – linked above).
The difference between a cemetery and a graveyard
A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. … The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.
A sign for a Ghost Tour in OxfordA moody lantern during my ghost tour in OxfordA church steeple during my ghost walk in Charleston, South CarolinaA typical extravagant tombstone at Oakland Cemetery in AtlantaStarting my ghost walk at The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, on a wet eveningStarting my ghost walk at the haunted “Menger Hotel” – the most haunted hotel in Texas apparently! Host to 38 different spiritsStarting my ghost walk in York, UKOriginal home of Guy Fawkes…now a pub in YorkYork is where Guy Fawkes was born in York in 1570Starting my ghost walk in a haunted pub in Alexandria – a 30 minute ferry ride from Washington D.C.Candles burn in an original building now “Gatsby’s Tavern” in Alexandria. Many late 18th- and early 19th-century townhouses and warehouses remain in the “Old Town” section of the city, along the west bank of the Potomac River.Our tour guide in Old Town Alexandria, next to Washington D.C.A spooky passage in Old Town Alexandria during our ghost walkMy scariest haunting was in Leadville, Colorado, the highest city in The Rocky Mountains. Here, a life size replica of miners the town’s Mining Museum – a few minutes from The Delaware Hotel where I was spooked!
