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Salem Guided Tour About The City's Dark History

Salem Guided Tour About The City's Dark History

4.9 (66) 🕑 2 hours Free cancellation

This tour will talk about the darker side of Salem's history: the reality of the witch trials (both within and out of Salem), the Old Witch Gaol, the old County Jail, and the victims of the Salem witch trials. Your witchcraft-specialized historian will take you on a journey back in time to revisit some of the most tragic moments in the city’s past.

Languages: English
📍Captain William Driver Park, 309 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
🏢Operated by Krystina Yeager

Highlights

  • Learn about the dark side of Salem on this adults-only tour
  • Visit local sites like the Salem Witch Trials Memorial
  • Hear the shocking history involving curses, witchcraft, and crimes
  • Walk around the city with a local historian specializing in witchcraft

What you'll see & do

  • Directly across from the Witch house where we will give context to the trials
  • WE WILL NOT BE ENTERING
  • WE WILL NOT BE ENTERING Discussion about what led up to the trials in Salem
  • Discussion about the beginning of the witch trials and Bridget Bishop, the first victim
  • Site of the Old Witch Gaol where some of the people accused of witches were held.
  • The site of the old jail and disputed location of where Giles Corey was killed (spoiler: it wasn't).
  • Here we will talk about the Sheriff George Corwin and his corruption.
  • Here we will end our tour talking about the witch trials and some other information about the victims.
  • One of the oldest cemeteries in the United States. The Salem Witch Trial memorial was built directly next to it.

What's included

  • History Information

What's not included

  • Everything else

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

  • A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
  • No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
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US$ 28.00

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