Experience Williamsburg's Most Haunted Ghost Tour
300 years of dark history come alive on a frightening journey through the heart of haunted Williamsburg.
From the Peyton Randolph House to the streets filled with spirits of Civil War soldiers, join Colonial Ghosts for a haunted ghost tour through Williamsburg’s bloody and tragic past.
TOP RATED
Colonial Ghosts, a Williamsburg ghost tour, is Ranked as one of the Top 10 Ghost Tours in America!
If you want to experience a genuine ghost tour with real hauntings commonly experienced on tours, and not “orbs” on cameras, embark on a night you’ll never forget. Join us on our nightly walk through haunted Williamsburg, VA with our licensed tour guides!
Our stories are based on research, eyewitness haunting interviews, and a ghost story book connected to factual and historic events. Tours walk through the historic Colonial area of Williamsburg. Add the extended ghost tour for a bonus ghost tour through the College of William and Mary, the nation’s second oldest College.
REAL HAUNTINGS
Many guests on our tour have experienced activity. We invite you to become one of them.
Aided by renowned psychics and investigators, at Colonial Ghosts we have conducted our own interviews with former Colonial Williamsburg staff and research to enrich the stories you will hear on your ghost tour through the Colonial Williamsburg area and William and Mary historic campus. Stories span from the Colonial era through the Civil War, and to the present. We’ve even captured hauntings on video.
We are Williamsburg’s most engaging and informative ghost tour, featuring up to 18 ghost stories on location—more than any other tour—covering new locations every year and stories not heard elsewhere. You can also download our interactive app for more ghost stories.
Our Tours
COLONIAL GHOSTS TOUR
Uncover the chilling past of Colonial Williamsburg, where history and hauntings intertwine on a journey through the historic streets.
ULTIMATE GHOST TOUR
Delve into the darkest corners of this historic town, uncovering the mysteries that lurk in the shadows after hours.
WILLIAMSBURG HAUNTED PUB CRAWL
Sip on signature cocktails while discovering the best local legends, terrifying tales, and haunted locations in one of the oldest towns in America.
WILLIAMSBURG BLACK HISTORY EXPERIENCE
Discover the remarkable history of the Black experience in colonial America and the resilience of Williamsburg's enslaved inhabitants.
SECRETS OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Explore the dark underbelly of Williamsburg, uncovering long-buried secrets of crimes, affairs, and scandalous escapades.
DRINK WILLIAMSBURG PUB CRAWL
Journey through Williamsburg’s iconic pubs, each with its own unique charm and stories waiting to be discovered.
TASTE OF WILLIAMSBURG - CULINARY TOUR
Indulge your palate on a culinary adventure through Williamsburg’s food culture, from colonial classics to modern twists.
COLONIAL GHOSTS TOUR
Uncover the chilling past of Colonial Williamsburg, where history and hauntings intertwine on a journey through the historic streets.
ULTIMATE GHOST TOUR
Delve into the darkest corners of this historic town, uncovering the mysteries that lurk in the shadows after hours.
WILLIAMSBURG HAUNTED PUB CRAWL
Sip on signature cocktails while discovering the best local legends, terrifying tales, and haunted locations in one of the oldest towns in America.
WILLIAMSBURG BLACK HISTORY EXPERIENCE
Discover the remarkable history of the Black experience in colonial America and the resilience of Williamsburg's enslaved inhabitants.
SECRETS OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Explore the dark underbelly of Williamsburg, uncovering long-buried secrets of crimes, affairs, and scandalous escapades.
DRINK WILLIAMSBURG PUB CRAWL
Journey through Williamsburg’s iconic pubs, each with its own unique charm and stories waiting to be discovered.
TASTE OF WILLIAMSBURG - CULINARY TOUR
Indulge your palate on a culinary adventure through Williamsburg’s food culture, from colonial classics to modern twists.
Ghost Tour Interviews & Accounts of Real Hauntings
We are proud to gather several video interviews and hauntings experienced by people at the locations on our tours over the past ten years. These include video interviews of Colonial Williamsburg security, and odd occurrences captured by guests. If you have an experience you'd like to share, please contact us.
Peyton Randolph House Haunting Pt 4
Chris talks about some of his haunting experiences at the Peyton Randolph House in this clip from the... Watch Video
Bruton Parish Church Haunting Pt 1 Williamsburg VA Ghost Tour
Charles, a former security guard at Colonial Williamsburg, recounts his sighting of an apparition at the Bruton Parish... Watch Video
Governor’s Palace Haunting Pt 1
Charles, a former security guard at Colonial Williamsburg, shares his encounter with a mysterious ghost in the hedge... Watch Video
Ghost Interview on Site
Join former security guard Chris as he takes us through areas in the Colonial district of Williamsburg, recalling... Watch Video
Peyton Randolph House Security Trapped in Basement
Listen to what happened to Pedro, a security guard who worked at Colonial Williamsburg in the 1970s and... Watch Video
Peyton Randolph House Curtains
Curtains seen moving in the second floor of the Peyton Randolph House on a Sunday. Home is closed... Watch Video
9 reasons you must walk a colonial ghost tour if you’re in williamsburg, virginia… even if you don’t believe in ghosts (yet)!
You don't believe in ghosts
Did you know scientists at Princeton University may have proven the existence of ghosts?
Researchers at Princeton University have been studying paranormal phenomena in a scientific context for almost 30 years, through a department called “PEAR”. It stands for “Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research”. PEAR is a scientific study of consciousness-related physical phenomena.
You don’t like guided tours.
Have you ever had a terrible tour guide? Someone who wasn’t very likable, wasn’t very knowledgeable, didn’t have a good command of the group, was boring and unengaging?
Not our tour Guides! They are the best. They will make a believer out of you. Not just in ghosts, but in how awesome a properly guided tour can be. Our guides take their role seriously - they are guiding you through 300 years of history, in places that have been evidently haunted, almost weekly, since they were discovered.
You want to learn the hidden secrets of our ghostly history.
Have you ever heard of a “memory palace”? It’s a technique used by memory athletes to remember fantastic amounts of information with perfect recall, in a short period of time. What you do is, you associate different imagery and stories with different features of locations you’re familiar with (like different rooms in your house).
You’ve only got a couple days in town, and you’re not sure what to do.
If you’ve only got a couple days in town, maybe you’re with your significant other, or maybe you’re with your friends, or even your whole family, and you’re spending your precious paid time off here in Williamsburg, so that every move you make counts… then you simply must come visit us.
You’re on a date.
Did you know the hormones our bodies release when we’re thrilled have an influence on attraction? It’s why roller-coasters make such a great first date. This has been studied over and over, but it’s worth repeating here. If you’re taking someone on a date, and you’re looking to have a lot of fun together, or to increase attraction for each other, it’s a good idea to find something that gets the blood pumping. The best activities are even a little scary, like a roller coaster. Or a haunted old church.
You want to do something you and your family will have fun with, and have even more fun remembering together!
What is it worth to take a trip with your family that actually brings everyone together, even if it’s just for an hour or two? Family vacations can be stressful, and sometimes it can be a real pain to get everyone to get into the spirit doing the same thing, without whining or eyes rolling. And how many memories do we really get to have fun reminiscing over as the years pass?
You want a REAL ghost tour.
US Ghost Adventure tours are the real deal. One of the first things you’ll notice, that makes us different than the other ghost tours in town, is we don’t walk the traditional paths. And we don’t use silly costumes or lanterns. Why? Because we only walk the paths of the stories we have fact-checked and verified. We explore real haunted sites across the U.S.
You have a tight schedule.
US Ghost Adventure tours are easy to fit into most schedules, because we run late in the evening. We have different start times in the evening to choose from, including with ghost tours starting at 8pm and 9pm, and the Ultimate tour at 10pm. Finally, at 90-125 minutes long, you can almost always find a tour that fits your schedule.
You believe modern science has debunked ghosts.
This is our favorite. Not long ago, a pop-science article was published that claimed the Large Hadron Collider at CERN had debunked ghosts. In reality, a scientist named Brian Cox mused that if there were a medium that could preserve a person (something like a ‘soul’), he believes he would have seen evidence of it in his particle physics work.
You don't believe in ghosts
Did you know scientists at Princeton University may have proven the existence of ghosts?
Researchers at Princeton University have been studying paranormal phenomena in a scientific context for almost 30 years, through a department called “PEAR”. It stands for “Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research”. PEAR is a scientific study of consciousness-related physical phenomena.
You don’t like guided tours.
Have you ever had a terrible tour guide? Someone who wasn’t very likable, wasn’t very knowledgeable, didn’t have a good command of the group, was boring and unengaging?
Not our tour Guides! They are the best. They will make a believer out of you. Not just in ghosts, but in how awesome a properly guided tour can be. Our guides take their role seriously - they are guiding you through 300 years of history, in places that have been evidently haunted, almost weekly, since they were discovered.
You want to learn the hidden secrets of our ghostly history.
Have you ever heard of a “memory palace”? It’s a technique used by memory athletes to remember fantastic amounts of information with perfect recall, in a short period of time. What you do is, you associate different imagery and stories with different features of locations you’re familiar with (like different rooms in your house).
You’ve only got a couple days in town, and you’re not sure what to do.
If you’ve only got a couple days in town, maybe you’re with your significant other, or maybe you’re with your friends, or even your whole family, and you’re spending your precious paid time off here in Williamsburg, so that every move you make counts… then you simply must come visit us.
You’re on a date.
Did you know the hormones our bodies release when we’re thrilled have an influence on attraction? It’s why roller-coasters make such a great first date. This has been studied over and over, but it’s worth repeating here. If you’re taking someone on a date, and you’re looking to have a lot of fun together, or to increase attraction for each other, it’s a good idea to find something that gets the blood pumping. The best activities are even a little scary, like a roller coaster. Or a haunted old church.
You want to do something you and your family will have fun with, and have even more fun remembering together!
What is it worth to take a trip with your family that actually brings everyone together, even if it’s just for an hour or two? Family vacations can be stressful, and sometimes it can be a real pain to get everyone to get into the spirit doing the same thing, without whining or eyes rolling. And how many memories do we really get to have fun reminiscing over as the years pass?
You want a REAL ghost tour.
US Ghost Adventure tours are the real deal. One of the first things you’ll notice, that makes us different than the other ghost tours in town, is we don’t walk the traditional paths. And we don’t use silly costumes or lanterns. Why? Because we only walk the paths of the stories we have fact-checked and verified. We explore real haunted sites across the U.S.
You have a tight schedule.
US Ghost Adventure tours are easy to fit into most schedules, because we run late in the evening. We have different start times in the evening to choose from, including with ghost tours starting at 8pm and 9pm, and the Ultimate tour at 10pm. Finally, at 90-125 minutes long, you can almost always find a tour that fits your schedule.
You believe modern science has debunked ghosts.
This is our favorite. Not long ago, a pop-science article was published that claimed the Large Hadron Collider at CERN had debunked ghosts. In reality, a scientist named Brian Cox mused that if there were a medium that could preserve a person (something like a ‘soul’), he believes he would have seen evidence of it in his particle physics work.
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