Welcome to ~Haunted ~ Savannah
We're glad you're here, foolish mortal . . Ehem . . we mean, brave traveler. Let's walk a while.
Why GENTEEL & BARD?
Our Dark History & Ghost Encounter Tour is Savannah's creepiest, professionally curated, highest-quality, interactive ghost-walking experience. That fun feeling of watching a scary movie with your friends? Yeah, this is like that. Only better. It’s spooky. It’s engaging. It’s sure to be among your favorite Savannah memories.
We have the best public historian hosts in Savannah. We’re talking career storytellers with years of five-star experience. They’re fun. They’re clever. You’ll be friends by the end of the night.
You won't get stuck in a giant group unable to hear your guide.
WE'RE SAVANNAH'S AUDIO-ENHANCED WALKING GHOST TOUR COMPANY. Your guide wears a mic so you can hear him loud and clear through your complimentary earbuds and our wireless receivers. Year after year, our guests share their enjoyment of our technology, citing the immersive experience and ease of taking photos as our receivers work up to 100 feet from your guide. It’s like stepping into a live, walking podcast experience. Which only serves to up the creepy-factor.
Unlike the awkward silence walking between locations with other companies, our audio devices allow for a continuously immersive storytelling experience, giving you the absolute most value for your money.
Drinks and pets are welcome
We'll treat you like family, not just another ticket sold. We promise to honor you and your time, and we aim to be among the very best of your memories of your adventures in Savannah.
We’ve hosted Voldemort. He had a great time. (Seriously, Ralph really enjoyed himself.)
Genteel & Bard’s Famous
SAVANNAH DARK HISTORY & GHOST ENCOUNTER TOUR
at a glance
WHAT: Genteel & Bard’s Famous Savannah Dark History & Ghost Encounter Tour is a historical walking tour that’s too dark for daylight. You’ll experience our highly-curated, classic storytelling performance at its creepiest while hearing tales of Savannah’s dark history and the ghost lore that resulted. You’ll also hear accounts of modern day paranormal encounters. Please note: we can’t guarantee you’ll see a ghost while on our tour - we’ve tried, but they just won’t perform on demand.
YOUR HOST: At Genteel & Bard we are proud to boast the most talented, well-read, and passionate historians and performers. Each of the guides on our staff has a long resume, as in years, of storytelling performance as well as months of ghost tour training. You can rest assured you’ll be walking Savannah’s haunted streets with a talented, passionate, and knowledgable storytelling professional. You can read more about our individual guides here.
WHERE: Your Savannah Dark History & Ghost Encounter Tours begins in OGLETHORPE SQUARE across the street from the Owens Thomas House Museum. The tour concludes outside the gates of Colonial Park Cemetery (at Abercorn Street & Oglethorpe Avenue), about a block from the starting location.
On our ghost tour you’ll see famously haunted Savannah locations, including the infamous Sorrel-Weed House; Savannah’s Colonial “Hanging Square”; the mysterious Foley House Inn; Colonial Park Cemetery; and more. Please note: the entirety of your tour will take place outside. Savannah is a necropolis - a city built over its dead - so most of the things that go bump in the night around here, often do so outside. Including the zombies.
DISTANCE / DURATION: Genteel & Bard’s Savannah Dark History & Ghost Encounter Tour is apprx 2 hrs long, and covers about a mile of Savannah’s Historic District.
THIS TOUR IS FOR YOU IF: you’re looking for a high-quality ghost storytelling performance full of dark history and chilling ghost lore.
Genteel & Bard Co-Owner and Host T.C. Michaels
Host Ray Christie
Host Julianna Monet
Host Jovianny Berrios
The “Rave” Reviews
A SAMPLING OF RECENT ACCOLADES . . .
Best ghost tour in Savannah!
A Must!
World-Class Tour!
TC took us into the depths of Savannah's dark history.
Afraid to go to Sleep!
BEST SAVANNAH GHOST TOUR
A Must-Do!
Best ghost tour I've ever been on!
Best Tour in Savannah!
“GENTEEL & BARD IS SAVANNAH'S favorite WALKING GHOST TOUR.”
the preferred Ghost Tour among Savannah’s Luxury hotel & B&B Concierge
EXPERIENCE SAVANNAH'S DARKEST HISTORY WITH HER MOST SOUGHT-AFTER STORYTELLERS & PUBLIC HISTORIANS
a Legacy of Haunted Savannah
WE LOVE SAVANNAH HISTORY SO MUCH, WE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT!
HIDDEN HISTORY OF SAVANNAH
We get a lot of questions about Savannah History - and most seem extra interested in the stories behind the stories, the mysteries, the dramas, the little-known details and intricacies that make Savannah the city she is today.
Here’s a look at our book, Hidden History of Savannah - available on Amazon now!
Savannah has repeatedly stood on the edge of ruin, brought to its knees by bloody battles, mysterious pestilence, fire, unforgiving weather and the drums of war. Men and women whose names echo in history once walked its streets. Countless other faces are seemingly forgotten, names that history held in looser grip--like Mary Musgrove, the colonial translator and entrepreneur, or Dr. Samuel Nunes, shipwrecked by chance on Savannah's coastal shores just in time to curb a deadly epidemic and save Savannah's first settlers. And then there's John Geary, the larger-than-life Union general who beat Sherman's march south to the sea. Join authors Brenna and T.C. Michaels as they explore Savannah's long, wide and very often hidden history.
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Our Historic Savannah Walking Tour is an easy stroll with well-known Savannah personality, T.C. Michaels, through the most beautiful and walkable city in the U.S.. Experience Savannah's historic stories and see locations that shaped our country, while enjoying photographs, music, and first account letters. We're Savannah's only audio-enhanced walking tour - ensuring you can actually hear your live guide. You're sure to walk away with new friends and a deeper love for the Hostess City. This Savannah walking tour brings the museum experience outdoors, for an unforgettable live story-telling production you can't afford to miss.
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Savannah is a city where the past is never truly past - where the veil between the living and the dead feels tantalizingly thin.