Badass Berlin Tours

14/10/2023

These tours were my baby when I worked at the Wellington County Museum. It’s one of the best Halloween tours around, I can’t recommend it enough. If you’re thinking of a date night there are a TON of great places to get drinks either before or after I’m Elora, and the lantern light tours of the Poorhouse Cemetery and the stories from the Poorhouse itself are amazing. It’s an amazing spooky time. So yourself a favour!

History can hold some of the most unsettling and spooky stories. Join us on this year’s Cemetery Tours to explore the real history of the County Poor House and the people who called it home.
$15 per person, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm tours on October 20, 21, 27, and 28.

For info: https://ow.ly/8TZF50PU0W9

22/09/2023

Boo! Back from the dead! Kind of….

My life these days has taken me far away from the spooky streets of Berlin and has made doing tours a rare occurrence (but I still managed to do two on a visit home this summer!).

Even from a distance however, I have been working behind the scenes with the good folks of the Schneider Haus National Historic Site to help them create their own Bloody Berlin Walking Tours.

If you are interested in learning a little more about the history (and deep dark secrets) of Kitchener, give them a go! They’re going to be great!

📅 September 28, October 6, 12, 13, 19, 27 and November 2.
🕖 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
📍 Schneider Haus

➡️ Register now: https://bit.ly/3YSSES4

22/09/2023

Boo! Back from the dead! Kind of….

My life these days has taken me far away from the spooky streets of Berlin and has made doing tours a rare occurrence (but I still managed to do two on a visit home this summer!).

Even from a distance however, I have been working behind the scenes with the good folks of the Schneider Haus National Historic Site to help them create their own Bloody Berlin Walking Tours.

If you are interested in learning a little more about the history (and deep dark secrets) of Kitchener, give them a go! They’re going to be great!

06/04/2022

We're BACK!!!

Spring/Summer 2022 tour dates coming shortly!

Can't Wait to see everyone soon!

30/10/2021

Trick or Treat! What a great event, trick or treating downtown with the Downtown Kitchener Association! I’m doing a tour at 4 but they’ve got lots of other cool stuff going on! Drop in by!

30/10/2021

It was a dark and stormy night. Just perfect for Cemetery Tours at the Wellington County Museum. What a privilege to be able to tell the tragic stories from the Old Poorhouse

27/10/2021

Thanks so much for having me out last night for a tour. Reminder to everyone that we do private tours and if you’ve got a company looking for a fun employee night out, just get in touch!

21/10/2021

Rocking a Zoom Badass Berlin tour today! Lots of fun and kept me warm and dry! Thanks for having me and thanks to the 55 and Better crew for listening and for all the fun!

If anyone else ever wants a virtual tour just let me know, we’d love to join you!

06/10/2021

If Berlin is Badass, Waterloo is wicked. Check out this cool virtual event and cocktail tasting on offer from our good friends at the City of Waterloo Museum

Halloween might still be a few weeks away, but we are so excited to announce our virtual Halloween event. On October 30, join us at 8 p.m. for our Lift your Spirits: Uncovering Spooky Tales of Waterloo event. Put the kids to bed and get ready to have your own fun with spirits of 2 kinds. First, enjoy a cocktail spirit making presentation from the White Rabbit restaurant, then sit back and listen to some spirit stories of Waterloo's past. Pre-registration is required and each ticket will include a kit for 2 participants. Check out our website for more details.
Register here - waterloo.ca/activewaterloo

27/09/2021

Cemetery Tours Available at Wellington.ca/museum!!!!

If you liked Badass Berlin Tours why not join me at my other job this October? Fergus and Elora can be just as Badass as DTK!

From 1877-1947 the Wellington County Museum in Fergus was the House of Industry and Refuge or Poorhouse for Wellington County. Poor souls with no one to help them, and no where else to go would be sent there to live, work, and sadly to often die. 271 of these people still remain in the cemetery to this day.

This October I will be leading nighttime tours by lantern light through the cemetery and talking about some of the tragedies that took place there and some of the fascinating people who still remain in the cemetery to this day. So if Badass Berlin Tours was right up your ally, join me again for a tour of this amazing place…unless of course tours of a cemetery next to “one of the most haunted buildings in Ontario” at night seems too scary for you…..but if that seems more intriguing than horrifying, tickets can be purchased at Wellington.ca/museum or by calling the Museum at 519-846-0916

Tickets on sale now at Wellington.ca/museum

17/09/2021

SOLD OUT!

Tickets for all October 2021 Tours are now SOLD OUT.

Private tours still available by appointment.

Thank you all so much!

13/09/2021

T-shirts now IN STOCK!
Can be purchased for $30 through the website. Inventory is very limited so if we don’t have your size or are sold out shoot me an email with T-shirt Waitlist in the title and if I get enough interest I’ll order more.

06/09/2021

Getting ready for Halloween Tours. ONLY 6 SPOTS LEFT for Halloween night, the rest of October is SOLD OUT! See you then!

03/09/2021

Thank you! What an incredible response to the October tours. Thursday Oct 21st is now SOLD OUT!!! Tickets are selling fast for the other shows, including the Halloween Night Tour. Get them before they’re gone!

01/09/2021

What a great first summer of leading tours through beautiful and bloody Downtown Kitchener! Thanks to everyone that came out for a tour, it was so much fun meeting new people and telling historic horror stories. If you missed us this time.....tickets for tours around Halloween are now on sale at badassberlin.ca !

01/09/2021

What a great first summer of leading tours through beautiful and bloody Downtown Kitchener! Thanks to everyone that came out for a tour, it was so much fun meeting new people and telling historic horror stories. If you missed us this time.....tickets for tours around Halloween are now on sale at badassberlin.ca !

12/08/2021

It was a great July! Thanks to everyone who came out for a tour, and a big thanks to everyone whose been asking about August dates. They are NOW AVAILABLE!

AUG 27th and 28th at 8pm we're doing an encore! Tickets available now!

09/07/2021

Ready and waiting for Badass Berlin Tour #1
All set for a great night tonight!

06/07/2021

Friday July 9 tour is now
SOLD OUT!
3 tickets available for Saturday!

24/06/2021

Reminder that tours are organized to be Stage 1 safe. BaB Tours are still a go. Hang in everyone! Stay safe and get your shots!

13/06/2021

Everyone enjoying the beginning of the beginning of the end of lockdown? Reminder that tickets for tours are still on sale! See you in person real soon!

07/05/2021

I was checking out one of the walking tour stops at the Schneider Haus a little while ago and was surprised by the new outdoor tattoo exhibit they had outside. What a great way to ‘museum’ during COVID and what a facelift for the Haus! Looking good for over 200 years old!

29/04/2021

Pretty cool! And right up our ally. What a great idea for a driving tour in Cambridge.

23/04/2021

Local History With the Naughty Parts Left In!

Sick of Covid? Feeling like 2020/21 is about as bad as it gets? Well it could always be worse!

This summer season break out of lockdown (hopefully!) and join local historian Kyle Smith for an evening walk through the back alleys and side streets of downtown Kitchener as we talk about some of the scary, sexy, and weird characters that have called our town home. Murders, executions, grave robbing, shootouts, villainous doctors, and even pandemics of the past, (trust us they were even worse). Come learn a little more about Bloody Berlin….if you dare!

Tours last approx. 1 1/2 hrs
Cost: $15 per person + HST

Tickets can be purchased anytime at our website badassberlin.ca