The Deathly Dark Tours

21/06/2024

They’re behind me, aren’t they?

19/06/2024

Even ghosts need a hug sometimes.

17/06/2024

There’s no “THE”, they cry!

Haymongergate, Nedlergate, The Great Flesh Shammels and of course Diago… not, not that one. It makes them angry. Although it is very magical!

Today we call it “The Shambles” but there it is. There’s no “THE”. But how weird does it feel to say “have you gone to Shambles?” People might be offended by that question. So add a “THE”. It’s not going to hurt anyone.

We ❤️ The Shambles, all of the magic and of course ghosts.

13/06/2024

We have five very different guides with five very different shows, but only one of our guides will scream in your face for 57 seconds. (It’s Dafydd.)

11/06/2024

A delicious drove of Deathly Darks!

Daria, Dafydd and Dante ran a huge three group private tour tonight. One of those absolutely mad moments when we think back to how we were hesitant to make the jump from online tours to the real world. “But what if nobody buys a ticket” worried Dorian.

We had no idea where things would lead!

09/06/2024

Dante explaining politely exactly where the phone loudly playing Angry Birds at the front of the group will go shortly.

08/06/2024

You did this! Dede was voted into the final 4 out of 50 businesses nominated in the Yorkshire Choice Awards for her amazing customer service

You won’t often see behind the scenes, but it takes a lot of work to keep things ticking over and Dede is always on it. She is the glue that holds us together, the oil in the engine, the cheese in the sandwich.

Can we have some absolute noise in the comments for Mrs Dede Deathly?! 👻🤟❤️🥳🖤

07/06/2024

Dede and Daphne are at ANOTHER award ceremony tonight! This time it's the Yorkshire Choice Awards in Leeds 🖤⭐ Make sure to follow on Instagram to keep updated on their fun evening.

07/06/2024

Daria spotted getting into the spooky zone before a tour this week.

What's the number 1 rule?

05/06/2024

SILVER!! Experience of the year at the Visit England 2024 awards. Absolutely amazing! 👻🤟

The Deathly Dark Tours is a family run, multi-award-winning and weirdly wonderful ghost tour company in the haunted city of York. Our tours run nightly at 8pm with additional tours on weekends and during holidays. Private and virtual tours also available!

05/06/2024

The magnificent Dede Deathly is representing the company over in Liverpool this evening at the Visit England Awards 2024.

Follow along with her adventure as she'll be posting stories over on Instagram all evening - https://www.instagram.com/dededeathly

The Deathly Dark Tours is a family run, multi-award-winning and weirdly wonderful ghost tour company in the haunted city of York. Our tours run nightly at 8pm with additional tours on weekends and during holidays. Private and virtual tours also available!

04/06/2024

Dede spent the day over at University of York with some amazingly talented students today being interviewed on a studio television show called "Beyond the Grave" for their Film & Television Production degree! It was SO GOOD 👻🖤

03/06/2024

The only question is do we do wizards on one side and ghosts on the other, or do we alternate down the street?

01/06/2024

Dafydd “Dramatic Hands” Deathly getting spooky on our favourite staircase.

📷 : Claire D on TripAdvisor

28/05/2024

TONIGHT WAS DORIAN'S LAST TOUR!!

Until mid July. He's off to have a little repair work done later this week, so will be off his feet for a while.

But he couldn't have hoped for a better group to end this run of tour with, the rain was MERCILESS but hardly anyone fell off and we were all in it together!

The tours will still be running over June, in the very capable and often tiny hands of Dafydd, Dante, Daria and Dalton.

28/05/2024

It’s horrifying to know that some of you don’t own this horrible little thing yet.

The Deathly Dark Tales is a collection of ghostly, grim and ghastly stories. From the nightmare of a snail popping between your toes, to local legends like Tall Tom.

Link in the comments!

27/05/2024

We’ve accepted that spring is here and summer isn’t far behind! There’s nothing we can do about it, so let’s embrace it.

Dorian captured this image on his film camera. For the fellow photography nerds it’s a Canon AE1 with a roll of Kodak Ultramax. Snazzy!

22/05/2024

A smashing time on the first of hopefully many virtual tours by Terror Taxi!!

Did you join us? Let's have some love in the comments.

22/05/2024

A Little Pre-tour Repair

22/05/2024

What a miserable day for a ghost tour!

UNLESS IT'S A TOUR FROM THE SAFETY OF A TAXI!!

How about a tour from the safety of a taxi, from the warmth of your own sofa?

We will be live from 830pm tonight, ticket link in the comments. 👻🚕

17/05/2024

You don’t need to get up at 4am to capture a quiet Shambles moment. Just wait for 630pm on a Wednesday!

This is the first image shot on my new (to me) 35mm film camera. A dangerous obsession.

15/05/2024

THE TERRIFYING TAXI TOUR is just a week away!

(Duncan Deathly will not be driving, he’s only allowed out at Halloween.)

Ticket link in the comments 👀👻💀

10/05/2024

Dede and her new marketing intern are out in King’s Square again. York feels alive with good, potentially spooky vibes!

09/05/2024

Dalton twisting some tales in Bedern, captured by a lurking Dorian and his 35mm camera.

06/05/2024

Our new flyers have arrived! Have you ever seen a more beautiful sight? All the guides and our amazing logo by This Is Sian Ellis !

If you know/own a business that would like to display some for us just give us a shout and we'll be there 🖤👻

04/05/2024

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

01/05/2024

Tickets are available for The Terrifying Taxi Tour on May 22nd! A virtual, online tour of haunted York by taxi, but from the safety of your sofa.

We've landed on £7, so the box office and platform fees are absorbed and we'll have something left to put towards the restoration at the end!

Join Dorian and Dede Deathly for an online tour of the most haunted city - YORK!  Experience a virtual tour of some of the most...

30/04/2024

Anyone interested in a taxi tour livestream?

As the council sadly shot us down and scuppered the plan we had for this old beast we’re looking at getting it all spruced up for wedding duties, so to raise some funds we’re thinking about running an online only live-streamed tour once a month.

Something like a fiver to join the tour, with a tip jar running. All funds go to the restoration of this monster.

What do you reckon?

The Deathly Dark Tours is a family run, multi-award-winning and weirdly wonderful ghost tour company in the haunted city of York. Our tours run nightly at 8pm with additional tours on weekends and during holidays. Private and virtual tours also available!