The Deathly Dark Tours

06/12/2024

R**t so!!

Of course, it has! 😘

04/12/2024

Ghost touring is a TOUGH gig, but even tougher when the rain decides to get involved.

Dante had a wonderful bunch of spookers this evening and the torrential didn’t slow down a single one of them!

03/12/2024

Volume Two of The Deathly Dark Tales was fully funded!!

Due to the popularity of the campaign, Indiegogo have placed it “In Demand” which means that you can still grab yourself a copy and all those spooky perks, and we’ll leave it open until we finalise the print in the new year.

Thank you so much to everyone who snagged a copy, and we’ll do it all one last time in a couple of years for the 3rd and final volume.

01/12/2024

Did you know…

That nothing in York is permitted to be taller than the Minster? The central tower stands at 72 metres high.

That’s 45 Daria Deathly’s standing on top of each other!

30/11/2024

EDIT - I’ve moved the goalposts. If we get 200 backers (that’s 35 more) I’ll add the mini guide!

The last day to preorder volume two of The Deathly Dark Tales has arrived!

Stretch goals unlocked include the Hector postcards, a new spooky pin badge and if we reach 200 backers we’ll include a small pocket guide to York ghosts.

If you don’t have a copy of volume one, fear not! You can snag both volumes in glorious hardback.

Link lurking in the comments.

27/11/2024

Half Hammered Horror episode 3 flops out into the internet tomorrow and AS ALWAYS we're tackling the BIG and IMPORTANT subjects.

Kippers for breakfast? Yay or Nay?

25/11/2024

You'll be seeing much more about this next year, but we've launched a theatre company and our first show will be a production of DRACULA : THE BLOODY TRUTH from the minds of the brilliant La Navet Bete.

First thing we need is some actors!

24/11/2024

Coffee! Rum!! Good times!!!

Our Coffee Rum in collaboration with The Deathly Dark Tours is still available at our Shop and online. It's delicious and dececident.

23/11/2024

Want to get your hands on the very snazzy hardback version of volume one of The Deathly Dark Tales? We’re doing a third edition printing as part of the volume two pre-order, so you can get both volumes in wonderfully thick hardback glory!

Just FIVE days left on the pre-order window, so get in there. Link in the comments! 🤟👻🖤

22/11/2024

July 2014, back where it all began!

Look at that little face, he had no idea where telling some ghost stories was going to take him.

18/11/2024

It's possible that Christmas has arrived.

17/11/2024

The last 10 days of preordering are upon us!

Volume one will look weird up there all alone, so go get your copy ordered right now!!

Once we hit 100% funded we’ll announce the first bonus item… but not until then!

Link in the comments 🤟👻

17/11/2024

Lovely photo of Stonegate by Lars Karlsson.

Shame to see the usual complaints that “York is too busy” and “tourists have ruined it.”

I (Dorian) grew up in Scarborough and saw tourism fall off and it took so much with it. People visiting York spend money. They book hotels, eat food, visit attractions and join ghost walks!

Independent businesses thrive, coffee shops are packed, restaurants and hotels are booked up. They put money into the city. Local people have work! How is that a bad thing?

So come on in! York is open and there’s mulled booze EVERYWHERE!!

Stonegate today 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 📸 by Lars Karlsson

15/11/2024

Dear David.

This horrible little haunting is the subject of episode two of Half Hammered Horror. Check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Audible right now!

13/11/2024

We’ve had some odd emails and reviews recently, so I’ve decided to share with you a selection of the things people have complained about / blamed us for / sent us “feedback” about. Strap in!

- It was too cold
- It was too hot
- The tour wasn’t historical enough
- The was too much history
- My children were scared
- It wasn’t scary
- It rained, we weren’t prepared for this
- Tour left without us, we were only 15 minutes late
- There were bin bags on the streets
- Other tours were near ours
- Someone brought a pushchair
- There was someone on crutches and it slowed the tour
- We went to the wrong start point, YOUR FAULT
- We didn’t find a tiny ghost
- We didn’t turn up, give us a refund
- It was too short
- It was too long
- The tour guide was grumpy
- Too theatrical (it’s theatrical storytelling show)
- No jumps scares
- Jump scares
- We needed a wee, you should have toilets
- Too many cobbles
- Didn’t visit anywhere of interest. Just the Minster, Shambles, Clifford’s Tower…
- Too much walking

This could be a much longer list, but someone just complained that this list is already too long.

12/11/2024

Halfway through the preorder window for The Deathly Dark Tales Volume Two, and it’s slowly creeping up.

Facebook doesn’t show our posts to as many folk as it used to, so hopefully this is popping up into the eyes of the people it needs to!

The second volume spooky, weird stories from the mind of Spookologist Dorian Deathly | Check out 'The Deathly Dark Tales Volume Two' on Indiegogo.

10/11/2024

Photographic evidence of our presence at Ghosts After Dark!

We’ve tucked ourselves in the shadows of the cemetery so photo ops are rare, but here’s Dorian with the legendary Bell Man of York. His ghost haunts the abbey but only during special events.

08/11/2024

Ghosts After Dark night two!

If you’re here, bring us a hot chocolate?