Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tours & Salem Historical Tours

12/05/2024

🎄✨ Give the gift of Salem this Christmas! 🎁✨ From unique handcrafted treasures to Salem-inspired keepsakes, our shop has the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Whether you're looking for something magical, historical, or a little bit of both, you'll find it here! Stop by and find your holiday magic today. 🌟

11/27/2024

Rev. Cotton Mather is famously known for his role in the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. The reverend made several comments about the use of spectral evidence against the accused, condemned Rev. George Burroughs to death when the people demanded he be freed and he wrote Wonders of the Invisible World.
But Rev. Mather is known for a few other kinder acts as well. He used to counsel pirates in their jail cell to confess their sins to God so they would go to heaven. He was involved in trying to create medicines to help the sick. And he was an amateur astronomer, often pointing a telescope toward the night sky in search of signs from God and life on other worlds.
In 1714, he wrote about a UFO incident on November 26, 1668. There was a bright starlike point glistening on the surface of the moon that was witnessed by several New Englanders.
It's not clear whether Mather witnessed this himself (he was 5-years-old at the time), but it spurred his interest in the heavens. He documented a few other potential UFO sightings as well in New Haven, CT

11/11/2024

Adam Berry From Kindred Spirits took our ghost tour this past Saturday night and loved it. You will too. When you come to Salem, look us up and take a ghost tour or one of our daily history tours. SalemHistoricalTours.com.

11/02/2024

Hey everyone! It's Fred here with another message for the living. I want to thank you all for coming to my hometown. I greatly appreciate your enthusiam and zeal for Salem. It's a wonderful little place where people like me can come alive and partake in most things human and not feel out of place. Some of you didn't even notice me when I was standing right next to you. Oh, and my apologies to the blond woman who was carrying around a little chihuahua in a bag. Your dog saw me and started freaking out when I tried to pat it. But it is time for me to rest again so I am here in the Old Burying Point cemetery ready to rest my weary bones. I am going to slide under this rock. I am told it is a bench and people sit on it. Feel free to sit on the bench. It doesn't bother me. But if you hear me yell "ouch!", then get off of it.

11/01/2024

We've made it through the month of October! Thank you to everyone who visited us this month and we can't wait to see you next year, we had a blast! 👻

10/30/2024

Halloween is HERE in Salem! 🕷️👻

Looking to go on a tour before the season ends? Visit our website and book now before they are gone!

10/29/2024

The City of Salem and Destination Salem, the city’s official destination marketing organization, have released a visitor’s guide designed to help visitors and residents have a safe and fun experience on Halloween, Thursday, October 31. This guide will give visitors and residents alike a list of public Halloween events, tips for finding a restroom, road closures, and some guidelines and rules to ensure a safe and fun Halloween visit.

“Visitor trends throughout this month indicate that we are expecting large crowds for Halloween night,” said Mayor Dominick Pangallo. “We encourage visitors to plan ahead, take the train or the ferry, respect our rules and our residents, and enjoy a safe and fun visit.”

HALLOWEEN NIGHT RULES

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING

Call the Salem Police at (978)744-1212.
PLEASE REMEMBER…

Be safe, considerate, and use common sense.
Be prepared to leave at the end of the evening. The party concludes after the fireworks.
Do not bring weapons, real or fake, to Salem on Halloween.
In addition to the attached Salem Halloween Night Visitors Guide, guests can download the Destination Salem and/or My Salem MA apps for updates in real time, and follow HauntedHappenings.org for further information.

10/28/2024

On this day in 2013, Saturday Night Live did a sketch on the Trials featuring a public defender trying to save his client. Of course, it is not historically accuarte, but is amusing.

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10/25/2024

Take our Haunted Footsteps Ghost tour. You're guaranteed to see a ghost if our dead tour guide, Fred, is working the ticket desk. His full name is Frederick Kasper Kronenshieldt. He gave tours about the Revolutionary War in the early 1800s because, well, he actually lived through it. He was present at Leslie's Retreat in Salem and also escaped death at the Battle of Bunker Hill as a musket ball narrowly missed him when it passed between his legs.
He then served on the privateer Black Prince alongside his cousin Lt Benjamin Crowninshield. He is a distant relative to the Crowninshield family. After the war, he was an assistant cook on America's first yacht, Cleopatra's Barge, that was owned by George Crowninshield Jr.
Fred died in 1852 when he ate an oyster on a dare at a dinner at Hamilton Hall that was catered by John Remond. He had an allergic reaction and died.

10/24/2024

October 31 is upon us 👻 here's a few words from the city on road closures this weekend 👇

Halloween events will include multiple road closures and heavy traffic impacts for the entire day and night. Note that heavy traffic and likely road closures are also anticipated for the weekend prior to Halloween, October 26 and October 27. Visitors for the weekend and on Halloween are strongly encouraged to take the commuter rail or ferry to get to Salem. Traffic impacts will be significant, including on highways leading to the City. Expect major traffic impacts on Route 114 and Route 1A, as well as likely impacts and delays on Route 128.

Downtown Salem streets will close to all traffic no later than 4:00 p.m. on the 31st. Road closures include: Essex Street at Crombie Street and Barton Square to Union Street, Washington Street from New Derby Street to Bridge Street, Federal Street from St. Peter’s Street to North Street, Washington Square North and West from Essex Street to Brown Street, Hawthorne Boulevard, Derby Street, Route 1A, Congress Street near Pickering Wharf, Charter Street, Central Street, Front Street, and Lafayette Street from New Derby Street to Front Street.

Franklin Street and Bridge Street will also close to all traffic between the westerly overpass ramps and Sgt. James Ayube Memorial Drive from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for the closing fireworks.

Please note that the MBTA closes the MBTA Salem garage from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Halloween. Cars will not be permitted to enter or exit the garage between these hours.

10/23/2024

🎉👻 Ready for an unforgettable night? Check out Haunted Speakeasy for the ultimate ghastly Gatsby party experience! Dance in the gorgeous 219-year-old real haunted mansion, Hamilton Hall, with plenty of space to Charleston on its famous springed dance floor! Enjoy century-old cocktails 🍸 and live music featuring vintage and modern songs you know reVamped for that flapper feel by “Tricky” Niki Luparelli and the Grave Diggers ✨ Be captivated by dazzling 1920s burlesque performances and mingle with our roving ghost actors! Celebrate your afterlife in style – grab your tickets now at hauntedspeakeasysalem2024.eventbrite.com! 💀

10/22/2024

Salem is known for its spookiness. Some people say it is because of the 1692 Witchcraft Trials but others say it is because of all the energy that people bring to Salem. Regardless, our guests have captured tons of pictures in Salem that are eerie, odd and strange. Many of them are spectacular.
Come on our tour and take pictures. Perhaps you will capture something on your camera.

Check our link for the photo gallery.
https://www.salemhistoricaltours.com/salem-massachusetts-ghost-photos

10/21/2024

Hey everyone,
It's Dead Tour guide Frederick Kasper Kronenshieldt here with another helpful PSA for the living.
I'm here in front of the Old Burying Point aka the Charter Street Cemetery. It's our first and oldest cemetery in Salem and one of the oldest in the country. My cousins the Crowninshields are buried here and I visit often.
You can visit too but you have to make a reservation. The city wants to limit how many people go into the cemetery at any given time so the cemetery doesn't fall into disrepair like me (my hand occasionally falls off).
Go to this link to book a reservation. https://www.charterstreetcemetery.com/
It's free to enter, but you need a reservation.
Funny thing is that the living need a reservation but the dead can get in asap.

10/20/2024

Guess who finally got arrested? 👮
Ice and Jay from Hocus Pocus. However, we think it should have been Max from Hocus Pocus because he committed breaking and entering at the school, drove a car without a license, desecrated a cemetery and set off a false alarm. Lock him up and throw away the key.


- Photo by John Andrews of the Creative Collective.

10/18/2024

Indulge in a sweet thrill this spooky season! 👻🍫Roseadela's haunted chocolate bars are here to cast a delicious spell on your taste buds. Dare to try one... if you’re brave enough!

Find them in the witch city mall!

10/16/2024

🏃October 19th 🏃

The Devil’s Chase road race starts at 8:00 a.m. at the Salem Willows soccer field on Fort Avenue. No road closures are planned, however expect traffic impacts until 10:30 am along the route. Route: Restaurant Row to Memorial Drive to Szetela Lane. Right to walking path before Webb Street, left Andrews, crossing Washington Square into the Common and exiting at Forrester Street. Washington Square East, then right to Essex Street, left onto Little Hawthorne Boulevard, left on Derby Street to Fort Avenue to Winter Island Road. Winter Island Road back to Columbus Square, right to Columbus Avenue, right onto Bay View Avenue, left onto Beach Avenue, left on Sutton Avenue, right onto Bay View Avenue, right onto Willows Access Road. Follow walking path around the backside of the Willows by the yacht club, exit back on to Restaurant Row, follow onto Memorial Drive, right at Szetela Lane, to Memorial Drive, left onto Fort Avenue, and left onto Memorial Drive by the soccer field to finish.

10/15/2024

Spooky Season has never been easier!
Halloween New England makes it a snap to find over 2000 Halloween Events and 400 Halloween Attractions across New England - including those *near you*!
🎃 Visit www.HalloweenNewEngland.com
🎃 Click the ‘Halloween Near Me’ icon on the Home page
🎃 Enter your Zip (or where you plan to road trip)
🎃 Access a list of Halloween Events happening soon and Halloween Attractions near you!

10/14/2024

✨🧙‍♀️ Spell books are available in our gift shop and online! Dive into the magic at www.witchcitygiftshop.com. Perfect for your October enchantments! 🌙🔮