ChescoTours- West Chester's Haunted History Tours

09/11/2023

https://delco.today/2023/11/haunted-house-in-media/

Wall Street Journal readers shared haunted house stories with the publication, including one former owner of a haunted house in Media.

28/10/2023

26/10/2023

Halloween plans? Check us out among County Lines Magazine's top spooky picks!

Spooky picks for the season.

22/10/2023

This weekend had some really fun tours on tap! We had a great time with Chester County Family Dentistry!! Let us know if you want to arrange your own special event for your company or organization!

30/09/2023

October is on its way and we have a lot of tour dates to choose from on our website- sign up today!

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09/09/2023

We are profiled in the new issue of the WC Press! What a cool cover! You can find copies all over town.

Grab our newest issue, a cozy shirt and something pumpkin spiced, then settle into the season. 🎃 👻

24/05/2023

We're back! It doesn't need to be October to get spooky- launching our spring/summer tours now! Sign up at: www.chescotours.com

03/10/2022

Headed to West Chester's Gallery walk on Friday? Well why not come along with us, sign up for our tour and we'll be stopping in along the way at Hop Fidelity to check out their display of little Lovecraftian horrors from Cryptocurium! While you enjoy their complimentary beer of course.
Sign up for our Friday, October 7 tour at 7pm at

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16/09/2022

They're back!! Tickets available on eventbrite or of course our website chescotours.com

A haunted history walking tour of downtown West Chester!

21/08/2022

This mysterious gravestone inscribed "Blue Feather- Aztec- 1947", appropriately in blue granite, marks the forgotten West Chester grave of a self-described Aztec princess. Though her actual identity is unknown, when she first appeared as a performer around 1911 she said her name was Cuba DeSchon. She performed for decades claiming to be a descendant of Montezuma, the last of the Aztec emperors. Her winding story claims her Aztec princess grandmother had been taken to Spain where she married a nobleman of the Court of Madrid, but they were banished from the country for their racially mixed union. They went to Cuba where they had children, including Cuba's mother. Cuba was said to have roamed among the different Indian tribes through the American West until being adopted by the Umatillas of Oregon, who she said gave her the Indian name of Wap-Tus-Yose, meaning "Blue Feather". She first became known for her portrayal of American Indian culture, legends, and folklore. In the early 1910s she was putting on her own production entitled "The Lonely Outpost of a Dying Race". Her performances were reviewed very positively, which noted her dressing in full Indian regalia, singing Indian songs, and performing “war and Tom Tom dances”. She performed around the country, and during World War I performed for troops and affirmed great Indian support for America’s war effort. Her singing voice was described as contralto and that she even could perform skillful rope tricks with a lasso. She came to West Chester around 1937, where she first lived as a guest in the home of Guy Knauer. She continued performing and giving lectures on civil liberties for American Indians until a year before her death in 1947, said to have been aged 80. Her obituary appeared in the New York Times and many other newspapers, calling her a lecturer, poet, and entertainer. She was said to have performed for the Queen of the Netherlands and that a statue in the Garden of Versailles called “The Spirit of America

08/07/2022

I'm offering this lecture on Zoom this upcoming Tuesday about local history with a Middle Eastern flair!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/344281795117

The History and Evolution of the Armenian Tombstones of Philadelphia

10/06/2022

As we enjoy visiting notable graves in our area, we decided to make a video of it! Though this time instead of West Chester we headed to Chester...town, Maryland on the East Shore to find an icon in a quiet place far away from the lights of Hollywood that made her famous!

Come along to a hidden corner of Maryland's Eastern Shore, where far from the glitz and glamor of Hollywood and New York City lies an icon of the 20th centur...

10/01/2022

Is West Chester haunted?? Read about it in this new article from the Daily Local News!

There is more beneath the alleyways, streets and sidewalks of West Chester than you probably realize. Historian Paul Sookiasian recently started leading public haunted history walking tours. The to…

07/12/2021

DID YOU KNOW that in Victorian Times the tradition was to tell "Scary Ghost Stories" on Christmas Eve? (Recognize that from the carol lyric??) We are now offering GIFT CERTIFICATES and private tours that you can purchase for a fun night reveling in the past- only $14 a person! Check us out at www.chescotours.com

01/12/2021

This weekend we have a private tour for the employees of a new local borough business! Reach out to plan something for your own team-building fun or unique event for friends and family!

17/11/2021

alignSpace is celebrating it's 3rd "align-iversary, and ChescoTours had a chance to stop in to investigate a spooky story- while checking out its amazing views of West Chester! Located at the historic intersection of High & Market Street, in its day the building was considered a "skyscraper". Built in 1908, it was the tallest building between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and was meant to put West Chester on the map as a new commercial center. While that never quite came to fruition, it did host a rooftop garden restaurant in the 1920s, the local headquarters of the Boy Scouts, and today is home to .space, a shared workspace, clubhouse and event venue. As for the possible ghosts who still call the building home as well, we'll leave that for you to learn on our tour!

08/11/2021

Today we paid a Halloween visit to the grave of Valentine Kirgan- or is it?! Found at picturesque Brandywine-Lafayette Cemetery, it marked the grave of the prominent builder who was one of the lead masons on the construction of the first Pennsylvania capitol building in Harrisburg from 1819-1822. He died in 1831 and was buried at Taylor Family Cemetery in Westtown. The headstone fell and was forgotten about until it was discovered being used as a basement doorstep during an archaeological expedition led by Dr. Joseph Becker in the 1970s which was launched to study the cemetery before it was built over by developers. Mr. Kirgan and the rest of those buried in the cemetery are now below houses in the Pleasant Grove development 😬! The stone was homeless for about 40 years until the Westtown Township Historical Commission had the stone cleaned and placed next to his daughter's plot here in 2016.

04/11/2021

Guess what! Our Tuesday night tour had a great response so we're ADDING a weeknight tour next week- Thursday, November 11 at 6:30pm!!!

31/10/2021

Trick or Treat! The Halloween season may be ending today, but our tours go on! Many people weren't able to fit tours in this weekend so we are continuing to offer them into November! First up, we have some sign-ups for this Tuesday so come along! Check all dates at www.chescotours.com

28/10/2021

I'm looking for guests to come along on our Haunted History tours! This is the last weekend before Halloween, so if you were planning on coming, now's the time to do it!! There is availability tonight, and don't forget our Halloween night special at Greystone Oyster Bar!

24/10/2021

We had a sell-out Saturday night, with more people telling us they want to sign up! Not many dates left- so we've decided to open up November dates! Tuesday night Nov 2 and Saturday night Nov 6, Halloween may be over then but we're just getting started!

23/10/2021

Excited to announce our first partnership!

23/10/2021

We've officially had to close our 8:30 tour tonight to sign-ups because it is just too full- if you want to get in today there's a few spots left at 6:30, or come along for our special Thursday tour, along with next Saturday the 30th and HALLOWEEN!!

22/10/2021

Need some fun plans for tonight? Treat yourself to the unique experience of a ghost tour around West Chester. We have availability on our 6:30 TOUR and have planned a special surprise for those who attend! Sign up now at www.chescotours.com

20/10/2021

Fun Fact: We've received almost 40 group registrations so far, and only now have we gotten our first ones signed up by men. Clearly it is the ladies out there coming up with the weekend plans and organizing everything, as usual.

19/10/2021

I'm a historian who has been leading tours at historic institutions for over a decade. I've decided to bring this expertise to my hometown, where I've researched and planned a special tour of West Chester's haunted history at the exact places where it happened! The ghostly tales are also a launching point to tell amazing things from its rich 250+ year history- including quite a few very unexpected ones! You'll never look at the borough the same way again!
Order tickets at: www.chescotours.com

11/10/2021

Did you know EVERY house in West Chester is haunted? Now's your chance to hear spooky stories from the borough's history at the spots where they happened! Gather up a group and some courage and come along!
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