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Charleston Guided Tour: Explore City's Dark Past
4.4
186 Ratings
Charleston
Uncover the hidden secrets of Charleston’s dark past on this uncensored guided tour. Explore the city’s seediness and ancient forms of punishment in a 90-minute walking tour for adults only.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Bulldog Tours - Bulldog Tours headquarters
- French Quarter - Tour passes through the well-known French Quarter District of Charleston.
- Meeting Street - Pass through the famous Meeting Street.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- UNCENSORED adults only Walking Tour
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Transportation
Additional Information
THIS IS NOT A GHOST TOUR. 18+ ONLY.
Whether it’s a fascinating story about a legendary brothel, or a look back at ancient forms of punishment, find out what really went on in the streets in the “Holy City” of Charleston. While it’s not meant to scare the life out of you, this uncensored tour of Charleston’s past covers the seediness that existed here way back when—and will certainly be an eye opener. This guided walking tour is 90-minutes long and for adult audiences only! ID required.
- THIS IS NOT A GHOST TOUR
- Minimum age is 18 years, this is an uncensored tour. Profanity may be used
- Please arrive 15 minutes prior to tour departure time
- Operates in all weather conditions, dress appropriately
- The pace of our walking tour is leisurely
- Requires minimum of 4 participants to run
Location
18 Anson St
Anson Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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U1285kfnates
Jul 13, 2024
Found out history is steeped in brothels - Unfortunately I do not remember our tour guides name (no name tag) but he was incredible. Very funny and a great personality for the tour. He was very knowledgeable and did of good job of making the tour feel personable. It was a ton of fun.
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Stacygwashere
Jun 14, 2024
The best tour we did! - This tour is not a ghost tour. They will tell you this 6 times before you start the tour. If you still complain that you thought it was a ghost tour, you're stupid. Don't like my bluntness or words I used, then don't go on this tour. It's rated R. There's swearing. There's crime, corruption and scandal. It was the best tour I've been on!! Our tour guide Bruce was so knowledgeable and funny. In fact we had such a great time on Wednesday night, we booked the Haunted Jail tour for Friday night.
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Sweettooth777
May 28, 2024
Would book again - We did the Dark Side of Charleston walking tour, and Randy was the absolute best. He was engaging, animated, and had a lot of anecdotes from his own experiences having grown up in Charleston. Really a great time. Tour was 1.5-2 hours and about no more than a mile walking. Highly recommend to anyone looking to hear some fun stories.
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Jacqueline
May 10, 2024
Diseases and killings galore - Our tour guide Ben was super awesome! He was knowledgeable and I'm very funny. He kept a really good pace. You definitely find out the dark side of Charleston and a lot of their leaders were not great people.
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Misty_f
May 6, 2024
Randy was awesome! We... - Randy was awesome! We learned so much! The tour was also a great way to see Charleston at night. We definitely recommend.
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Emjayfry
Mar 26, 2024
Unique tour that is a must experience! - This is a fabulous tour. Getting to see the 'darker side' of Charleston with a great storyteller in Jack Kelly. He kept our group entertained and we learned so much that we are curious about exploring these stories even more!
Highly recommended since it's fascinating and lasts 90 minutes which is just perfect.
Not the usual and that's what made it so wonderful!
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Beachlover7322
Mar 13, 2024
Great way to learn about Charleston’s ne’er-do-well past - Dave was an excellent storyteller! I learned a lot.I don’t know why people are so hung up on ghosts when the actual history is so fascinating.
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Goplaces20327168012
Apr 21, 2024
had a lot of potential - This had the potential to be really interesting based on other reviews and the description. While Braxton had some really great stories to tell he seemed to be trying too hard - my husband and are not strangers to "mature" topics or language, but Braxton seemed to just really go for the shock value of saying certain things which was really just a distraction because the stories are interesting and shocking on their own! Unfortunately, all of his stories were only focused on brothels and no other types of "darkness" like prohibition, etc. The concept is awesome - just needs a little work!
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Dave_h
Apr 11, 2024
I would like to recommend... - I would like to recommend the tour but I didn’t get to experience it. I thought that I had signed up for a 10 pm tour. But I missed the call saying they were departing on the 8 pm tour. I asked them if I could switch to the 10 pm and they said it was cancelled. I am asking if I can get a refund because Wednesday was the only evening we were available.
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Rd_s
May 16, 2024
Very Raunchy Tour - We were expecting our “Dark Side” tour to feature stories of crime, corruption, plagues, bordellos, gangsters, moonshine, illegal gambling, etc, much like other similar tours in other cities. Instead it was mostly a vulgarity-laced sex narrative. We bailed early and got a refund (to their credit, they issued the refund without objection). I give two stars instead of one because they encouraged people who were uncomfortable to go get a refund, and we did.
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