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Grove St. Cemetery: Ghosts and Scandals Tour
3.6
63 Ratings
New Haven
Explore the Grove St. Cemetery, discover the specter of Geronimo, and avoid getting pulled by the currents in New Haven Harbor. Let’s see if you can handle tales of hauntings, shocking narratives, and eerie occurrences.
Explore the Grove St. Cemetery, discover the specter of Geronimo, and avoid getting pulled by the currents in New Haven Harbor. Let’s see if you can handle tales of hauntings, shocking narratives, and eerie occurrences.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- New Haven Green - the central square of the nine-square settlement plan of the original Puritan colonists in New Haven
- Grove Street Cemetery - organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground
- City Hall - Designed by Henry Austin and built in 1861
- New Haven Free Public Library - even the stacks are haunted
- New Haven Green - the central square of the nine-square settlement plan of the original Puritan colonists in New Haven
- Grove Street Cemetery - organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground
- City Hall - Designed by Henry Austin and built in 1861
- New Haven Free Public Library - even the stacks are haunted

What's Included
- Local guide
- Local guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
1070 Chapel St
Chapel Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.6
(63 Ratings)
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564sherrillg
Aug 1, 2025
New Haven - Not knowing the area, we were late to arrive and our guide graciously returned for us and allowed us to join the group. We were surprised by an invitation to listen to a concert playing in the Yale steeple and the group voted to go, although that was not in the plan, he went with it and then carried on. All in all, a great experience despite the heat and the extra city noise from a night market. Definitely would recommend
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343joannae
Oct 15, 2024
Highly recommend! - Joy was an awesome host and tour guide! The stories she chose were great and I walked away feeling like I knew more about the history of Yale and had fun while doing it. My 14-year old daughter and I enjoyed every second of it. Highly recommend!
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Ericas4829lz
Sep 15, 2024
Spiritualy Uplifting - Tour was excellent. Guide was very knowledgeable. Very pleasant to be with. Graveyard was very interesting to see. Very pleased.
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Claudia_h
Sep 7, 2024
Our family ghost trip - New facts that we didn’t know! The Vanderbilt connection to Yale, and finally viewing the secret society house!
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Harrisonp302
Jul 27, 2024
Great tour! - We had a great tour guide. The stories and the locations were really interesting! Most of the tour centers around Yale and the surrounding historical areas.
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Rdooley78
Jul 20, 2024
Definitely recommend! - Tour was fantastic! It was a wonderful way to spend an evening to learn not just about the paranormal history of the downtown New Haven area but also general history about Yale, the theater district and the surrounding area. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone.
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Cynthia_s
Jun 8, 2024
Ghost tour rocks - Our tour guide, Joy, was thorough, interesting and accommodating. We enjoyed the tour very much. The rain cut the tour short, but it was still great!
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Adamhh3630ki
Oct 5, 2025
Some say this tour is underwhelming to this day - Nice tour guide but did not have confidence in his knowledge of the area so it basically amounted to looking at a pretty building and calling the architect crazy because the buildings were on native American burial grounds. Neither informative or compelling. Felt like the guide spent more time practicing a bad Vincent Price accent than reviewing his notes.
Wikipedia and a low battery would be a more dependable recipe for thrilling edutainment.
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403caitlynf
Jul 27, 2025
Not a ghost tour - Tour was set during a Friday night market with no indication of how to locate the guide and it was just downhill from there. Couldn’t hear him half the time. Felt like the tour was being made up on the fly and was more about Yale than ghost or haunted occurrences. He pointed out the wrong buildings, gave incorrect facts, and we didn’t even go to the advertised locations. He took us to a part of campus for no reason and was googling facts as we went along. Started with 9, ended with 3 in the group.
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Crystal_t
Jul 4, 2025
Poor service. Don't do business with viator - Tour operator never showed up and viator could not get a hold of them refused to give me a refund and then hung up on me.
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