York Ghost Tour: Daytime Hauntings Unveiled

Join Dorian Deathly’s daytime ghost tour in York. Hear chilling tales with crystal-clear audio. Explore freely while immersed in eerie stories.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shambles - (The) Shambles is York’s famous cobbled, Medieval street with many dark and troubling tales to tell.
  • York Minster - York Minster is arguably one of the World’s most beautiful cathedrals, it also has a lot of secrets to tell.
  • Bootham Bar - A wonderfully preserved portion of the famous city walls
What's Included
  • Tour Guide
  • Headphones
Additional Information

Dorian Deathly has been leading ghost tours in York at night for 10 years and has a lot of interesting tales to share, but sometimes he likes to come out during the daylight hours and enjoy a tour with a difference!
York can be a noisy old place in the daytime, particularly at peak times so it can be difficult to be fully immersed in the terrible tales!…

Location
The Last Drop Inn
Colliergate
We meet outside The Last Drop Inn at the junction of Colliergate and King's Court. The pub is opposite York's Chocolate Story, near the top of the Shambles. The postcode for maps is YO1 8BW / What Three Words - tests.after.flash
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Camillel871
Apr 22, 2025
A great experience! - Very interesting visit with a super funny guide, I recommend without hesitation! Anecdotes about the city accompanied by music make the experience unique.
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Jasp835
Apr 19, 2025
Highly recommend! - Excellent tour of York to see the city and find out about the historic past. The tour went by super quick and the tour guide was super knowledgeable and friendly. An excellent way to spend time in York. Highly recommend.
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Racaling
Apr 19, 2025
Book This!! - Thoroughly enjoyed our wander around the city with our fantastic guide for Murder & Mayhem True Crime - his commentary was fact filled and funny. Really pleased we booked this! It takes you off the beaten path as well as through some of the main tourist hot spots.. super interesting and our hosts voice was made for this job!! The headsets are brilliant and mean that you really can lose yourself in some of the gruesome tales of the city..! The musical accompaniment was spot on too! #bardcore rocks! Definitely recommend this 👍
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N2487tujessicaw
Apr 19, 2025
A must do unique experience - Booked as a surprise so didn’t know what to expect, this is a unique way of seeing different parts of York City centre, the guide was so charismatic (seriously in the right job!!) which really made the experience and the details such as the music in between really tied it all together. Would really recommend to anyone looking for an alternative way of spending an afternoon especially for the price.
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Stephencandy
Apr 14, 2025
Outstanding Murder Headphones! - York is a busy city, which can make hearing the details on a walking tour tricky. This tour overcomes this through the use of modern over-ear headphones, meaning you can hear every word from your knowledgeable guide crystal clear straight from his microphone. (It also means your walk from location to location can be accompanied by intriguing "bardcore" music, a chance to see if you recognise the modern pop hits performed in a medieval style!) Known for his multi-award-winning "Deathly Dark" ghost walks, this tour gives Dorian Deathly a chance to share some true crime history instead, with his usual in depth attention to detail and engaging storytelling style. Every corner had something new to discover over and above the main stories, and there were lots of "mini-murders" along the way too. (Tales too quick for a full-blown stop but still of great interest.) Highly recommended.
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408lyndsayb
Apr 11, 2025
Fantastic Tour! - Fantastic tour! The guide was informative, funny and utterly brilliant! We loved every minute and will be doing the same tour again with my son at a later date. Highly recommend 👌
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Laurensp8087ra
Sep 3, 2024
Brilliant daytime tour for locals and tourists alike - Dorian's tour is the perfect blend of horrifying history and hilarity. I booked the tour when searching for something touristy to do with friends from further afield. We all had such a brilliant time, and I learnt loads of grisly new stories about my home city. The tour is inclusive, with headphones allowing you to set your own pace and to hear and focus on what the guide is saying (even in the busiest parts of York on a Saturday afternoon). Would highly recommend!
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Xander89d
Aug 14, 2024
10/10, entertaining, inclusive - Incredibly interesting, was great to learn about the true grimy and grisly past of York and incredibly inclusive, with wireless headphones it allowed my hard of hearing partner be able to listen in the hustle and bustle of york. The music between locations made it feel like we were on and adventure.
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Nigelw24
Aug 13, 2024
Interesting and funny tour. - A great walking tour. I really enjoyed this walking tour with Dorian. He's very knowledgeable about York and he told us many stories both funny and grotesque that I guarantee you will not hear on a standard walking tour. Definitely worth doing if you want an entertaining alternative tour of York.
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Garynz2981it
Aug 11, 2024
Great tour experience - Great tour with Dorian. Professional as always with great sense of humour. Highly recommended. A history lesson on the dark side. Just as good as the ghostly tours which I would also highly recommend
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up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).