Historic district ghost tour
Maryland's Oldest Operating Ghost Tour! Celebrating 25 Years!
Take a Remarkable Journey through Frederick’s Gruesome and Bloody Past. Nearly 300 Years of War, Executions and Revenge. True Documented Stories of the “Paranormal” with “Maryland’s Oldest Operating Ghost Tour."
Uncover Politically Savvy and Defiant Citizens, Patriots from the Revolutionary War, Beckoning Soldiers from the Civil War, and so much more!
Historic Frederick - Where The Dead Come Out To Play!
- Visit Court House Square - the "Execution Site" of British Sympathizers, learn about their Fate, and the "Curse" that continues to Resonate.
- Visit the "Spiritual Playground" of Dead Children whose lives were cut short by Unmerciful Disease and Suffering.
- Unravel the Mystery surrounding a Mysterious Man in Black Executed in 1781 for his Loyalty to King George III.
- Find out the “Devilish Plan” of a“Spiteful” Owner of an 1814 Mansion and why his "Spiritual Discharge" Remains.
- Contemplate the Reasons why Frederick’s Famed Barbara Fritchie Continues to Guard her Home from Invading Confederate Soldiers 158 Years After her Death.
- Discover why Former Stage Hands, Actors, and Members of the Audience Refuse to be Removed from their Prized Seats at Frederick’s Historic Tivoli Theater.
- Ponder the Events taking place at a Private Residence, Now Home to Two Families - One Living, One Dead.
- Be Flabbergasted by what is Transpiring within a Former Embalming Site of the Dead from the Civil War - now home to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
- Plus Countless Other True, Documented Stories of the DEAD!
Tours are 90+ Minutes in Length and Leisurely Cover 1.2 miles.
PG13 - Adult Themes. Not Recommended for Younger Children.
Still Cameras and Flashlights Permitted. No Video or Audio Recording Allowed.
All Stories are "Copyrighted" and are the Sole Property of "Maryland Heritage Tours."
Not Responsible for Accidents or other Mishaps during the Tour.
All Rights Reserved.
Maryland's most Haunted City!
Civil War Soldiers
Pestilence and Disease
Civil War Soldiers
During the Civil War, Frederick County bore witness to three Confederate invasions, thirty-eight skirmishes and two major battles.
Embalming The Dead
Pestilence and Disease
Civil War Soldiers
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine was once used as a Federal Embalming Station after the epic Battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
Pestilence and Disease
Pestilence and Disease
Pestilence and Disease
A Cholera Epidemic ravaged the city in the fall of 1832. So many people died, undertakers could barely keep up with the demand for coffins.
Battlefield Slaughter
Executions and Revenge
Pestilence and Disease
Gettysburg, Antietam, South Mountain, Harpers Ferry and Monocacy. Over 80,000 casualties would occur within 35 miles from the city of Frederick.
Executions and Revenge
Executions and Revenge
Executions and Revenge
Frederick’s first public execution occurred in 1749. Defendant John Murphy was Tried, Convicted and Hanged all in the same day.
Historic Figures
Executions and Revenge
Executions and Revenge
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott Key, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and a host of others lived or visited this historic town.
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