Shadows of Shockoe: Richmond's Haunted Neighborhood Tour

Embark on a spine-chilling journey through Richmond’s oldest neighborhood, Shockoe Bottom. Discover the haunted history and paranormal activity that lurks in the shadows of this eerie district.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Haunts of Richmond - Shadows of Shockoe Tour - Meet your Ghost Guide at the corner of 20th & East Main Streets, outside The Poe Museum, to depart on your tour of Historic Shockoe Bottom. The tour will include tales at a number of local landmarks, including the following: • The Old Stone House which now serves as the cornerstone of The Poe Museum….
What's Included
  • Guidance from a professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Your Spectral Guide will lead you on an intriguing journey through Shockoe Bottom, Richmond’s oldest and most ghostly district, where four centuries of history have left many spirits trapped between this realm and the next.
Your Guide will relay the district’s history and connect it to the eerie and sorrowful events that resulted in countless claims of…

Location
5 S 20th St
South 20th Street
Outside the Richbrau Brewing Company
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(24 Ratings)
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R2402zsryand
Aug 7, 2025
Super awesome and funnt - Super friendly tour guide, she stayed on pace with the group and cracked some funny jokes as well!! I loved her story-telling and her sound affects!!
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Charles
Jul 30, 2025
Fascinating Experience - The guide was very engaging and did a great job of revealing the history of the neighborhood. The stories were enjoyable and even my skeptical wife was able to enjoy the experience. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to learn more about the area with a ghostly twist.
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Gabriel_m
Jun 5, 2025
Very knowledgeable tour... - Very knowledgeable tour guide and length of tour was good. Learned a lot about local history and lore.
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Sharon_g
May 3, 2025
Great evening of haunted... - Great evening of haunted tales and history! Jenny was an excellent guide. Highly recommend this tour.
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102gayles
Oct 26, 2024
Fun tour - Very interesting and fun tour. We had a group of 10, so we did a private tour. Leader was knowledgeable, engaging, and personable. The tour is as much about Richmond history as ghosts. Enjoyed walking through "the Slip"!
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637brynnj
Jul 4, 2024
Great time! - Martha blended historical fact and supernatural speculation into an incredible evening! if you’re interested in the history of richmond and/or some juicy ghost stories you cannot spend a better night.
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Boboo79
May 16, 2024
Best ghost tour - Awesome ghost tour. She was very informative. They kept me in contact. Really good and answered all my questions very fast
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Eileen
Aug 9, 2025
Too many disjointed stories that were poorly told - Our tour guide was a little boring and her stories didn’t flow well. The history part of the tour was a little interesting but the ghost stories need to be better developed.
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W3652samollym
Oct 22, 2024
Came excited, left wishing for more Vim and Vigor - I was so excited to take this tour. I've been wanting to go since moving to Richmond a few years ago. However, while the tour guide was nice, the tour which has SO much promise. The guide's delivery was not unlike a book report. It lacked vigor, personal story, natural humor. It was rich in "um's." Sadly, the tour guide was guilty of one of the sin's of leading tours: telling people what the tour used to offer that was better than present (e.g. starting within the grounds of the Poe Museum complex). I would absolutely go on another tour with this company and would likely enjoy getting to know the tour guide as a friend, but as an experience, I was underwhelmed by the delivery and found myself looking at my watch.
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Alivia_h
Jul 27, 2025
Not in a great... - Not in a great neighborhood. Guide was friendly, but the script was quite poor. You do not enter any of the buildings and most are viewed from far away. We left in the final 15 minutes to go to a restaurant along the way.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).