Key West Ghost Tour: Exploring Salacious Past
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288 Ratings
Key West

The Dark Side of Key West caters exclusively to adults, shedding light on the sinister and scandalous history of Key West. Topics like pirates, Count Von Cosel, Robert the Doll, and The Hemingway House will be explored. Get ready to dive deep into tales of horrific killings, suicides, and wicked acts.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - The tour meets on the corner of Duval Street and Eaton Street outside of the gates of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church located at 401 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040.

  • The Artist House - Hear about Robert the Doll at this stop.

  • Dean-Lopez Funeral Home - At this stop you will hear about an infamous necrophile.

  • Crowne Plaza Key West-La Concha, an IHG Hotel - Hear about the the history of the tallest building in Key West

  • Marrero’s Guest Mansion - Hear about the history of this house built by Francisco Marrero in 1889.

  • 322 Duval St - Visit Captain Francis Watlington’s house, aka the Oldest House in Key West.

  • Audubon House & Tropical Gardens - At this stop you will hear about the 19th-century mansion which was built by Captain John H. Geiger.

  • Capt. Tony’s Saloon - Hear about the haunted history of Captain Tony’s Saloon.

What's Included
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Experienced tour guide
  • 90-minute spooky adventure
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity
  • Hotel Pickup or Drop-Off
  • No entry inside private locations
Location
401 Duval St
Duval Street
The Corner of Duval Street and Eaton Street, outside of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. We will be directly across from River Street Sweets, located at 400 Duval Street.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
4.6
(288 Ratings)
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Laurenpt3765kw
Jun 10, 2024
Great Haunting and History Tour - Hamish was amazing! Great tour, not too much walking and very interesting stories/history! Highly recommend for first time Key West visitors or returning guests!
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Ruth_z
Jun 5, 2024
Great Ghost and History tour - This was our third time participating in this tour. Great Key West ghost and history walking tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and energetic. Would Definitely recommend.
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Dr3dh4wk
Jun 5, 2024
Will be doing it again - Very interesting walk and tour learned a lot of key west history both the good and the bad and the creepy our guide was very knowledgeable
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Brookehr6869zq
Jun 4, 2024
Loved it - Our guide, Hamish, was awesome and very knowledgeable. Great story teller. Was a cool way to learn more about Key West, a little spooky.
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M6805eukaylab
May 28, 2024
Great! - Our guide on May 27 was very personable and enthusiastic about the historical aspects of the tour. We thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Samuel_w
May 24, 2024
We had a blast and it was... - We had a blast and it was fun, it was a awesome mix of spooky and humor, I would go again with my friends and family
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P7649lwpamelap
May 24, 2024
Ghost tour was great! Thanks for a great time!! - Great night with interesting stories and history. Fun experience and a great tour guide. Very interactive and a fun time
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Jeffrey
May 4, 2024
Fun hour+ - Really good stories and she is a very good story teller with a fun personality. Really liked the story of Roger the doll but I’ll pass on meeting him
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Leslie
May 8, 2024
Disappointed - We so wanted to love this tour but I have to echo the past reviews on the one tour guide. Our guide seemed either intoxicated or stoned & read from his phone most of the time. He was very easily distracted & found it hard to get back on track. I also didn’t like being told about needing a tip because of his high rent in Key West, which was brought up a few times. The stories were the best part. We would have enjoyed them more if they weren’t read from a phone, therefore, they lost their effect.
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Sbowen0823
Jun 3, 2024
Only book if you’re a fan of cancellations - Booked the Darkside of Key West Tour on 5/24, for our visit the next week. Our tickets were for the 9:00 pm tour on 5/29. Received a call around 4:30 pm from Ghost City Tours, needing to reschedule, or move us to the pub crawl tour, due to the person scheduled to conduct the tour being sick. No problem, we will reschedule for Friday, we’re not pub crawl people. Friday comes, I get an email at 7:00 pm confirming our tour at 9:00 pm. Around 7:30 pm I’m trying to figure out which lot or area near the meeting area would be best to park at, so I give them a call. Have to leave a message and have someone call me back. So I do, asking them if they can call me and let me know the best place to park. Get a call a few minutes later, letting me know that our tour has been cancelled. We are the only 2 on the tour and they require 3 to conduct a tour. Wants to reschedule again, but we are leaving the next morning so I ask for a refund instead. So, they canceled on us once, rescheduled, emailed us to confirm, 30 minutes later I reach out to them, and THEN they call back and cancel because they need 1 more person to hold a tour. When they cancelled on us and moved us to this tour in the first place! I did get refunded, but super frustrating. Two nights of plans were out the door because of their mess.
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