The 15 Best Self-Guided Ghost Trails

1.Medieval Torture Museum Ticket with Audio Guide and Ghost Hunting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 962 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $35Our pick

Step into Chicago’s 6,000-square-foot Medieval Torture Museum for about 90 minutes of grim history, wax figures, and interactive devices. Use the included audio guide at your own pace, then try the ghost-hunting app. Bring earbuds, expect dim lighting, and consider the mature subject matter before bringing children.

“I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this museum. I went because by daughter wanted to see it. Very informative audio tour. You go at your own pace.”

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2.Self-Guided Smartphone Ghost Walking Tour in Salem

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 225 reviews · 40 to 50 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Use the WalknTours app to follow a GPS-guided Salem route from Ropes Mansion to the Witch Trials Memorial. Hear short ghost stories at eight stops, including the Witch House, Salem Inn, Joshua Ward House, and Old Burying Point Cemetery. Pause for shops, food, or photos as you go.

“The tour was amazing a great experience. Totally recommend to do the self tour you can go at your own pace. Just make sure everyone has headphones 🎧 so that you can hear everything and block out noise.”

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3.Ghosts of Gettysburg Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 77 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.)

Drive more than 11 miles through Gettysburg with Mark Nesbitt’s ghost stories and battlefield history guiding you by GPS. The route includes Devil’s Den, Little Round Top, Codori Farm, and Eisenhower National Historic Site. Download the Action Tour Guide app before arrival, then explore at your own pace.

“It was okay nothing to scream about the pauses in between I really didn't care for but overall it was okay but at the end of the day it's like one and done”

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4.Glasgow Ghost Hunt: The Soul That Got Away Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 71 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $6Best value

Follow a self-guided Questo game from Glasgow Central to George Square, using your phone to solve riddles tied to the Lighthouse, Merchant City, Buchanan Street, and City Chambers. Allow about 90 minutes, though breaks and wrong turns can stretch the route. No guide or entry tickets are needed.

“What a waste of money!! Wouldn't recommend this at all. Can't understand why they even call it a ghost tour”

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5.Ultimate Historic Salem and Witch Trials Self-Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 67 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $16

Use the Action Tour Guide app to walk about 1.5 miles through Salem’s witch trial sites, cemeteries, historic homes, and literary landmarks. More than 35 location-triggered stories play automatically in English. You get lifetime access, offline maps, and no guide or group to meet.

“Amazing history of Salem and all the Halloween costumes. So much to see and take in. Beautiful century old homes. I'm a big fan of Bewitched as I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Elizabeth Montgomery's statue was my favorite.”

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6.Self Guided Haunted Walking Tour in Portsmouth APP/GPS/EMF Reader

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 64 reviews · 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $9

Follow a self-guided walking route from Ceres Bakery to Portsmouth Brewery, using an English-language app with GPS directions, narrated ghost stories, and an EMF reader. Allow 40 minutes to an hour, but pause for food, shopping, or a closer look at Portsmouth’s historic sites.

“This was a fun experience with interesting ghost stories. We got to see parts of Portsmouth we had not experienced before.”

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7.The Dark Side of Zurich: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 52 reviews · 365 days · from $13

Start at Paradeplatz and follow an English or Russian audio guide through Zurich’s darker past. Hear true stories of witch trials, torture, executions, and public punishment while visiting the Fraumünster, Water Church, Grossmünster, and former execution sites at your own pace.

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8.Cologne Haunted Quest: The Witch Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 38 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Follow a phone-based mystery game through Cologne, from Melaten Cemetery and Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Park to the cathedral, Old Town, and East Asian Art Museum. You solve clues at your own pace in English, with no guide and no fixed start time. Expect a long city walk, app use, and some uncertain directions.

“It took me to the cemetery but that was it. I didn't know where to go after that. So we just went on our own way and went to the cathedral. It was a joke giving you my money. I would never do that again.”

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9.Dublin Ghost Hunt Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 34 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $6

Follow a private, app-led mystery walk from the National Museum of Ireland to the River Liffey. Solve clues at six Dublin landmarks, hear audio stories, and pause whenever you like. The route takes about 90 minutes, though you can linger, stop for a pub break, or resume later.

“It was amazing! Really interesting tour!! I think it’ s a different way to see the city. I recommend to do it with friends!!”

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10.The Gothic Trail – Ghosts of Barcelona Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $7

Follow a smartphone quiz from Plaça de Sant Jaume through Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, solving clues at landmarks and basilicas as audio stories reveal the city’s darker tales. Play in English, pause anytime, and finish on Carrer del Bisbe without a guide or fixed schedule.

“Ha sido muy agradable descubrir cosas de nuestra propia ciudad que desconocíamos. Las pruebas han resultado muy amenas... Algunas fáciles, otras desconcertantes, lo que provocaba más interacción entre los participantes y muchas más diversión. Ciertamente, conocer así las ciudades es un plus muy recomendable y altamente gratificante.”

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11.Florence Inferno: Dante’s Haunted Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $7

Start at Piazza della SS. Annunziata and follow a Dante-themed phone game through Florence, solving ten interactive puzzles on foot. You control the pace, can pause anytime, and finish on Via del Proconsolo. This private, English-language experience takes about one to two hours and has no physical guide.

“Ho trascorso una bella serata con la mia famiglia alla ricerca degli indizi che ci proponeva il gioco, facendo una bella passeggiata di quasi 2 ore per il centro di Firenze.”

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12.Ghosts of New Orleans: Self-Guided Haunted Audio Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 32 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $6

Follow the WalknTours app from LaLaurie Mansion to Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub on a one-hour French Quarter walk. Hear ghost, vampire, and local history stories, use GPS directions and an EMF detector, pause for photos or drinks, and finish with a possible vampire speakeasy visit.

“Great tour, very informative the narrator and background noise kept it interesting. This is such a cool concept to have a self guided tour it was easy to follow and allowed us to take breaks and go at our own pace”

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13.Llandaff’s Ghosts: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · 35 to 50 minutes (approx.) · from $8

Follow a 35 to 50 minute GPS audio walk from Llandaff Cathedral through the village, along the River Taff, and across Llandaff Meadow. Hear local ghost stories and cathedral history at your own pace, with offline maps and audio in the VoiceMap app.

“An absolute scam! I couldn't share the tickets I had bought with my families phones... In short, I paid for 5 tickets and was only able to use one.”

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14.Liverpool Ghost Hunt: Paranormal Detective Self-Guided Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Follow a smartphone-led mystery from Lime Street through Ma Egerton’s Stage Door, St George’s Hall, Liverpool Playhouse, and Beatles landmarks. You solve 12 puzzles, pause when you like, and finish near St Johns Garden. No guide joins you, so your group sets the pace.

“I was really looking forward to this and it was a good way to spend some time in Liverpool and I got to see parts of the city I might not have seen. However I thought it would be more exciting”

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15.Lyon Ghost Hunt: Follow the Shadows Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Follow Lyon’s darker stories on a 90-minute mobile exploration game from Place Saint-Jean to the Fourvière hill. Solve clues tied to Montée du Gourguillon, Saint-Just, Loyasse Cemetery, and Saint-Jean Cathedral. Play in English, pause when needed, and share one booking with up to 15 people.

“I would absolutely not recommend this tour! The app was a fun idea and I expected to get some good stories of the city. The game takes you into the neighborhoods outside the tourist area. We did see things we wouldn’t have seen but we walked uphill the entire way almost and about 2 miles away from the city. The tour takes you through some deserted streets and leaves you in the middle of no where with really bad directions back to where you started. It took us almost as long to get back to where we started as the entire game. Do not waste your money!”

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