Ghost Tours in Georgia, Halloween 2026: Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta and More, With Prices and Ages

Every price, date, time and age rule below comes from the tour operator’s own page or booking page (checked October 14, 2026), unless we name another source in the sentence. “From” prices are the lowest price the operator shows and can rise by date. Where an operator publishes nothing, we say so. If you’re looking for trick-or-treat events and pumpkin patches rather than ghost stories, see Halloween events in Atlanta for kids.

Georgia ghost tours compared: price, length and who they suit

Prices and times are as each operator publishes them, re-read at the operators’ own pages and booking sites on October 13 and 14, 2026 — every tour in this table except Ghosts of Sorrel Weed, whose site would not open for us (see the note below). Online booking fees, taxes and tips are extra where the operator says so.

What are the best ghost tours in Savannah?

Savannah has more ghost tours than anywhere else in Georgia, and they differ more than the marketing suggests. The choice comes down to three things: how scary, how much walking, and how late. For the rest of your Savannah trip, see our Savannah hub and what things cost in Savannah.

• Ghosts and Gravestones (trolley): Boards at the Simply Savannah Depot, 301 East River Street, next to the Lincoln Street ramp. The ride includes after-dark entry to the Andrew Low House and the Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery. It lasts 1 hour 20 minutes, runs nightly and needs a reservation. The operator rates it PG-13, warns of loud noises and possible strobe lights, and says it isn’t suitable for young children. It also warns that tours sell out the week of October 24–31. Online tickets start at $38.00 (checked October 13, 2026; the operator showed from $34 in September).
• Hearse Ghost Tours: An open-air converted hearse that passes Colonial Park Cemetery. Pickup is outside the Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn Street on Oglethorpe Square. The main tour is 75 minutes, all ages, from $48.95. The operator calls it spooky but not graphic, and says riders need to be able to climb into the hearse. There’s also a “Ghost Patrol” ride for kids 13 and under, from $36.95, which the homepage describes as a 40-minute mystery-solving ride.
• Sinister Sins and Shadows (Savannah Terrors): The cheapest option we found: $17 for a 1-hour, 1-mile walk through the oldest squares, at 7 or 8 p.m. The operator bills it as “eerie, not scary.” Its tours meet at Oglethorpe Square, 127 Abercorn Street.
• Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours (Shannon Scott Tours): A 2-hour lantern walk inside Bonaventure after the gates lock, meeting at the caretaker’s house, 330 Bonaventure Road. It starts at $44.95 and includes lanterns and a signed poster. The operator advises it for ages 18 and up because of mature topics. The October 30, October 31 and November 1 tours run 3 hours. Tickets aren’t refundable; the operator offers a later date instead.
• Ghost City Tours (walking, from $29.99): The biggest walking-tour operator in the city runs five Savannah tours nightly. The Grave Tales Tour is the family one: 90 minutes, all ages, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., from $29.99. The Beyond Good and Evil Tour (8, 9 and 10 p.m.) and The Dead of Night Tour (9 and 10 p.m.) are the adults-only walks, 16 and up, 90 minutes, from $34.99; Dead of Night is the one the operator bills as its most intense. The Savannah Haunted Pub Crawl is 21 and up, two hours through four taverns, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., from $34.99. There is also a daytime Bonaventure Cemetery Tour at 11 a.m., 90 minutes, all ages, from $29.99. Tours run rain or shine with a money-back guarantee.
• Sorrel-Weed House, Ghosts of Sorrel Weed: A nightly 1-hour-15-minute tour inside the house and carriage house on Madison Square, led by a storyteller and paranormal investigator. $35, ages 10 and up; meets in the courtyard on the Bull Street side.
• Genteel & Bard, Savannah Dark History & Ghost Encounter: A roughly two-hour, one-mile evening walk with a history-first approach, using headsets so the guide stays audible. It begins in Oglethorpe Square across from the Owens-Thomas House and ends outside the Colonial Park Cemetery gates. $35 per person, ages 13 and up only; book online for the start time (checked October 14, 2026).

Atlanta ghost tours for Halloween 2026

Atlanta has one big ticketed Halloween event, one nightly walk in Midtown, and three inexpensive weekend walks in its historic suburbs. For more on the city, see things to do in Atlanta.

• Capturing the Spirit of Oakland: Now in its 20th year, this is Oakland Cemetery’s own Halloween event, run by the Historic Oakland Foundation. Costumed storytellers play people buried at Oakland. It runs October 15–18 and 22–25. General admission is $45 for ages 13 and up and $30 for ages 3–12. A $75 premium bundle adds two drink tickets and a program, and a $95 bundle adds those plus the 2026 long-sleeve T-shirt (checked October 13, 2026). Tickets are sold in 15-minute entry blocks and aren’t refundable. The route is about 1 mile and takes 75 minutes, and it runs rain or shine. The foundation says the tours are designed “to enlighten, not frighten” and aren’t scary for children. Only service animals are allowed. Some paths are uneven; the foundation says it has made every effort to provide an ADA-accessible route and takes accommodation requests.
• The Burning and the Bound (Atlanta Ghosts): A 1-hour, 1-mile walk through Midtown past the Fox Theatre and Saint Mark United Methodist Church. Its last published price was $26; the operator’s own pages no longer show a price or start times beyond “nightly at 8 PM” (checked October 13, 2026). It meets at Babs Midtown, 814 Juniper Street NE. The operator calls it “more eerie than terrifying.” Its tour page says pets are welcome, drinking isn’t allowed, and the tour isn’t adults-only.
• Roswell Ghost Tour (26th year): A 2-to-2.5-hour, one-mile walk through historic Roswell that departs from the bandstand in the town square (across from the visitor center, 617 Atlanta Street), running at 8 p.m. “every Friday and Saturday night, and nightly from the 14th through Halloween” in the operator’s own words (checked October 14, 2026); its posted calendar shows the Halloween tour itself at 7:30 p.m. $20, $10 for children 12 and under, cash or Zelle at the start (the schedule page says pre-paying by Zelle is suggested); a liability waiver is required and tours need six guests to run. Book through the reservation form for a specific date.
• Ghosts of Marietta, Haunted Walking Tour: A lantern-led walk of about 90 minutes around Marietta Square, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. $17 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under, plus tax; guide gratuity not included. (This is a different operator from the Murders, Myths and Memories tour listed below.)
• Decatur Ghost Tour: Led by psychic medium Boo Newell, a 2-to-2.5-hour, one-mile paved walk from the steps of the Old DeKalb County Courthouse on Decatur Square, starting at 8 p.m. and ending at Old Decatur Cemetery. $20, $12 for children 10 and under; advance reservations required, six-guest minimum. Its October 2026 calendar lists tours on October 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 and 31, plus November 1, which is the last tour on its November calendar (both calendar images re-read October 14, 2026).

Getting to Oakland: the foundation strongly encourages rideshare. MARTA’s King Memorial Station is a 7–10 minute walk from the main gate. Onsite parking is limited and costs $20.

Ghost tours in Augusta, Dahlonega, Marietta, Chickamauga and Jekyll Island

• Augusta, Shadows of the South: A downtown walking tour from Augusta Ghosts. The operator’s own page now publishes what it kept inside its booking widget in September: $26, “1 HR / 1 MI”, departures at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., “ALL AGES, ALL YEAR ROUND” and tours “held daily, rain or shine, year-round” (checked October 14, 2026). Augusta’s visitor bureau gives the meeting point as 708 Broad Street and the fares as $26 adult, $17 youth and free for children, and its listing now runs to October 31, 2026 rather than December 31. See also things to do in Augusta.
• Dahlonega, Deadly Departed: $26 as last published — the operator’s own page no longer shows a price (checked October 13, 2026) — 1 hour, 1 mile, at 8 p.m. year-round, meeting in the center of Hancock Park on Hawkins Street. Pair it with our Dahlonega hub.
• Marietta, Murders, Myths and Memories: A walking tour of Marietta’s historic center from the same company (Marietta Ghosts). Its page now gives the meeting point as the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, 30 Atlanta St. SE, says “Tours last 1 hour across a 1-mile walking distance” and that they are “held nightly”, and still shows no price or start time (checked October 14, 2026).
• Chickamauga, Haunted Heart of Chickamauga: A 2-hour evening walk through downtown from Southern Shadows, for ages 10 and up, from $28 (checked October 13, 2026; it was $23 in September). It covers Crawfish Springs, the railroad and the Civil War battle. A 30-minute version, “Ghosts by the Tracks,” is for ages 11 and up.
• Jekyll Island, Gilded Age Ghosts and Ghouls: An after-dark trolley ride to one of the island’s historic homes, ending with costumed “former Club members.” The Jekyll Island Authority’s own ticket site now publishes what it withheld in September: departures at 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. from Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum, 100 Stable Road, with the advice to “arrive at least 15 minutes before your tour time as trolleys will depart on time,” and “Not recommended for children under 8 years old.” General admission is priced by date — $25.00 on October 16 and $35.00 on October 30 — and the calendar offers only October 16, 17, 29 and 30 (checked October 14, 2026). See our Jekyll Island hub for parking and the island fee.
• Augusta, Haunted History Ghost Tour (Augusta Adventure Tours & Events): The locally owned alternative, a roughly two-hour walk of under a mile through downtown, offered most Friday and Saturday evenings. $35, ages 6 and up, and the operator says it is not recommended for small children. Advance paid reservations are by phone only, (706) 993-9263; the operator’s own website was a placeholder when we checked, so these details come from its listing on the Augusta visitor bureau site.

Not re-checked. Ghosts of Sorrel Weed: the Sorrel-Weed House site answered our October 13 and October 14, 2026 visits with a “Robot Challenge Screen” instead of the tour page, so its $35 is still the figure we read on September 24, 2026 and has not been confirmed since. Tell us if you know more.

Not confirmed by the operator. Marietta: the Murders, Myths and Memories tour page shows no price or start time outside its booking widget (re-checked October 14, 2026). Tell us if you know more.

Source note. Jekyll Island: the Jekyll Island Authority’s own ticket site now publishes 2026 dates, times and prices, and the figures above come from it (checked October 14, 2026); the tour’s description page still shows none. Its booking calendar opens departure times on October 16, 17, 29 and 30 only — every other October date, Halloween included, offers none — so Explore Georgia’s “October 2–30, 2026” listing no longer matches the operator’s own calendar. Tell us if you know more.

What should you do in your situation?

• With young kids: Oakland’s Capturing the Spirit (billed as not scary, $30 for ages 3–12) or Savannah’s Hearse Ghost Patrol for kids 13 and under. Skip Ghosts and Gravestones (PG-13) and Bonaventure After Hours (advised 18+).
• On a budget: Savannah’s Sinister Sins and Shadows at $17. In Augusta, Augusta’s visitor bureau lists child tickets as free.
• Don’t want to walk far: Ghosts and Gravestones by trolley, or the Hearse Ghost Tour. Both still involve some walking or climbing aboard.
• With a dog: The Atlanta Ghosts tour page says pets are welcome. Oakland allows service animals only.
• Want the real atmosphere: Bonaventure After Hours, inside the cemetery after the gates lock, is the only tour on this list that does that.
• Halloween week: Book early. Ghosts and Gravestones warns that October 24–31 sells out, and Oakland’s tickets are timed.

When do Georgia ghost tours sell out?

Ghosts and Gravestones warns that October sells out and asks guests to book the week of October 24–31 well ahead. Oakland’s Eternal Pass was still listed as sold out on October 13, and its standard tickets are timed. Bonaventure After Hours caps groups at 60. None of the other operators publishes sell-out figures.

Local legend: The Marshall House, Savannah

What is actually true: Visit Savannah says the hotel is rumored to be haunted and calls its spirits “some of Savannah’s friendliest ghosts”; nothing proves it. What is documented: Mary L. Marshall opened the hotel in 1851, Union troops used the building as a hospital until the end of the Civil War, and a small museum on the third floor shows prints, newspapers and letters from that time.

Local legend: The Surrency haunting, Appling County

What is actually true: The AJC tells it as a classic Georgia Halloween tale: the house belonged to a family named Surrency, in the Appling County town of the same name, about 90 miles southwest of Savannah. Nobody ever explained what happened, and the AJC’s headline says it plainly: still a mystery.

FAQ

What is the cheapest ghost tour in Savannah?

Savannah Terrors’ Sinister Sins and Shadows walk costs $17 for 1 hour and 1 mile, at 7 or 8 p.m., meeting at Oglethorpe Square (checked September 24, 2026).

Are Savannah ghost tours OK for kids?

Some are. Hearse Ghost Tours is for all ages and runs a Ghost Patrol tour for kids 13 and under. Ghosts and Gravestones is rated PG-13 and not suitable for young children, and Bonaventure After Hours is advised for 18 and up.

When is Capturing the Spirit of Oakland in 2026?

October 15–18 and 22–25, 2026, at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Tickets are $45 for ages 13 and up and $30 for ages 3–12, in 15-minute entry blocks, and are not refundable.

Can you go into Bonaventure Cemetery at night?

Yes, on a ticketed after-hours tour. Shannon Scott Tours runs Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours, a 2-hour lantern tour from $44.95, on set dates, including 11 nights in October 2026.

Is there a ghost tour in Augusta, GA?

Yes. Augusta Ghosts runs Shadows of the South downtown. The operator’s own page lists it daily and year-round at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. for $26 (checked October 14, 2026); Augusta’s visitor bureau gives the meeting point as 708 Broad Street and youth tickets at $17.

Can I bring my dog on a Georgia ghost tour?

The Atlanta Ghosts tour page says pets are welcome. Oakland Cemetery’s Halloween tours allow only service animals. Most other operators don’t publish a pet policy.

How we checked this guide: Dates, hours, admission and parking prices, and access details were verified against the official sources listed below on October 14, 2026. Operators change schedules and raise prices without notice, so confirm anything time-sensitive before you drive. The figures in this guide also feed our Georgia Attraction Transparency Index and Family Day-Out Cost Index.

Sources

• Historic Oakland Foundation — Capturing the Spirit of Oakland 2026
• Atlanta Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures) — Atlanta tours
• Atlanta Ghosts — The Burning and the Bound tour page
• Ghosts and Gravestones Savannah (Historic Tours of America)
• Hearse Ghost Tours — tours
• Hearse Ghost Tours — FAQ
• Hearse Ghost Tours — booking (FareHarbor)
• Savannah Terrors (US Ghost Adventures) — Savannah tours
• Savannah Terrors — meeting point
• Shannon Scott Tours — Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours
• Visit Augusta — Shadows of the South listing
• Augusta Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)
• Dahlonega Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)
• Marietta Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)
• Southern Shadows — Haunted Heart of Chickamauga
• Southern Shadows — booking (FareHarbor)
• Jekyll Island Authority — Gilded Age Ghosts and Ghouls
• Explore Georgia — Haunted events calendar
• Ghost City Tours — Savannah ghost tours (all five tours, prices, times, ages)
• Sorrel-Weed House — Ghosts of Sorrel Weed tour
• Genteel & Bard — Savannah Dark History & Ghost Encounter
• Roswell Ghost Tour — home and tour schedule
• Ghosts of Marietta — Haunted Walking Tour
• Decatur Ghost Tour — tour info and schedule
• Visit Augusta — Augusta Adventures Tours & Events listing (price, days, ages)
• Augusta Adventure Tours & Events — website (placeholder; phone booking)

About Hank Whitlock

Hank Whitlock is the pen name of the It's Georgia editor. Every guide is built around the questions a busy family actually asks before a trip: how long is the drive, what does parking cost, can the stroller make it, are dogs allowed. Details are checked against official park, city, and venue sources, and each guide shows the date it was last updated.