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Dahlonega Ghosts: Deadly Departed Dahlonega Ghost Tours Through Georgia's Gold Rush Past
55 Hawkins St (Hancock Park), Dahlonega, GA 30533
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
The operator's site does not publish a price on-page; the operator directs guests to book online for current pricing.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved downtown Dahlonega sidewalks around the historic Public Square, meeting in Hancock Park.
Equipment
Photos OK
Dahlonega Gold Rush (1828) · Dahlonega Historic Public Square
US Ghost Adventures runs its Dahlonega program under the brand Dahlonega Ghosts, offering a nightly walking tour meeting in Hancock Park, one block off Dahlonega's historic Public Square. The route covers about a mile of the downtown historic district.
Dahlonega was the site of the first major U.S. gold rush, beginning in 1828, and its former county courthouse now houses the Dahlonega Gold Museum. The operator's marketing frames this gold-rush history, along with the town's historic theater and civic buildings, as backdrop for the reported hauntings covered on the tour route.
Sources
The operator's route narrative describes the Dahlonega Gold Museum, housed in the former Lumpkin County courthouse, as haunted by the spirits of miners who died chasing gold-rush fortunes, with staff reporting unexplained footsteps and a sense of being watched. Holly Theater is tied to reported phantom applause, disembodied voices, and shadowy figures, including a spirit the operator identifies as a 19th-century actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth. Mt. Hope Cemetery is linked to doomed miners and a 'Lady in White' said to still mourn a lost love.
The Hall House Hotel, a former trading post turned 1911 hotel, is described as home to a 'Chess Board Ghost' that moves pieces on its own, along with reported sightings of a uniformed soldier and a mysterious woman. Vickery House, now home to the University of North Georgia's Appalachian Studies Department, is tied to a local legend that the university struck a bargain with the ghost of Mrs. Vickery, who is said to claim the building at night. The Old Lumpkin County Jail site is described as a place of lingering dread tied to the town's history of punishment.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Notable Entities
A 1-hour, 1-mile walking tour meeting in the center of Hancock Park, Hawkins St. Covers the Dahlonega Gold Museum and Holly Theatre, tying the town's gold-rush history to reported hauntings. Held nightly; bring ID, no printed ticket needed.
The operator advertises a bonus extended version of the tour that visits additional haunted locations beyond the standard 1-mile route; ask the operator for current availability and pricing.
This same US Ghost Adventures Dahlonega program is co-marketed and bookable through lizzie-borden.com/ghost-tours, a companion booking page US Ghost Adventures runs under the Lizzie Borden name since Lance Zaal's US Ghost Adventures purchased the Lizzie Borden House in 2021. Same route, guides, and reviews as the usghostadventures.com listing, not a separate operator; per-ticket pricing is not published on the co-brand page, book via its GET TICKETS link for current rates.
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Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the former courthouse to the reported spirits of miners who died pursuing gold.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the theater to reported phantom applause and the ghost of a 19th-century actor said to be the brother of John Wilkes Booth.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the cemetery to doomed miners and a 'Lady in White' legend.
Stop referenced in the operator's route narrative, tied to a 'Chess Board Ghost' and reports of a soldier and a mysterious woman.
Stop referenced in the operator's route narrative, now the UNG Appalachian Studies Department, tied to the reported ghost of Mrs. Vickery.
Stop referenced in the operator's route narrative, tied to the town's history of punishment.
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