Lincoln Home National Historic Site · Old State Capitol State Historic Site · Oak Ridge Cemetery
Ghost City Tours operates ghost walking tours in dozens of U.S. cities, with Springfield, Illinois among its programs advertised as running since 2012 (both tour pages state 'Starts in Springfield, IL'). The company runs two separately ticketed products: the family-friendly Ghosts of Springfield Tour, open to all ages, and the adults-only Mourning After Tour, restricted to guests 16 and older.
Unlike some of the operator's other city pages, neither Springfield tour page publishes a specific street address for its meeting point or a numbered stop list; both list the meeting point simply as 'Historic Springfield, Springfield, IL 62701,' with exact details said to be sent in the booking confirmation email. The company's general Springfield marketing separately promotes a directory of three documented hauntings — the Lincoln Home, Lincoln Tomb, and the Old State Capitol — without tying any of them to a specific tour's route.
Sources
- https://ghostcitytours.com/springfield/
- https://ghostcitytours.com/springfield/ghosts-springfield-tour/
- https://ghostcitytours.com/springfield/mourning-after-ghost-tour/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsFeelings of Being Watched
The Ghosts of Springfield Tour is framed by the operator as an all-ages introduction to what it calls Lincoln's ghost and the spirits of the people who knew him, alongside old homes and government buildings the company describes as the city's haunted heart. The Mourning After Tour is billed as the operator's adults-only Springfield product, built around the mourning rituals and spiritualism that followed Lincoln's 1865 assassination — hauntings the company frames as arising not from death itself but from grief and obsession in those left behind. Neither tour page names a specific walking route; the operator's general Springfield marketing separately promotes documented hauntings at the Lincoln Home, Lincoln Tomb, and the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln delivered his 'House Divided' speech, without tying any of them to a specific tour's stop sequence.
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 tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Notable Entities
Abraham Lincoln