Salem Witch Trials (1692) · Old Burying Point Cemetery (1637) · The Witch House / Jonathan Corwin House
US Ghost Adventures operates in Salem under the Salem Ghosts brand (salemghosts.com), with its standard product meeting outside Salem Five Savings Bank at 210 Essex St, starting at 6:00 PM. The tour is independently listed on GetYourGuide as 'Salem Ghost Tours: Witches & Wicked Whispers,' with a large verified review base, corroborating that the program operates. The company sells four additional Salem-specific products under the same brand: a Late Night Ultimate Ghost Tour, The Witches of Salem: Ultimate Witchcraft and Magic Tour, the Boos and Brews Haunted Pub Crawl, and the Secrets of Salem History Tour.
The standard tour's route draws on Salem's 1692 witch trials, covering the Old Burying Point Cemetery (established 1637, Salem's oldest burial ground), the Joshua Ward House (now the Merchant Hotel), and the Witch House, the only structure in Salem directly connected to the witch trials via its onetime resident, Judge Jonathan Corwin.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/salem-ghost-tour/
- https://salemghosts.com/salem-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/salem-l896/salem-ghost-tours-witches-wicked-whispers-t336191/
ApparitionsUnexplained SensationsUnexplained Sounds
The route material centers on Salem's well-documented 1692 witch trials, in which 20 people were executed after being accused of witchcraft. At the Old Burying Point Cemetery, the operator's narration focuses on the grave of Judge John Hathorne, one of the trials' magistrates, with reported apparitions described near his gravesite. The Joshua Ward House, built on land once owned by trial-era sheriff George Corwin and now operating as the Merchant Hotel, is presented by the operator as haunted by Corwin's spirit, with guest reports of a crushing sensation overnight. The Witch House, the former home of trial judge Jonathan Corwin and the only structure in Salem still standing with a direct tie to the trials, is described as a frequent subject of paranormal investigation.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
