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Berlin Ghosts: The Atlantic Hotel, Pitts House, and Adkins Hardware's Growing Shadow
3 Church St (outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church), Berlin, MD 21811
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
The Ballads, Bones, and Burials of Berlin Ghost Tour lists from $32, discounted to $24 per adult on GetYourGuide; the operator's own site does not publish per-ticket pricing directly.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved downtown Berlin sidewalks, starting outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Equipment
Photos OK
Berlin Historic District (Worcester County) · Atlantic Hotel (built after the 1895 Berlin fire)
US Ghost Adventures runs its Berlin program under the brand Berlin Ghosts, meeting nightly outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 3 Church St. The route covers the Atlantic Hotel, a downtown landmark built after an 1895 fire that leveled much of the town, along with the Pitts House and the Adkins Hardware storefront on Berlin's historic Main Street.
Berlin, Maryland is a small Worcester County town on the Eastern Shore near Ocean City and Assateague Island, known for a well-preserved 19th- and early-20th-century downtown. The operator's Berlin program is a separate, standalone product from US Ghost Adventures' nearby Ocean City and Pocomoke City tours.
Sources
The operator's route narrative centers on room 16 of the Atlantic Hotel, where staff are said to report muffled arguing, dragging sounds, and a phantom tricycle. At the Pitts House, the operator ties a reported haunting to Fred Pitt, described as a Confederate Civil War veteran whose spirit is said to relive his wartime service. Adkins Hardware is presented as home to a growing shadow figure encountered by a young employee.
The operator's broader narrative references the former Odd Fellows Hall and its occult-tinged fraternal history, a preserved Fiji Mermaid curiosity mentioned as a local oddity, and an unnamed swamp legend. 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.
A 1-hour, roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 3 Church St. The route covers the Atlantic Hotel, the Pitts House, and Adkins Hardware, pairing Berlin's small-town history with reported hauntings. Runs nightly, all ages.
An extended version of the standard Berlin ghost tour covering additional haunted locations around town; the operator markets it as a bonus add-on to the standard route. Ask the operator for current stops and availability.
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Featured stop; operator's marketing centers on a reported presence in room 16 tied to the hotel's post-1895-fire construction.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the property to a Confederate Civil War veteran, Fred Pitt, said to still walk the grounds.
Featured stop; operator's marketing describes a reported shadow figure inside the store.
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