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Asheville Terrors' Downtown Walking Tour and Haunted Pub Crawls Through the Blue Ridge Mountain City
22 S Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801
Research updated August 2026
Age
All ages for the flagship walking tour; the haunted pub crawls are bar-centered and best suited to adults
Cost
$$
Pricing set by US Ghost Adventures and shown at booking; check usghostadventures.com/asheville-ghost-tour for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About one mile of paved downtown Asheville sidewalks for the flagship walking tour.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Asheville Historic District · Jackson Building (1924, Asheville's first skyscraper) · Battery Park Hotel · Flatiron Building
US Ghost Adventures runs guided ghost walks in more than 250 U.S. cities; in Asheville the local-facing brand is Asheville Terrors. The flagship walking tour, The Asheville Apparitions of the Abyss, meets outside the Jackson Building at 22 S Pack Square and covers about one mile of downtown Asheville in roughly an hour, with an extended bonus tour also offered. Two separate pub crawl editions run from Barley's Taproom (42 Biltmore Ave) and the Wedge Downtown (1 Page Ave).
The route's three anchor buildings are all documented downtown Asheville landmarks. The Jackson Building, completed in 1924, was Asheville's first skyscraper and a symbol of the city's 1920s land boom that preceded the Depression-era bust. The Battery Park Hotel, a 1924 Spanish-style hotel later converted to senior housing, replaced an earlier Victorian-era hotel of the same name that stood on Battery Porter Hill. The Flatiron Building, a 1926 wedge-shaped office building on Wall Street, takes its nickname from its narrow triangular footprint.
US Ghost Adventures guides are identifiable by branded shirts and lanterns; tours run nightly, rain or shine, year-round.
Sources
At the Jackson Building, the operator's narrative centers on Great Depression-era financial ruin and reported deaths tied to the building's height, framing it as a lingering presence in the tower's upper floors. At the Battery Park Hotel, the operator recounts the 1936 unsolved murder of a young guest and reports of footsteps and a figure glimpsed at a second-floor window during thunderstorms.
At the Flatiron Building, the operator's account centers on the 1920s tuberculosis epidemic that brought patients to Asheville's mountain air in search of a cure, framing a reported disembodied cough and window reflections as tied to a patient who died near the building. The pub crawl editions layer additional stops and stories around Barley's Taproom and the Wedge Downtown as the route continues through the historic district.
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.
The flagship nightly walking tour through downtown Asheville, covering about one mile in roughly an hour. The route covers the Jackson Building, the Battery Park Hotel, and the Flatiron Building. Meets outside the historic Jackson Building, 22 S Pack Square. An extended bonus tour is also offered.
A roughly two-hour haunted pub crawl through Asheville's historic district. Meets outside Barley's Taproom, 42 Biltmore Ave.
A second roughly two-hour edition of the haunted pub crawl, meeting outside the Wedge Downtown, 1 Page Ave Suite 152.
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Meeting point and featured stop on the flagship walking tour; the operator ties the building to Great Depression-era deaths.
Featured stop on the flagship walking tour, tied by the operator to a 1936 unsolved murder.
Featured stop on the flagship walking tour, tied by the operator to a former tuberculosis patient.
Meeting point for the Boos and Booze Ultimate Haunted Pub Crawl.
Exterior stop; guides recount Ben Wolfe's death and the boardinghouse's reputation for typewriter sounds and footsteps upstairs. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Featured stop; tour content references the 2006 LEMUR paranormal investigation. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Featured stop; guides recount the Dr. Jamie Smith legend tied to the long-vanished Broadway's Tavern. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Exterior stop; guides recount the Guastavino burial-in-place story. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Featured stop; guides recount Confederate-soldier sightings tied to the 1865 Battle of Asheville. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Exterior stop; guides recount the 1948 fire and the Zelda Fitzgerald connection. Migrated from a legacy Asheville Terrors stop entry.
Featured stop; tour content covers Prohibition-era bootlegger lore tied to Asheville's downtown tunnel network.
Featured stop; guides recount the Helen legend, with the caveat that no contemporary record of the story has been located.
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