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Greensboro Ghosts' Downtown Walking Tour Past the Biltmore Hotel, M'Coul's, and the Carolina Theatre
447 W Washington St, Greensboro, NC 27401
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Pricing set by US Ghost Adventures and shown at booking; check usghostadventures.com/greensboro-ghost-tour for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About one mile of paved downtown Greensboro sidewalks.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Greensboro Historic District · Biltmore Hotel (1905) · Carolina Theatre (1927)
US Ghost Adventures runs guided ghost walks in more than 250 U.S. cities; in Greensboro, North Carolina, the local-facing brand is Greensboro Ghosts. The flagship walking tour, Gallows, Gunpowder, & Graves of Greensboro, meets in front of Blandwood Museum at 447 W Washington St and covers about one mile of downtown Greensboro in roughly an hour, with an extended bonus tour also offered.
The route's three anchor stops are documented downtown Greensboro landmarks. The Biltmore Hotel, built in 1905, began as a denim-trade office building before later becoming an apartment complex and hotel. M'Coul's is a pub occupying the former Piedmont Hotel building. The Carolina Theatre, a Greek Revival-influenced venue that opened in 1927, survived a 1981 arson attempt. Greensboro Ghosts has its own TripAdvisor attraction listing under that name, corroborating that the program operates as a local attraction.
US Ghost Adventures guides are identifiable by branded shirts and lanterns; tours run nightly, rain or shine, year-round.
Sources
At the Biltmore Hotel, the operator's narrative centers on Room 332 and a ghost the operator ties to a fatal fall from the building's third floor. At M'Coul's, the operator recounts the building's earlier use as the Piedmont Hotel, described as operating as a brothel into the 1960s, with reported spirits of former workers.
At the Carolina Theatre, the operator's account centers on a 1981 incident in which the operator says a patron attempted to set the building on fire and died in the attempt, with reported sightings of a figure pacing the mezzanine since. The operator's broader Greensboro copy also references the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital site, and several area college campuses as additional haunted locations, but frames these as background material and other haunted hotspots rather than the guided route's named stops.
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 Greensboro, covering about one mile in roughly an hour. The route covers the Biltmore Hotel, M'Coul's, and the Carolina Theatre. Meets in front of Blandwood Museum, 447 W Washington St. An extended bonus tour to additional haunted locations is also offered.
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Featured stop on the flagship walking tour; the operator ties Room 332 to a reported ghost with a history of a fatal fall.
Featured stop on the flagship walking tour, tied by the operator to the building's earlier history as the Piedmont Hotel.
Featured stop on the flagship walking tour, tied by the operator to a 1981 arson attempt.
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