Old Salem Historic District (Moravian settlement, founded 1766) · Single Brothers' House (built beginning 1769) · Salem College (chartered 1866, roots to 1772)
US Ghost Adventures runs guided ghost walks in more than 250 U.S. cities; in Winston-Salem the program is marketed as Colonial Haunts, sold on Tripadvisor as the Winston-Salem Ghost Tour of Whispers, Wraiths, & Widows and rated 4.9 of 5 from nine reviews as of this listing. The tour meets at the Frank L. Horton Museum Center on South Main Street and covers about one mile of the Old Salem Historic District in roughly an hour, with an extended bonus tour also offered.
The route's confirmed corpus stops sit within Old Salem, the Moravian settlement founded in 1766 that today anchors Winston-Salem's historic core. The Single Brothers' House, built in stages beginning in 1769, housed unmarried Moravian tradesmen and apprentices. Salem College, chartered in 1866 and tracing its roots to a 1772 girls' school, is documented as the oldest institution for women's education associated with the original Salem settlement; its Babcock Dormitory is named for Mary Reynolds Babcock, a daughter of R.J. Reynolds and a major benefactor of the college.
US Ghost Adventures guides are identifiable by branded shirts and lanterns; tours run nightly, rain or shine, year-round.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/winston-salem-ghost-tour/
- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g49680-d27632325-Reviews-Winston_Salem_Ghosts-Winston_Salem_North_Carolina.html
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At the J. Blum House, the operator ties John Christian Blum's 1854 death to reported unease and an antique printing press said to operate on its own. At the Single Brothers' House, the operator recounts a young shoemaker's death in a cellar collapse and ties reported activity to a figure locals call the 'person in red.' At Salem College, the operator ties a campus tradition around a portrait of donor Mary Reynolds Babcock — reportedly followed by moving eyes — to superstitions among students about greeting it properly.
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.
