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Gallatin Ghosts — Groaning Gallows' Grudge Walking Tour Through Historic Downtown Gallatin
155 E Main St, Gallatin, TN 37066
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Gallatin's Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour listed from $32 per person on third-party booking sites (discounted rate around $24 seen via Viator); pricing not posted directly on the operator's own city page.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of downtown Gallatin sidewalks around the Sumner County Courthouse square; exterior-only, no entry to private buildings.
Equipment
Photos OK
Sumner County Courthouse Square · Trousdale Place (home of Tennessee Governor William Trousdale) · Palace Theater (1913)
US Ghost Adventures, the multi-city ghost-tour network, operates a standardized Gallatin product under the local consumer brand 'Gallatin Ghosts.' The Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour is a roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting nightly outside the Sumner County Courthouse at 155 E Main St, covering Trousdale Place — the historic home of Tennessee Governor William Trousdale — the Palace Theater, a 1913 silent-movie venue billed by the operator as Tennessee's oldest still standing in its original location, and Swaney Swift's, a former late-1800s pharmacy.
The tour is corroborated as an operating city program by a TripAdvisor listing for 'Gallatin's Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour' matching the same meeting point, and by third-party booking sites listing the tour from $32 per person.
A separate, unaffiliated local operator, Ghosts of Gallatin (see `tennessee/ghosts-of-gallatin`), run by author Allen Sircy, also meets at the Sumner County Courthouse -- at its 100 Public Square face rather than the 155 E Main St side used here. The two are distinct companies with different guides, pricing, and booking despite the shared courthouse landmark; do not conflate them.
Sources
According to US Ghost Adventures, Trousdale Place is haunted by the spirit of Mary Trousdale, the governor's daughter who died in her upstairs bedroom, with reported flickering lights and footsteps. At the Palace Theater, the operator attributes reported poltergeist-like activity — including wall distortions and chair movement — to Bill Roth, the theater's original owner. At Swaney Swift's, a former pharmacy, the operator's narration centers on a young woman said to have died on the premises during the 1873 cholera epidemic, with reported shadowy figures and footsteps.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing 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 nightly outside the Sumner County Courthouse, 155 E Main St. The route covers Trousdale Place, the Palace Theater, and Swaney Swift's, pairing downtown Gallatin history with reported hauntings. Listed from $32 per person on third-party booking sites; ask about the bonus extended tour to additional haunted locations.
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Featured stop on the Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour; former home of Tennessee Governor William Trousdale.
Featured stop on the Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour; built in 1913.
Featured stop on the Groaning Gallows' Grudge Ghost Tour; a former pharmacy dating to the late 1800s.
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