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Richmond's Original Ghost Tour Company, Running Since 2004
19 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA
Research updated September 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Tours priced around $27 per person per the operator's own site; exact meeting point varies by tour and is provided at booking.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Outdoor walking tours on Richmond's public streets and sidewalks, which can include brick paving, uneven surfaces, cobblestones, inclines, curbs and construction. The operator says its routes can generally accommodate wheelchairs and mobility scooters, though conditions vary by route.
Equipment
Photos OK
Richmond's Church Hill, Court End, and Shockoe historic districts · One of Richmond's longest-running commercial ghost-tour operators (since 2004)
Haunts of Richmond has run walking tours in Richmond since 2004, making it one of the city's longest-running commercial ghost-tour operators. The company offers several themed routes, including the Phantoms of Franklin Tour through the Franklin Street neighborhood and the Shadows of Shockoe Tour through the Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Valley districts, alongside routes through Church Hill and around Virginia Commonwealth University's Court End medical campus. The company is listed as a local attraction by both Venture Richmond and Visit Richmond VA, the city's tourism organizations.
Sources
Each Haunts of Richmond route ties a specific Richmond neighborhood's documented 19th-century history to reported paranormal activity at named stops along the way; the Phantoms of Franklin Tour covers the Franklin Street neighborhood including the Linden Row Inn and the Ellen Glasgow House, and the Shadows of Shockoe Tour covers Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Valley including the Adam Craig House. This is the operator's own marketing material, included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Phantoms of Franklin is an approximately one-mile, 90-minute outdoor walking tour through Richmond's Franklin Street neighborhood, including a stop at the Linden Row Inn, pairing turn-of-the-century history with reported hauntings.
A walking tour through Richmond's Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Valley area, pairing the district's 19th-century commercial and slave-trade history with reported hauntings.
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Featured stop on the Phantoms of Franklin Tour.
Exterior stop on the Phantoms of Franklin Tour and related walking routes; narrated from the sidewalk.
Featured stop on the operator's Shockoe-area routes (Shadows of Shockoe Tour); the house is narrated from the sidewalk, not entered.
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