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Hampton Ghosts: Fort Monroe, the Chamberlin, and Blackbeard's Severed Head
151 Bernard Rd (Quarters No. 1, Fort Monroe National Monument), Hampton, VA 23651
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Exact per-ticket pricing is not published on the operator's Hampton page at time of research; booking is via usghostadventures.com for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved walking around Fort Monroe National Monument, starting outside the historic Quarters No. 1.
Equipment
Photos OK
Fort Monroe National Monument · Hampton's Old Point Comfort · St. John's Episcopal Church (17th-century congregation)
US Ghost Adventures runs its Hampton program under the brand Hampton Ghosts, meeting nightly outside the historic Quarters No. 1 at Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe, a former Army post on Old Point Comfort in Hampton Roads, was where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the Civil War; it later served as a coastal defense installation before its 2011 decommissioning and 2011 designation as a national monument.
The operator's route also covers the Chamberlin, a historic hotel-turned-retirement community near the fort, and St. John's Episcopal Church, whose congregation dates to the 17th century and whose cemetery contains centuries of Hampton burials.
Sources
The operator's route narrative ties Fort Monroe to a local 'Lady in White' legend and describes full-bodied apparitions reportedly seen at the Casemate Museum, which the operator links to Jefferson Davis's imprisonment there after the Civil War. At the Chamberlin, the operator's narrative centers on a 1920 fire that it says claimed a hotel guest's life, with a spectral presence reported in the building since converted to a retirement community.
At St. John's Episcopal Church, the operator's route turns to the adjoining cemetery and a reported ghostly presence tied to a suspected historic murder. Near Marina Road, the operator recounts the local legend that pirate Edward Teach ('Blackbeard')'s severed head was displayed at the mouth of the Hampton River after his 1718 death, and frames the site as a haunted landmark. The operator's marketing also names a ghostly train near a former rail milepost and reported disturbances at Fort Monroe's Continental Park, near the Thimble Shoal Lighthouse, and at the Commanding General's Residence at nearby Langley Air Force Base.
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.
A 1-hour, roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting outside Quarters No. 1 at Fort Monroe National Monument. The route covers the Casemate Museum, the Chamberlin, St. John's Episcopal Church cemetery, and the Blackbeard legend at the mouth of the Hampton River. Runs nightly, all ages.
An extended version of the standard Hampton Ghost Tour covering additional haunted locations around Fort Monroe; the operator markets it as a bonus add-on to the standard route. Ask the operator for current stops and availability.
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Meeting-point monument; operator's marketing ties the fort to the local 'Lady in White' legend.
Featured stop; operator's marketing references Jefferson Davis's post-Civil War imprisonment at the fort.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties a 1920 hotel fire to a reported haunting at the building, now a retirement community.
Featured stop, referred to by the operator as the Chapel of the Centurion; route narrative focuses on the adjoining cemetery.
Referenced via Marina Road and the Old Point Comfort Marina; matches the corpus entry documenting Blackbeard's severed head display at this site.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop, viewed from Continental Park per the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
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