St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1739), survivor of Lord Dunmore's 1776 burning of Norfolk · Moses Myers House, early Federal-period Norfolk merchant residence · Historic Freemason District
US Ghost Adventures markets its Norfolk program as "Norfolk Ghosts" (also promoted as the Norfolk Nightmare Ghost Tour: Menace, Murder & Mystery), a 1-hour, 1-mile walking tour of downtown Norfolk's Freemason District, meeting at the Norfolk Historical Society, 227 W Freemason St. The route covers the Freemason Abbey Restaurant (built and dedicated as a church in 1873, according to its own history), the Moses Myers House (an early-19th-century Federal-style house museum), the Wells Theatre (Norfolk's historic Beaux-Arts playhouse), and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built in 1739 and one of the few structures to survive Lord Dunmore's 1776 burning of Norfolk during the Revolutionary War.
The operator's own GetYourGuide listing, with independent reviews and ratings current through 2026, and a Virginia state tourism directory listing corroborate that the Norfolk Ghosts program is actively operating.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/norfolk-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/norfolk-l651/norfolk-nightmare-ghost-tour-menace-murder-mystery-t1309124/
- https://www.virginia.org/listing/norfolk-nightmare-ghost-tour:-menace-murder-&-mystery/39211/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsReported Hauntings
The operator's marketing ties disappearing plates and slamming doors at Freemason Abbey Restaurant to trickster spirits it calls "Mr. B," tied to the building's decades as an Independent Order of Odd Fellows meeting hall after its church use; the restaurant’s own history dates construction and dedication to 1873, while the tour operator’s page says 1878. At the Moses Myers House, the operator describes a reported vengeful presence tied to a murder victim, alongside sightings the operator connects to young Mary Myers of the historic Myers family. At the Wells Theatre, the operator recounts a reported child apparition tied to an early fatal fall from the balcony. At St. Paul's, the operator ties reported activity to a former priest.
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.
