Welcome To Annapolis Ghost Tours
A City Whose Violent Past Continues to Haunt its Present
At the crossroads of ancient marshlands and the murky waters of the Severn River lies the historic waterfront town of Annapolis, Maryland. But before it was named Maryland’s capital city, Annapolis was already brimming with a bloody history that’s so disturbing, it’s often hidden from tourists who descend upon the city daily to visit its iconic and historic sites. Sightings of phantoms from nearly every era in the state’s history have been reported for generations, from the bloodied apparition of a drunk gambler, to the disembodied figure of a murdered Naval Academy Lieutenant who’s killer was mysertiously…never found.
Today, the city streets are still lined with the same colonial buildings and Georgian mansions that once saw countless deaths, tragedies, and suffering. Beneath the town’s seemingly quaint, historic charm lies years of this haunted history. Join us to discover the secrets behind the violent murders and bloody floggings that once occurred in The Old Annapolis Jail, to the mysterious death of one of the city’s most well-known bachelors. Thousands of the area’s inhabitants have lost their lives under strange circumstances, leading their souls to haunt the capital city to this day.
Annapolis’ Dark History and Bone-Chilling Truths
Affluent politicians, landowners, and wealthy landowners brought their families to Annapolis all throughout the 17th and 18th centuries to take part in the booming tobacco industry. But these society members’ luxurious lifestyles came with a gruesome price tag…human life.
The horrific treatment of enslaved plantation workers by slaveholders led to the suffering of thousands of men, women, and children for well over a century. With Annapolis’ access to the waterfront, the city went on to become one of the Chesapeake region’s earliest slave ports. See for yourself how this thoughtless cruelty and violence came to be in one of the United States’ most haunted towns, including found artifacts used by enslaved Africans practicing hoodoo to
control spirits by housing them inside nkisi bundles to harm the ruthless slaveholders that mistreated them.
Explore Annapolis’ Tormented Past and Current Day Hauntings
From the ghost of butcher Cornelius Brooksby, to the spirit of a young, mourning mother, these souls continue to lurk around some of Annapolis’ most gruesome historical sites. Many visitors have reported seeing ghastly apparitions of spirits who never left the physical realm due to their grief, or, their lust for revenge. This old waterfront town is oozing with dark mysteries, and waits for those brave enough to uncover its spine-tingling secrets.
Walk the eerie streets of the city’s historic district, an epicenter for ghost sightings thanks to its centuries of morbid history. Follow Ghosts of Annapolis on this bone-chilling excursion while visiting Maryland’s capital city, and see for yourself how a place of bloody war history, pirates, and dark, devious taverns came to be one of the east coast’s most haunted destinations.
* This is a walking tour and we do not enter privately-owned buildings or private property *
