8 to 12 locations in downtown Tampa.
Ghost tours are held nightly, rain or shine.
1 hr. across 1 mile.
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* This is a walking tour and we do not enter privately-owned building or private property *
US Ghost Adventures is the leading provider of haunted house and ghost tours in America — we even own some of the most haunted properties in America, like the Lizzie Borden House!
Every tour is hosted by an experienced, knowledgeable local guide. You’ll hear firsthand accounts from people who have witnessed the unexplained — sometimes even a guest’s eerie encounter or the guide’s own!
US Ghost Adventures offers an authentic experience that strives to make sense of the unexplainable. The Tampa ghost tour is based on real-world portrayals of hauntings and well-documented history.
Whether you’re just visiting Florida or looking to learn more about your hometown’s haunted past, US Ghost Adventures offers a ghostly experience that you won’t forget.
Don’t let the palm trees and whimsical theme parks distract you; Tampa has a haunted history buried beneath the bikini-strewn beaches. Is the blinding Florida sun playing tricks on your vision, or did you just see something lurking in the shadows?
The Spanish explorer, Ponce De Leon, stumbled upon these sandy shores in 1513. Since then, the region has been home to an array of horrors. From mass atrocities during the Civil War to the conflicted embarkation of soldiers to Cuba during the Spanish-American war, Tampa has a dark history dripping with blood.
The city’s most beloved neighborhood, Ybor City, sprang up around a cigar factory in 1886. It has played host to a naughty lineup of criminals, villains, conspirators, and gangsters ever since.
As the bright sun sets over the coast, you can hear the restless souls of unfinished pasts begin to stir.
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In 1926, the fabulously gaudy Tampa Theatre opened its shiny doors, and locals stepped inside for a night of escapist fantasy for only 25 cents per head. It is a space artfully designed for delightful frights, with plush blood-red seats, carved busts whose eyes seem to follow you as you walk, and gargoyles perched in corners.
But be careful where you wander: A chain-smoking poltergeist named Foster “Fink” Finley died in the lighting booth years ago and is said to have never left.
Built in 1926, The Floridian Place Hotel is one of the only hotels in Tampa to make the Historical National Registry.
Once the peak of luxury for lavish tourists to gather over cocktails, the hotel’s business took a sharp decline in the 1980s, and the clientele shifted to migrant workers and forlorn travelers. Today, the horrors of this conflicting past haunt its halls.
Le Meridien Hotel tries its best to cover up its dark past, yet ghosts still haunt its halls. Only in recent years was the old federal courthouse renovated into a luxury hotel, but its history wrought with false accusations, gangers on trial, and suspicious murders lives on.
Locals say that the ghost of Charlie Wall, a gangster brutally murdered after revealing too much on trial, haunts the steps of Le Meridien still.
Shhhh. It’s a secret.
There are three more spectral stops on our standard Tampa Ghost Adventure.
For an even spookier experience — join our extended tour and visit 12 haunted Tampa locations in total.
Find out the secrets behind the most haunted locations in Tampa.
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Since 2013, US Ghost Adventures has offered entertaining, historic, and authentic ghost tours of America’s most haunted cities. We deliver fun yet honest accounts of hauntings across the nation for curious people of all ages. Our ghost stories are based on historical research, but that doesn’t mean they won’t send a chill down your spine.
This video gives you a small taste of what you might experience on your ghost tour — subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more.
US Ghost Adventures also offers virtual tours, a self-guided mobile app, and an Alexa voice app.
Skip the cheerful facade of beaches and sunshine and take a darker vacation down south this year. On a US Ghost Adventures Tour of Tampa, you will witness the mysterious, bloody stains in Florida’s past that the Gulf of Mexico cannot wash away.
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