Haunted History Tours has been bringing New Orleans’ most intriguing legends to life since 1995. As the city’s original ghost tour company, their experienced local guides blend carefully researched history, folklore, and just the ...
The guides here clearly make the experience. Names like Yahyah Universe, Christian, Bob, Thorn, and Chrissy come up repeatedly, with reviewers genuinely enthusiastic about their storytelling abilities and deep knowledge of New Orleans history, architecture, and supernatural lore. People describe feeling more connected to the city after their tours, which speaks to the guides' talent for bringing stories to life in an engaging, personal way. They offer several different tour options, from Garden District walks to comprehensive five-in-one tours covering vampires, voodoo, true crime, and ghosts. The pacing seems comfortable even on longer walking tours, with well-timed breaks built in. One negative review mentioned a guide whose style felt more like loud comedy than the spooky atmosphere they expected, so if you're hoping for genuinely eerie vibes, you might want to clarify which tour fits that mood. Overall though, the vast majority of visitors leave thrilled with what they learned and the charismatic guides who shared it with them.
Our tour guide was absolutely phenomenal on the vampire tour tonight!! His story telling abilities made the tour of the undead truly come alive. Then, after the tour, he provided another 30 or so minutes of incredibly intriguing intellectual conversation. I’m 43 and was on the tour with my 62 year old father, and we were both engaged the entire night. 10/10
Amanda Mullally
August 31, 2026
Our tour guide was absolutely phenomenal on the vampire tour tonight!! His story telling abilities made the tour of the undead truly come alive. Then, after the tour, he provided another 30 or so minutes of incredibly intriguing intellectual conversation. I’m 43 and was on the tour with my 62 year old father, and we were both engaged the entire night. 10/10
Amanda Mullally
August 31, 2026