Salem Night Tour

Salem Night Tour Salem Night Tour is Salem's best nightly tour. We lead guests, year round, to some of Salem's most h
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The Salem Night Tour is The Witch City's Best nightly ghost tour! lead by licensed Costumed guides that have been on real Paranormal investigations.

There is some debate over land being a driving force for the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, to sum up the Salem Hysteria in...
07/08/2025

There is some debate over land being a driving force for the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, to sum up the Salem Hysteria in any way shape or form is not cut and dry, many factors many inindividual circumstances
But border disputes and revenge from border dispute settlments are more than coincidental ….
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The first serious trouble arose in 1668, when “common lands” south of the Ipswich River in Topsfield started to be granted to Topsfield men. It was then the Putnams claimed it was their land and harked back to the erroneous 1639 agreement. More disagreements ended up in court from 1680-1683, when several lawsuits ended with the General Court ruling in favor of Topsfield. It’s important to note the names of committee members defending Topsfield during this time – How, Easty, Wildes, Towne – all of whom would see family members accused by the opposing Putnam family during the witch trials a decade later.

In the 1680s, members of the extended Towne family sued Captain John Putnam (of the second generation) and sons, after they witnessed the Putnams felling timber on Topsfield land belonging to a Towne family member. Historian Marilynne Roach describes the encounter in Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials. “The Putnam clan and their workmen faced off rival Topsfield men in distant woodlots, threatening each other with their axes in a decidedly un-Christian manner.” The General Court once again ruled in Topsfield’s favor. After England’s revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter in 1684, legal disputes were left in limbo, allowing them to fester. A new charter did not arrive in New England until May of 1692, but the witchcraft hysteria had already been underway for two and a half months by that time.

Thus, the number of accused and jailed was escalating, among them, the three living daughters of William and Joanna Towne – Rebecca Nurse, Mary Easty, and Sarah Cloyce – and Topsfield’s Sarah Wildes and Elizabeth How. All were accused of witchcraft by, among others, third generation Putnam family members Thomas Putnam Jr., his wife Ann Putnam, and their daughter, 12-year-old Ann Putnam Jr. At the time, women in Salem were allowed to independently own and dispose of property (land). Most of the people hanged in the Salem Witch Trials were land owners. Many of the women were widows without a clear male heir to their land. Once accused of witchcraft, the state took ownership of all of your physical property

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06/29/2025

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Ghosts don’t take weeknights off, neither do we. The Salem Night Tour runs at 6pm and 8pm ✨every evening✨. No matter whe...
06/18/2025

Ghosts don’t take weeknights off, neither do we. The Salem Night Tour runs at 6pm and 8pm ✨every evening✨.

No matter when you are visiting us this summer, we will be here to show you all the haunted sites downtown! Our guides are expert locals with wicked senses of humor and a passion for our town’s complex history. We can’t wait to tingle your spine…

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It’s the perfect night to get your spine tingled. 👻 We hit the streets at 8pm. www.salemghosttours.comThe Salem Night To...
06/13/2025

It’s the perfect night to get your spine tingled. 👻 We hit the streets at 8pm.

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The Salem Night Tour visits all the most haunted sites in downtown Witch City. Our expert guides are long-time locals devoted to unraveling the shadowy chapters of history and celebrating the study of the paranormal. Join us for a dynamic exploration of the frightful folklore our storied, little town has inspired…

06/12/2025

Pre-book your October ghost tour with us. We gotchoo, boo. 👻 The Salem Night Tour runs every evening…

Pro Tip For Travelers: Tours sell out FAST here in Witch City during the spooky season. You’re going to want to lock down your itinerary ASAP and we are here to help make tour reservations easy peasy. Just visit our website and snag your tickets for October! If you have any questions, give us a call and our office will be delighted to help.

Don’t get stuck in Salem with nothing to do. Reserve your October tickets online with us and check that box off your travel planning prep list. ✅
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Come explore Salem’s haunts with us! Ghouls, we are out here EVERY NIGHT. For a limited time: Use the code GHOST20 at ch...
06/11/2025

Come explore Salem’s haunts with us! Ghouls, we are out here EVERY NIGHT.

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The Salem Night Tour is a local company with expert historians ready to show you around the darkest corners of town by lantern light. Local? Join us on a weeknight before the crowds hit. Visiting? Get your plans locked in for what is sure to be a phenomenal Halloween season. We are already booking for October!

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06/10/2025

The Salem Night Tour, the best since 2006, guaranteed to make your skin crawl with delight!

Our guide Bobby leading the exploration by lantern light last week during the sudden, spectacularly Halloweeny cold-snap...
06/05/2025

Our guide Bobby leading the exploration by lantern light last week during the sudden, spectacularly Halloweeny cold-snap!

Whether you are local or visiting, it is the perfect time to take a ghost tour without any crowds on the streets at night. We run tours of the most haunted sites in the historic downtown districts every single evening!

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Salem is still haunted on weeknights, after all. So, we give ghost tours every evening! No matter what day you find your...
06/04/2025

Salem is still haunted on weeknights, after all. So, we give ghost tours every evening! No matter what day you find yourself in Salem, we’re hitting the streets after dark to spin spooky tales. Come here the very freakiest folklore from a local expert on The Salem Night Tour.

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05/31/2025

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