Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tours & Salem Historical Tours

Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tours & Salem Historical Tours Salem’s Premiere Walking Tour Company is home to Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour – Salem’s origin Got Ghosts? We do. Witch Walk. Call for details.

Come to Salem Historical Tours and take one of daily tours. We have an 1130 am General History tour, a 1 p.m. Witchcraft Walk, a 2:30 pm Ghost Tour and a 4 p.m. At night, we provide a lantern lit Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour in which we bring you around the city and show you locations of historic hauntings. And you never know what you might see on our tour. Our customers have snapped photos of som

e strange phenomena that you will find on our page as well as website and other social media. Tickets for Haunted Footsteps are $20 adults, $18 seniors, students and active military and $15 for children. The afternoon tours are are $15 adults, $13 seniors, students and active military and $10 for children. Discounts are available for large groups.

Robert Morris was born on this day in 1823 in Salem.No, not Robert Morris the signer of the Declaration of the Independe...
06/08/2026

Robert Morris was born on this day in 1823 in Salem.
No, not Robert Morris the signer of the Declaration of the Independence. We are talking about Robert Morris the black lawyer from Salem, who was one of the first black attorneys in the United States and was called "the first really successful black lawyer in America."
At the age of 15, Morris went to work as a household servant for the abolitionist lawyer, Ellis Gray Loring. When Loring's regular copyist neglected his duties, Morris took over for him. Impressed with Morris's intellect, Loring tutored him in the law, and in 1847 presented him for admission to the Massachusetts bar.
After his admission to the bar, Morris may have been the first black male lawyer to file a lawsuit in the U.S. He was also the first black lawyer to win a lawsuit. Morris was active in black and abolitionist causes, notably filing and trying the first U.S. civil rights challenge to segregated public schools in the 1848 case of Roberts v. Boston.
Morris and Charles Sumner pressed the case, which is believed to be the first legal challenge to the "separate but equal" practice of segregation in America. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Morris in 1850. The U.S. Supreme Court later cited the case in support of its Plessy v. Ferguson ruling in 1896, which codified the "separate but equal" standard. "Separate but equal" was ultimately overturned by the high court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
Come learn about other achievements by Morris and many other black leaders in our Black History Tour running on Juneteenth (June 19) at 11 am. The tour also runs on select days in July and August.

https://www.salemhistoricaltours.com/salem-black-history-tour

05/31/2026

We were giving an afternoon witchcraft history tour yesterday when one of our guests had their cell phone camera out and was recording some of the beautiful buildings along the route. We have four centuries of architecture in Salem and it is downright beautiful.
The guest caught something in the sky and recorded it. We discovered a few hours later that there was a fireball that went over the skies of the greater Boston area, exploding over the ocean off of Cape Cod. The boom was loud and heard up and down the coast.
You can see the reports all over the news but we have what we think is the best camera angle of this rare event.
You just never know what you will see on our tour whether it's ghosts, witches or fireballs. Here is that amazing video.

We used to have an image of a witch flying on a broomstick in front of a full moon on the seven boards on our front stai...
05/30/2026

We used to have an image of a witch flying on a broomstick in front of a full moon on the seven boards on our front stairs. We recently replaced them with this poem to pique the interests of the guests when they peer into our shop.
Does this poem make you want to come into the shop to find out what is inside or does it make you want to run away to save your life?

Martha Carrier from the North End of Andover (now North Andover) was arrested on this day in 1692, charged with Witchcra...
05/29/2026

Martha Carrier from the North End of Andover (now North Andover) was arrested on this day in 1692, charged with Witchcraft. Many people would testify against her. A lot of the accusations stemmed from an outbreak of small pox in 1682 that many believed started with the Carriers
Benjamin Abbott testified about a land argument he had with Martha in 1686. He claimed he had a pain in his side, his foot had an infection that oozed "gallons of corruption" and one of his cattle died - all because of her. The strangest thing he said was that he had boils on his "manhood" and they only went away when Martha was arrested.
Carrier is a name you might recognize. It is Carrier Air Conditioning. Willis Carrier invented air conditioning and is the namesake of the company. He is Martha's 5th Great Grandson. Therefore, Air Conditioning is witchcraft! But it is good witchcraft.
Remember that when you are inside on a blistering hot day and enjoying cooler temperatures.

On May 27, 1692: The Court of Oyer and Terminer was established by the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Gov. William Phips...
05/16/2026

On May 27, 1692: The Court of Oyer and Terminer was established by the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Gov. William Phips. The judges appointed were William Stoughton, Jonathan Corwin, John Hathorne, Bartholomew Gedney, John Richards, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Peter Sergeant, Samuel Sewall, and Wait Still Winthrop. The men chosen were wealthy merchants who exercised power in social, political, and military circles, Harvard alumni, and related by marriage. The Court of Oyer and Terminer would conduct the 1692 Salem Witchcraft trials in Essex County around 70 Washington St., Salem.

This photo was taken at the Broad Street Cemetery on Sept. 28, 2021 by Ashley Cavalieri. The streaks in the distance are...
05/08/2026

This photo was taken at the Broad Street Cemetery on Sept. 28, 2021 by Ashley Cavalieri. The streaks in the distance are from houses on the other side. The one to the top left has no origin. The ghostly mist in front of the two headstones is definitely creepy.

The Salem Post Office located at 2 Margin Street, Salem, MA 01970 opened on July 31, 1933 and was added to the National ...
05/06/2026

The Salem Post Office located at 2 Margin Street, Salem, MA 01970 opened on July 31, 1933 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The location was known as Roast Meat Hill where an Ox was barbecued.


It seems that Spring has finally arrived as flowers are blooming and temperatures are rising.I took the opportunity to l...
05/04/2026

It seems that Spring has finally arrived as flowers are blooming and temperatures are rising.
I took the opportunity to lay down amongst the flowers that the garden club just planted near our shop. The flowers are wonderful and I am told that they smell very nice. I can't tell because I do not have a nose anymore.
But laying down here in the dirt, amongst the flowers and under these trees reminds me of my death when I was laid to rest. It was a wonderful Spring day then too.
Come to Salem this Spring and take a ghost tour. You may see me hanging around.
https://www.salemhistoricaltours.com/

When people think of the name Nathaniel Hawthorne, the first thing that pops intotheir head is the Scarlet Letter publis...
04/19/2026

When people think of the name Nathaniel Hawthorne, the first thing that pops into
their head is the Scarlet Letter published in 1850. However, Hawthorne also wrote poetry.
So, in honor of National Poetry month, please enjoy one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s poems:

Oh, Could I raise the darken veil?
O could I raise the darkened veil?
Which hides my future life from me,
Could unborn ages slowly sail?
Before my view- And could I see?
My every action painted there,
To cast one look, I would not dare.
Their poverty and grief might stand,
And dark despairs corroding hand,
Would make me seek the lonely tomb
To slumber in its endless gloom.
Then let me never cast a look,
Within Fates fixed mysterious book.
Source: The Specatator (1820)

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