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Join us
for the Our
Award-Winning Ghost
Tours of Alton and see
the real story
behind
the
history
and
hauntings
of
"one
of
the
most
haunted
small
towns
in
America"!
Alton
Hauntings
offers Ghost Tours During
the Spring & Summer
Months, as well as for
the Halloween Season!
We're Not Just
Another Ordinary
Ghost Tour -- No
Invented Stories, or
Phony Psychics!
This is the Real Thing! |
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Welcome to Alton,
"One of the Most Haunted Small Towns in
America"---
Fate Magazine
According to legend, the author Mark
Twain once called Alton "a dismal
little river town", largely thanks
to the dark history that the city
had already endured prior to its
heyday as a thriving river port.
From that time, until well past the
turn of the last century, Alton has
seen more than its share of death,
disease, disaster, violence and
murder. Now, come see how the
events of the past have created the
hauntings of today in what has been
called "One of the Most Haunted
Small Towns in America"!
The Alton Hauntings Tour is an
entertaining and spine-tingling trip
into the history & hauntings of
Alton. Called the "most authentic"
ghost tour in the region, this is
only tour personally created by
nationally-known author Troy Taylor
and based on the bestselling book,
"Haunted Alton".
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The
Only Tour in the Alton Area that is Based on the Bestselling
book
Haunted Alton
by Troy Taylor and the Only Tour
Personally Created by the Author!
Join author Troy Taylor as he uncovers nearly two centuries of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with stories of death, murder, disease, violence, the Civil War, the Underground Railroad and of course, a myriad of ghosts and hauntings! Discover new and classic accounts of haunted places like the Mineral Springs Hotel, the Cracker Factory, the Underground Railroad, the First Unitarian Church, the old Alton Penitentiary, the Enos Sanitarium, haunted houses, schools and graveyards & much more, including a complete account of Alton’s infamous McPike Mansion! It has often been said that the events of yesterday are what create the hauntings of today and nowhere is this more true than along the haunted streets of Alton, Illinois!
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Saturday, April 3:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour!
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Saturday, April 17:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour!
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The Alton Hauntings Tours now depart from the back parking lot at the Alton Visitor's Center, located at 200 Piasa Street and right across the street from the Alton Belle Casino.
We ask that you please arrive about 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Just watch for the Alton Hauntings banner and get checked in with the guide! |
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Saturday, May 1:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, May 15:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, June 5:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, June 19:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, July 10:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, July 17:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, July 31:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
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Saturday, August 7:
Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour: Join us for our award-winning walking tours of Alton's most haunted places, based on the book "Haunted Alton" and featuring the locations that have made Alton famous as "one of the most haunted small towns in America". Our special Ghost Hunter's Tours feature more stories, more history and more haunted places than any other tour in the region! This is the real thing! No phony psychics, made-up stories, or silly "spirit circles" Want to know what makes Alton so haunted? Join us for an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour and find out! (Lasts Approximately 3 - 3 1/2 Hours) Departs at 7:00 PM from the Alton Visitor's Center $25 Per Person
Click Here to Make Reservations for this Tour! |
Looking for Tour Dates in the Fall? Tickets for the September, October & November Alton Hauntings Tours Go on Sale
Starting at Midnight on Labor Day, September 6! All tickets are sold on a first come / first served basis and we'll have the Fall schedule
posted later in July 2010. |
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Alton
Hauntings Tours
Join Troy Taylor, Len Adams &
Luke Naliborski for the Most
Authentic Ghost Tours in the
Riverbend Region!
Accept No Imitations!
Hotels in the Alton Area
Coming in from Out of
Town? See Our List of Recommended
Places to Stay |
The Alton Hauntings Tours are History &
Hauntings Walking Tours of Alton and
Visit a Collection of the Most Haunted Sites in
the City. The tours were created by author Troy
Taylor and are hosted by Len Adams, Luke
Naliborski, Julie Warren & Steve Mangin. |
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Troy Taylor & the Alton
Hauntings Tours have won
numerous awards for
excellence and has been
featured with Midwest
Living, Show Me St. Louis,
the Dave Glover Show, WGN in
Chicago, Illinois Stories on
PBS, the Travel Channel,
Scariest Places on Earth,
Riverfront Times, St. Louis
TV News.. and much More!
Want to Experience the
REAL Haunted Side of Alton,
Illinois? Then Look no
further than the Alton
Hauntings Tours!
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Public Tours:
The Alton Hauntings Tours are offered
through the spring, summer and fall of each
year, beginning in April. The same tours are
offered throughout the year but the tours
in greatest demand are the tours that we offer
during the Halloween season. The tickets for
the October Tours go on sale on Labor Day,
starting at Midnight, and are reserved on a
first come / first served basis. Price $25
Per Person
Private Tours:
Private Alton Hauntings Tours are
available for groups of 20 people or more. A
30-day notice and deposit are required for
reservations. Our private tours are the Ghost
Hunter's Walking tours ONLY, we do not offer the
bus tours are a private event. Private tours are
also $25 Per Person. (Note: We offer a VERY
limited number of
Private Tours during the Halloween season, all
private tours must be booked before August 1)
Step-On Guide Tours:
Private Alton Hauntings Tour are also available
for groups coming into town with their own bus
or vehicle. This type of tour is for groups
only! We do not offer them for individuals. All
Step-On Guide Tours are 3 hours in length and
can be customized according to visitor's plans.
Guides are furnished on a per-hour basis and
more information is available at 1-888-446-7859.
Note: Alcohol is not allowed on
the Alton Hauntings Tours and any guests who appear to
be visibly intoxicated will be removed from the tours.
No Exceptions!
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours:
Is The Ghost Hunter's Tour a Walking Tour?
Yes, is the walking tour that we have been offering since 2000, but it is NOT non-stop walking for 3-4 hours. The tour is actually only about 15 blocks of total walking but the time on the tour is spent at and inside of the locations on the tour. We stop frequently and the tour goes at a leisurely pace, so it's not a strenuous evening.
Do We Give Out a List of the Places that we Go on the Tour?
No, unfortunately, we don't do that -- for several reasons. First, we like our guests to be surprised, plus we often change the tour, so it can occasionally vary from night to night. Finally, because of the imitation tours that are offered in Alton, we don't give out our tour stops because we don't want to help them anymore than we already are by providing material for their tours from Troy's book, Haunted Alton.
Is this the REAL "Haunted Alton" Tour?
Yes, this is the only tour in the area that is actually based on the bestselling book, Haunted Alton, and was created by the author, Troy Taylor, in 1999.
Do I need a Credit Card to Make Reservations?
Yes, all of the tour tickets are sold on a first come / first served basis, which means that the tickets have to be purchased in advance, just like tickets for a concert or event. Once your buy them, they are yours but can be sold to someone else as long as they check in at the time of the tour with your name.
Will I be sent tickets in the Mail?
No, when you register online, you will be emailed a confirmation form, which you can print out and bring to the tour with you. If registering by telephone, you will only need your name to check in. Confirmation numbers can be provided upon request. |
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The
locations and stories below are haunted tales
from the city of Alton, but
not every location
is featured on our tour because of availability
and / or distance. |
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(Left)
The
McPike Mansion
One of Alton's Most Famous Haunts! The real history
& mystery behind this haunted house!
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The
Mineral Springs Hotel
Forget what you may have heard! This is the true
story behind the hauntings at this old Alton Hotel! |
The
Legend of the Piasa Bird
The Symbol of Alton and the Strange Legend that
Surrounds it! Plus, a look at other Illinois
Thunderbirds! |
The
Cracker Factory
One of Haunted Alton's Best-Kept Secrets! |
The
Enos Sanatorium
This former tuberculosis sanatorium and Underground
Railroad Station is one of Alton's Most Active
Hauntings! |
The First Unitarian Church
One of Alton's Most Famous hauntings! The lingering
spirit of the suicidal minister -- featured on TLC with
Troy Taylor!
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Spirits of the Civil War & Alton's Confederate Prison
The first penitentiary in the state of Illinois and
the haunting left behind! |
Lewis & Clark College
The ghost of Harriet Haskell, the former
headmistress of a female seminary turned community
college |
The
Mansion House
One of the oldest, and first-reported, hauntings in
Alton! |
The Hartford Castle
Lakeview -- A forgotten mansion turned speakeasy and
it's eerie haunting |
The
Ghost of August Mayford
The vanishing of an
Alton policeman and the strange haunting left
behind! |
Milton School
Legends surround a real-life haunting at this former
school |
Ghosts of Hop Hollow Road
A forgotten roadway once used to transport the dead
and the spirits who linger here! |
The Franklin House
Alton's first luxury hotel and the ghosts who still
linger here today! |
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Weird Chicago Tours
Chicago, Illinois!
Join us for the Ultimate Tour of Chicago's Ghosts, Gangsters & Ghouls! Available All Year Around and offering ghost tours and unique specialty tours like our original Devil & the White City and our Bloody Chicago Ghost & Crime Tours! Departs from Chicago's Hard Rock Cafe! |
Haunted Decatur Tours
Decatur, Illinois!
Join us in the "Haunted Heart of Illinois" for one of the longest-running ghost tours in the state! Visit one of the Most haunted cities in the Midwest! Created by Troy Taylor and based on nearly 20 years of Research!
Departs from the haunted Avon Theater! |
Alton Hauntings Tours Alton, Illinois!
See the Dark Side of Illinois History and Discover why Alton is "One of the Most Haunted Small Towns in America"! Based on the best-selling book by author Troy Taylor, this is a walking (& sometimes bus) tour of Alton's most haunted sites. Departs from Alton's Visitor's Center on Piasa Street! |
Haunted Lebanon Tours
Lebanon, Illinois!
Discover the spirits of one of Illinois' most historic small towns! From the Looking Glass Prairie to the Mermaid House, you'll come face to face with our resident spirits! Hosted by author & ghost hunter Len Adams, this is the first history & hauntings tour ever held in the area! Departs from the Lebanon Visitor's Center! |
Haunted Jacksonville Tours
Jacksonville, Illinois!
Discover one of the Prairie's Most Historic and Haunted Towns on the first-ever Ghost Walk of the city! Experience the hauntings of this amazing town for yourself and find out how the history of the city has created the hauntings of today! Departs from the Illinois Theater, just off the old Jacksonville Square!
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American Hauntings Tours
Haunting America Since 1999! Our Haunted Overnight Excursions Take Travelers to the Most Haunted Places in the Midwest & America!
America's Original Overnight Ghost Tours! Despite the slew of imitations, this is the real thing! Don't be fooled by imitations! |
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