Savannah’s ghost stories hit different on foot. Doctor Buzzard’s Goodtime Ghost Tour strings together the city’s most talked-about spooky spots in about two hours, and you’ll start with a mobile ticket plus a downloadable documentary.

I especially like that the group stays small (up to 16 people), so the guide can actually steer the mood instead of rushing through names. And if you want a little more context than just chills, the included America’s Most Haunted City – Savannah documentary download helps you connect the dots after the walk.

Second, I like how the tour leans on real Savannah geography—squares, cemeteries, and specific houses—so the legends feel tied to places you can point to later. You’re not just hearing generic hauntings; you’re learning why these corners of town carry such heavy stories.

One possible drawback: this is a walking-and-talking tour, and at a few stops admission isn’t included, so you may be looking from the outside (or at least not doing a full inside tour at every location). If the weather is cold or wet, you’ll feel that too, since you’ll be outside for the whole loop.

Key Things I’d Bet You’ll Notice

• Small group vibe: maximum 16 people, which usually means more back-and-forth and less standing around.
• A story-driven guide: the tour really runs on pacing and storytelling, not jump scares.
• Graveyards and “everyday” buildings: you’ll hit places tied to prisons, burials, and famous homes with documented accounts.
• Most stops are short: plan for about 10–15 minutes per location, then move on.
• Some locations aren’t covered for entry: tickets for certain museums/inn stops are not included.

Price and Logistics: Is $33.33 Actually Worth It?

At $33.33 per person for about 2 hours, this sits in the “pay for convenience” category. You’re not paying for comfort. You’re paying for a guide who connects a lot of locations into one loop, plus that documentary download to extend the experience.

Here’s the value math I think matters:

• You’re seeing a lot of Savannah in a short window. Twelve stops means you won’t spend your evening deciding what to do next.
• The guide is the product. The tour’s design is built around short stops and quick storytelling, so you get more than just a map of haunted sites.
• You get added media: one included download of America’s Most Haunted City – Savannah. If you like to read less and visualize more, that bonus helps.

What you should budget for (because it’s not included): bottled water, guide gratuity, and bathrooms. If you hate paying “emergency convenience” prices, bring water before you start and plan your restroom stop before you begin.

Where You Start and How You Finish (Easy to Find, Easy to Rejoin)

You’ll meet at the Casimir Pulaski Monument, 4 W Taylor St, Savannah, GA 31401. It’s a solid anchor point, and it’s close enough to transit that you shouldn’t feel trapped by parking.

The tour ends near Colonial Park Cemetery, at 200 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401. The end point is meant to be walkable back to your starting area, but don’t assume it’s “right at” the Pulaski Monument—save the monument (or Monterrey Square) on your phone if you want a quick return route.

Also: the tour is designed for people with moderate walking ability. If you know you’ll struggle with a steady pace for about two hours, skip this one and choose something seated or shorter.

The Route: A Tight Loop Through Savannah’s Most Haunted Corners

This tour takes you through a chain of spots that Savannah does better than almost anywhere else: it turns history into a walkable map. You’ll move from jail and squares into some of the city’s most famous haunted houses, then end at the cemetery—because in Savannah, the dead aren’t background characters. They’re part of the scenery.

The pacing stays bite-sized. Most stops are around 10 minutes, with a couple of stops lasting about 15 minutes, so you’ll always be moving and always be listening. That structure is good for short attention spans, but if you’re hoping for long, slow haunt-story immersion at each location, adjust your expectations.

Chatham County Jail: When “Old” Means Severe

Your tour opens at the Chatham County Jail area, often called the Old City Jail in the stories. This site is described as once holding around 600 prisoners, including sections for the criminally insane and the violent, plus an execution cell. If you’re picturing spooky vibes, here’s the trick: the horror comes from the mix of confinement, medical misuse, and punishment.

You’ll also hear how the building’s use has changed—there’s mention that an art college backed out, and that a private Christian school later used the structure. That matters, because the creep factor isn’t only supernatural. It’s also the idea that people keep repurposing spaces that were built to break people.

Tip: This is the best early stop to listen carefully. By the time you hit the cemetery later, the guide will likely connect themes back to this first “hard” location.

Greene Square: Ghosts, Secrets, and a Tender Kind of Horror

Next up is Greene Square, tied to an old female orphanage in the tour’s telling. The story threads include bank robbers learning consequences—then a darker, more intimate haunting involving a teenage girl and thoughts of suicide.

That’s a real tone shift from “prison cell” energy. Here, the haunting is presented as a kind of emotional echo: a concerned ghost comforts a character in crisis. Whether you’re into ghosts for thrills or for atmosphere, this stop leans more haunting-and-human than just scary.

Because the stop is short (about 10 minutes), keep your focus on the guide’s story shape: who, what, where, and why it got remembered.

Conrad Aiken Home: Poets, Tragedy, and Supernatural Connections

At the Conrad Aiken Home, the tour links a childhood murder-suicide to the life of one of the world’s most fascinating poets. This is one of those stops where the ghost story acts like a doorway into larger culture—literature, civic locations, and the way Savannah weaves tragedy into identity.

You’ll also hear discussions connected to nearby supernatural history, including Colonial Park Cemetery and Police Precinct One, and how two side-by-side properties connect into a bigger “what happened here” thread.

This is the stop I’d treat like a mental bookmark. If you keep track of how events link between places, the last part of the walk will feel more satisfying.

Calhoun Square (Taylor Square): Burials Under the Square

Now you head to Calhoun Square, which is described as known as Taylor Square for a famed nurse. The most striking claim here isn’t a single haunting—it’s the geography beneath you.

The tour describes original black burial grounds built over as the city expanded, tying the square above to the people beneath it. And then it connects that grounded reality to haunted neighbors—specifically the Espy House and 432 Abercorn.

Two things make this stop worth your attention:

1) You’re learning how city growth can cover trauma.

2) You’re being asked to look down and think about what came before the “cute square” vibe.

The stop lasts about 15 minutes, so slow your pace mentally and let the guide finish the full thread.

Colonial Park Cemetery: The Final Turn Into the Dark

The tour ends up at Colonial Park Cemetery, one of Savannah’s most famous locations for death-related lore. This stop is built around the idea that the cemetery isn’t only old—it’s layered: 1750s-era graves, colonial hangings, mass graves, and stories tied to yellow fever.

You’ll also hear about “root doctors” using the cemetery, plus the apparition called the Man in Blue. Whether you believe the supernatural, the stop works because it mixes public history with rumor-level detail, and it makes you look at how different communities interacted with death.

This is the place where the pacing of the tour matters. By now, you’ve had a lot of stories. Colonial Park is where it all converges into a single final atmosphere.

Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum: Haunted Accounts You Can Trace Back

At the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum (the Gordon Home), the tour takes a family-and-organization angle rather than just “spooky house” energy. The guide’s framing is that one of Savannah’s most haunted buildings is also one of the most documented haunted homes, with accounts traced back over 100 years.

This stop is about 10 minutes, so don’t expect a long museum-style briefing. Think of it as a guided legend snapshot: why the stories persisted, how the hauntings were recorded over time, and how the house became a place people kept returning to in conversation.

If you like hauntings that feel anchored in time and documentation rather than instant “new claims,” this is a strong stop.

Hamilton-Turner House: The Electrified Home With a Dark Reputation

Next is the Hamilton-Turner House, described as Savannah’s first electrified home and also one of the city’s most beautiful inns. Here the haunting stories are heavy: massive poltergeist accounts and mention of an unsolved murder, plus ties to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

The value here is that you get to hear how Savannah’s literary reputation and its haunted reputation overlap. This isn’t just a ghost house—it’s a famous house in a famous story, which makes it easier to remember.

This stop also lasts about 10 minutes, so take it as a highlight. If this is your “must-see” location, arrive mentally ready to pay attention.

Kehoe House: Funeral Home to Honeymoon Omen

The Kehoe House is framed as a former funeral home turned high-class inn. The tour’s haunting pitch includes accounts that honeymooners found unsettling, plus a “touch of omen” vibe.

I like this stop because it shows how Savannah ghost stories often come from a mismatch: a building with one emotional purpose repackaged into something romantic. That contrast is the engine of the creep.

You’ll likely get the essentials quickly, so if you’re sensitive to darker themes, this is where you might mentally dial your expectations toward atmosphere rather than graphic details.

Davenport House Museum: Yellow Fever, Rootwork, and a Shape-Shifting Cat

At the Davenport House Museum, the stories include yellow fever victims and a legendary shape-shifting cat. The tour also frames the house as tied to rootwork and other spiritual “blemishes,” in the language used.

This stop is short—about 5 minutes—so you won’t get a long lesson in local spiritual traditions. Instead, you’ll get a punchy set of themes: illness history, folk-magic lore, and animals-as-symbol.

If you’re the type who likes weird, specific ghost legends (rather than just “a ghost appeared”), this is one of the more memorable micro-stops.

Old Sorrel Weed House and Wright Square: When Entry Tickets Are Extra

After Davenport, the tour moves into stops where admission isn’t included, specifically at:

• the Old Sorrel Weed House Museum & Tours, and
• Wright Square, and later
• the 1790 Inn.

At Old Sorrel Weed House, you’ll hear it’s a 1830s home, and it was famously filmed by the company founder for the first episode of Ghosthunters outside its home state. The tour also describes it as one of Savannah’s most investigated properties.

Then comes Wright Square, and this stop is all about what’s under the square and what happened above it. The tour describes Savannah as built on top of its dead, with about 300 estimated burials remaining beneath. It also notes the square’s role as an early town center, and colonial-era punishment sites like city jail and hanging gallows over the early graveyard. The story includes Alice Riley, an Irish sorceress said to have been kept and executed, plus accounts of her spirit showing up in local homes and businesses.

Finally, you end at 1790 Inn, described as an acclaimed bar and inn. The tour’s story includes the name dating to 1790, a major fire in 1820, and the tragic life of Anna White ending there after a controlling marriage. It also references an investigation by demonologist couple The Warrens tied to Amityville and says guests have left stories in a guest registrar.

Here’s the practical caution: since entry tickets aren’t included at these stops, you might not go inside the way you’re hoping—so treat these as “listen from the sidewalk” moments unless your guide directs you to a specific place where you can view more.

Group Size, Time, and What the Tour Feels Like

This is a maximum 16-person tour, and that smallness shows up in the tone. You’re not just a body in a crowd. You’re part of a story circle with a walking soundtrack.

The pacing is also built to keep you engaged:

• quick stops
• short explanations
• then movement to the next square

That can be great if you want action. It can feel like a lot if you’d rather sit in one spot longer and really soak in mood.

Also, the tour is offered in English. You’ll get a guide, and you’ll have that documentary download afterward if you want the broader Savannah supernatural context.

What to Wear and Bring for a Night Walk That Lasts

This is Savannah, so weather can swing fast. The tour requires good weather, and it’s designed for outdoor walking. If it’s cold, you’ll be out there anyway. If it’s hot, you’ll be listening while working through a lot of street time.

Bring:

• Water (not included)
• Layering options (especially for cooler nights)
• Comfortable shoes with real traction
• a phone with your map ready for the start and end areas

The tour doesn’t include bathrooms, so plan accordingly before you meet at Pulaski Monument.

Should You Book This Ghost Tour?

Book it if:

• you want a tight, guided loop through Savannah’s most famous haunted places
• you like stories tied to specific locations, not vague haunted-city lore
• you’re fine with a walking pace and short stops
• you enjoy hearing ghost history delivered with personality (the guide is a big part of the success)

Skip or switch tours if:

• you need lots of time inside buildings at multiple locations, since some stops have admission not included
• you’re dealing with walking concerns and want something gentler
• you dislike night walking in cold weather, since the tour is outdoors throughout

If your goal is “one smart evening in Savannah that gives me places to remember,” this tour is a solid pick—especially at its price point for the amount of ground you cover and the added documentary download you get afterward.

FAQ

How long is Doctor Buzzard’s Goodtime Ghost Tour?

It’s about 2 hours long, with stops that last roughly 5 to 15 minutes each depending on the location.

What does the tour cost?

The price is $33.33 per person.

What’s included in the price?

You get a guide and one download of the America’s Most Haunted City – Savannah documentary. Mobile ticketing is also part of the experience.

Where does the tour start and end?

You start at Casimir Pulaski Monument, 4 W Taylor St, Savannah, GA 31401. The tour ends near Colonial Park Cemetery, 200 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401, typically within a short walk.

Are there admission fees at the stops?

Some stops note that admission is not included, so you may need to plan for extra entry costs if you want to go inside those specific locations.

How big is the group?

The tour has a maximum of 16 travelers.

What if the weather is bad?

The tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.