Things to do in Chicago, Illinois (IL): The Best Ghost & Vampire Tours

Come get spooked on Bobby’s Fright Hike! Bobby’s Bike Hike is America’s longest running city bicycle company, and this is Chicago’s premiere Halloween ghost tour. Hop on two wheels and follow Bobby’s expert tour guides through some of the most paranormal and frightening spots in the Windy City. This 3-hour guided bicycle tour explores the uber-haunted John Hancock Center, the site of the SS Eastland Disaster (one of the deadliest shipwrecks in American history), the 200-year old ghosts of the Congress Plaza Hotel, and more! This is the perfect outdoor activity for anyone looking to explore Chicago after dark. Connect with your inner ghost hunter and sign up today!

Inclusions: Bicycle, Helmet, Expert local tour guide

Exclusions: Guide Gratuity, Suggested 15-20% (Venmo and PayPal available), Food and drinks

We are Chicago's only paranormal investigation tour, and Chicago's oldest ghost and hauntings tours, founded by Ursula Bielski, Chicago's 35 year paranormal researcher and investigator. Like Ursula, all of our guides are all real investigators and true Chicagoans. We love investigating, we love Chicago history, and we would love to show you Chicago's haunted history. This is the only tour which takes you out of the downtown area and into one of the most haunted parts of Chicago: Lincoln Park, the old City Cemetery, which was ravaged by the Great Fire of 1871, leaving 10,000 graves behind. The bodies are all still here, as well as the ghosts. The tour also visits the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and the site of Suicide Bridge, where more than 100 desperate souls lost their lives.

Inclusions: Guests will be shown how to use guide equipment and given the opportunity to try it themselves as well as given tips for paranormal investigation on the tour and in their own later investigations.

Exclusions:

Our classic Chicago Hauntings Chicago Ghost tour is a 2.5 to 3-hour fully-narrated tour by coach bus, with numerous stops along the tour route at some of the most actively haunted sites in Chicago, including the site of the Eastland Disaster, where 844 souls perished on the Chicago River; Death Alley, where more than six hundred children and their chaperones lost their lives in the worst single building fire in American history; the site of the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in storied Lincoln Park, the original and the now abandoned City Cemetery, where an estimated 13,000 unmarked graves remain. Some of our most common stops include murder sites, disaster sites, cursed skyscrapers, gangland sites, Chicago’s most haunted house, and others. You are welcome to take photos at all of our stops — sometimes your camera may capture more than just spooky scenery.

Inclusions: Restroom on board, Air-conditioned vehicle

Exclusions: Alcoholic Beverages, Snacks

Windy City Ghosts walking Ghost Tour provides a look into the darkness that lurks below Chicago’s busy streets. Our Ghost Tour transports you back in time to an era of gangsters, bootleggers, bank robbers, and jazz babies. Windy City Ghosts nightly Ghost Tours take you through Lincoln Park, a beautiful North Side neighborhood with a twisted past. Learn about the forgotten burial ground that is the foundation of this bustling neighborhood. Check the bathroom mirrors in the Lion House of the Lincoln Park Zoo to make sure the ghost of a Victorian woman in white isn’t standing right behind you. Learn what spirit haunted Al Capone to the end of his days. On our Ghost Tour, you’ll hear the strange and disturbing tales associated with each of our carefully selected tour stops.

Inclusions: Professional and Courteous Guides, Intensely researched true stories of history, Documented accounts of hauntings and paranormal activity

Exclusions: Dinner, Motorized Transport

Interested in exploring Chicago from the perspective of ghosts and gangsters? Want to really immerse yourself in the history of this great American city, right from the locations that started it all? This tour visits the locations frequented by some of Chicago's most notorious gangsters along with many of the most haunted locations in Chicago! You can get the best of both worlds with this 2 in 1, history-based guided walking tour of Chicago’s gangsters and ghost stories, right from the famous Chicago Loop Vice District! Tour departs from 71 E Wacker Drive.

Inclusions: Walking tour of Chicago’s gangsters and ghost stories

Exclusions: Gratuities

Learn about Chicago’s haunted past and see its mysterious sights as you glide through the city on a segway at night. Venture through the dark with your local guide, and see alleys, hotels, and sites of some of the most gruesome disasters and murders in Chicago’s history. During your spooky adventure through the city, you’ll also see Chicago's famous landmarks lit up in glistening lights. Join in the Halloween fun all October long! Costumed guides and ghoulish tales--this haunting good-time is not to be missed!

Inclusions: Certified Segway tour guide, Thorough Segway orientation, Helmet, Bag for personal belongings

Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Join this Chicago haunted pub tour which is a combination ghost tour and pub crawl that will take you on a walking tour to explore the fascinating history of Chicago and hear some of its most famous and creepy haunted stories. 21+ only. A costumed guide will lead tour goers on a 2.5 hour journey, offering glimpses into the past and revealing the stories of long-dead phantoms and specters who still call Chicago home. You'll visit four different bars, and have time to enjoy a delicious libation (at own expense) as the guide tells them about all the spooky happenings and great history of this town!

Inclusions: Local guide, Tour escort/host, Take-home commemorative can cooler or cup!

Exclusions: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase), Gratuities

Learn about Chicago’s haunted past and see its mysterious sights as you glide through the city on a Segway at night! Venture through the dark with your local guide, and see alleys, hotels and sites of some of the most gruesome disasters and murders in Chicago’s history. During your spooky adventure through the city, you’ll also see Chicago's famous landmarks lit up in glistening lights. Join in the Halloween fun all October long! Costumed guides and ghoulish tales--this haunting good-time is not to be missed!

Inclusions: Certified Segway tour guide, Thorough Segway orientation, Helmet and a bag on the Segway to store personal belongings, Bag for personal belongings

Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Up for more of a spooky perspective of the Windy City? Boy, does it deliver. We have curated a unique and underground ghost tour, providing you with the rare opportunity to visit many of Chicago’s notable haunted locations.  • Murder Castle: the hotel designed specifically for murdering people in the late 1800s by America’s first mass serial killer: H.H. Holmes. • Death Alley: Peruse a haunting pathway where hundreds of theater patrons were stacked after perishing in the great fire at the Iroquois Theater • Old Congress Hotel: Once the full time residence of its former owner, Al Capone, there are ghosts and spirits that haunt the hallways of this famed location. Different from other tours, our Haunted Chicago Tour is guided by a historian, providing insight into the historical events, information, persons, and rumors of the past. 

Inclusions: Fuel surcharge, Local taxes, Professional guide, Hotel pickup (select hotels only)

Exclusions: Gratuities

The only Chicago ghost tour where YOU are the ghost hunter! Join our guide for a chilling walk through the legendary Lincoln Park, site of the original City Cemetery and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.

Inclusions: Use of ghost hunting equipment for paranormal investigation purposes.

Exclusions: