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Akron Ghost Tour
Buckle up for a ride to the dark side. Explore the sinister history of Akron with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours and uncover the savagery and mayhem that has left this city haunted to the core.
GET TICKETSEmbark on a blood chilling Akron ghost tour for a deep dive into the cursed campuses, ghostly gangsters, and terrifying taverns that fill the city with the unexplained.
Why You Need to Take an Akron Ghost Tour
Akron’s haunted history extends beyond its spooky tales passed down through generations. The eeriness of its disturbing past continues to flow through the streets of this once-thriving hub. Massive fires, devastating floods, and violent history-making labor clashes are some of the catastrophes that spawned the hauntings that plague Akron to this day. Join Lizzie Borden Ghosts on an Akron ghost tour to uncover the horrors that make the city a chilling otherworldly hotspot and this ghost tour unforgettable.
Susie was a great guide. She even included her own personal experiences in her talk. Good story teller. Beautiful walk around Atlanta in the evening. A fun night.
Why is Akron So Haunted?
For a smaller city in the heart of the midwest, Akron has endured generations of conflict and crime. Ohio suffered brutal battles while still a territory during the French and Indian War, and the Indigenous people of the area faced violence and forced removal throughout the nineteenth century. Settled in 1810, Akron quickly became the capital of rubber and tire manufacturing, but it also experienced years of civil unrest and corruption at the hands of organized crime.
The original Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company opened in Akron, Ohio, in 1898, which led to the city becoming one of the nation’s fastest growing towns a decade later. Unfortunately, in 1900, Akron suffered a tragedy of racial intolerance which spiraled into a sensationalist news frenzy inciting a mob to storm the streets in search of vigilante justice. These rioters caused so much destruction and chaos that martial law had to be declared to stymie the havoc but not before countless people were injured and two other innocent children were killed.
Other unseemly events and people would plague Akron throughout the twentieth century including the mobster Rosario Borgio who helped bring the Mafia to Akron. The Black Hand, a series of groups led by Borgio, terrorized and threatened citizens with extortion rackets and violence. In 1917, Borgio declared war on Akron’s police and ordered at least four officers killed. Luckily, justice was served and Borgio was eventually arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death by the electric chair.
The murders and madness that scarred Akron have clearly left an imprint; perhaps that’s why so many spirits haunt the town’s buildings and streets. Do they have unresolved business? Can they not accept the fact that they’re dead? Join Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours to uncover Akron’s most haunted places and dismal tales.
Why should you tour with us?
Be you hankering for haunted colleges or creepy high schools, this city holds many specters within its educational hubs. Otherworldly laughter, bodiless footfalls, and shadowy figures lurk within the corridors of Akron’s institutes of knowledge, yearning to make themselves known.
The streets of Akron are littered with old homes — many of which contain solemn pasts and strange secrets. The spirits within whisper of anguish and lives cut short, their unearthly echoes leaving bizarre imprints on mirrors and walls, like in the murder house on Copley Road or the eerie Darrow Row Victorian.
Discover the figures that made Akron the dynamic city it is today, from Co-founder General Perkins, who donated the land for Akron’s oldest public school building, to its lesser-known characters, like Phantom Fran.
Most Haunted Places in Akron
Akron Beacon Journal Publishing
Where ink once stained paper and headlines shook the city, the old home of the Akron Beacon Journal now echoes with the chilling presence of a white-haired specter, watching from the dark corners where no light dares to reach.
Akron Civic Center
The walls of this historic theatre hide more than memories — restless spirits drift through its halls, from shadowy drifters to a loyal staff member who refuses to leave his post, even in death.
Perfect Pour
Perfect Pour, built over the bones of a secret speakeasy, still echoes with the rage of a bitter ghost, whose fury shatters the silence with every outburst.
FAQs
View our Refund Policy on this page if you have any questions!
Please see your booking details for meeting location. There are neighboring parking garages and street parking that are available in the area.
Group size varies based on time of year and demand. We can keep everyone in your party in the same group. We’ve been doing this for years, and manage group size to ensure guests have a great experience. In the event you can’t hear your tour guide, let them know, or move closer to them.
Pets are welcome as long as they do not disrupt or distract from the tour
The arrival time will be listed on your confirmation email and in the available tour times when you click the book button
Please do not call us, the best way to reach us is by email using the contact form on this website
An extended tour takes you to a few additional locations when the regular tour ends. This adds about four new places and 30 minutes to your tour- highly recommended
Book a tour and check the +1 box for each person in your group where it says “Extended Tour” at checkout to add an extended Ghost tour.
Please contact us directly for pricing and availability. We do not do private tours under 30 persons. If you have a group under 30, please order directly from the website’s book now option.
Tours are held rain or shine. We will contact you if the tour is cancelled.
Please only attend the tour for the day and time you are booked, as another day or time may not be available. If you need to reschedule, please contact us by email first. There is a $10 per order (not person) rebooking fee for each schedule change.
As it is unfair to other guests, we do not wait for late or no show parties. Please remember to arrive to the correct location on time! We do not grant refunds to guests who fail to arrive to the appointed place on time and miss their tour.
No, but some of the locations you can visit during the day for free. We simply wouldn’t have the time to focus on as many stories as we do if we were to enter each one, and we wish to focus on the stories, and leave the exploring up to you!
15 minutes before the start of your tour
No.
No, this is a walking tour.
Most of the tour is not stroller or wheelchair accessible.
Yes, you are welcome to take photos of the locations we visit!
No, videos are not allowed
No, there is no smoking allowed on the tour
We do not allow intoxicated guests or drinking on the tour- we will promptly ask those in violation to leave
Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours
America’s most infamously haunted house delivers the most terrifying scares from all across the nation. We’ve compiled an extensive list of notoriously haunted locations and packaged them into spooky, entertaining tours available throughout the nation. Discover the true, unfiltered stories that created these hair-raising scares in only the unique and engaging way our expert guides can bring them to you. From the ghosts of unsolved murders and tragic accidents to disturbed spirits unable to find peace, there’s no limit to what we expose on our authentic ghost tours. Join us as we take you on an unforgettable, chilling journey through your city’s dark past and uncover the sinister secrets that put these places on the otherworldly map.
The Lizzie Borden House is home to the infamous murders that captivated the nation and made Lizzie Borden a macabre household name. Guests can explore the house via a variety of tours and, for those brave enough, stay in this notoriously haunted home. We aim to provide you with a memorable experience as well as deliver the best ghost tours, haunted pub crawls, and a variety of other experiences in over 100 cities.
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