Pittsburgh Ghost Tour
Pittsburgh has a long and dark history, and it’s not because the city’s covered in soot. The Steel City is known for being a spooky nightmare. Ghosts and ghouls haunt the streets of Pittsburg, and they don’t hold back! Luckily Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours is here to guide you through the haunts safely.
Get TicketsWhy You Need to Take Our Pittsburgh Ghost Tour
You’ll be accompanied by one of our expert tour guides. In addition to being a bonafide Pittsburgh local, our guides have had plenty of encounters with the supernatural. Our ghost tours are exciting, informative, and most of all, authentic! Nobody is hiding around the corner in a cheap costume waiting to scare you. Who knows? You might even see a ghost with your very own eyes! Whether you’re a Pittsburg native looking to learn about the city’s haunted history or a tourist looking for a night out, a tour with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours is a time you won’t soon forget. So what are you waiting for? Book a Pittsburgh ghost tour today!
Our Tours
Pittsburgh Ghosts: Sinister Shadows of Steel City
Explore Pittsburgh's haunted history through tales of mining and milling tragedies, meeting the city's ghosts and hearing real-life encounter stories, with an optional extended tour for more haunted hotspots and ghost stories.
Tour Meeting Location: All tours meet at Mellon Square, Smithfield St & Oliver Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tour Times: Daily at 7PM
Tour Length: Approximately 1 hour
Ghost tours are held nightly, rain or shine!
Pittsburgh 101 Hidden History Experience
Experience the Untold Secrets of Pittsburgh to uncover the dark and remarkable stories of influential figures in American history who lived and left their personal legacies in the city's streets.
Tour Meeting Location: Meet your tour guide outside USX Tower near the flagpoles, at 600 Grant Street, in Pittsburgh.
Tour Times: Daily at 11AM
Tour Length: Approximately 2 hours
Ghost tours are held nightly, rain or shine!
Why is Pittsburgh So Haunted?
The history of Pittsburgh is the story of industrialism in America. Heavy industry rules this corner of the country, but the Shawnee people inhabited the region before the city was established. As Europeans arrived in the area, the area at the confluence of the Alleghany, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers became increasingly important as a trading hub. The origins of Pittsburgh are rooted in the French-Indian Wars, which involved the construction of Fort Pitts by the British in the 1760s.
After the wars and the American Revolution, the settlement, now known as Pittsburgh, began growing as European immigration grew. After the Civil War, the steel industry exploded in the city as steel magnate Andrew Carnegie expanded his empire.
The city grew into one of America’s largest cities. Today, Pittsburgh still has a reputation for heavy industry, but it’s also known for ghosts! The city is mired with the spirits of the steelworkers who built the city from the ground up. You might see their ghosts hanging around town.
The worst of the worst can be seen at the Allegany County Jail. Rumors have it that the spirit of an inmate who committed suicide haunts the building. Some also hang out at certain haunted spots in South Park or the North Shore. One of the spookiest houses in the city is the Congelier House, which was the site of a grisly double murder stemming from a jealous wife. The haunts in Steel City are endless, so book your Pittsburgh ghost tour with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours today!
Why should you tour with us?
Our fun and informative tour works for skeptics and dedicated believers alike! While we can’t guarantee you’ll run into a ghost or see inanimate objects fly about, we can guarantee plenty of thrills and chills while you explore Pittsburgh. At each stop, we’ll relay the stories of hauntings based on eyewitness accounts and long-lived local legends. We also encourage photos!
Our ghost tours offer a change of pace from the more conventional attractions in the city and a fresh perspective on familiar surroundings. You’ll leave the tour with a host of scary stories and fun local facts to thrill your friends wherever you’re from. If you’re looking to do something different, we are that something different!
Finding ways to create camaraderie at work can be difficult. So what better way to build team chemistry than going for a group ghost tour? You know what they say, the team that scares together, thrives together! From scary stories for the thrill-seekers to research-based fun facts about cultural and architectural history for the scholars. Whatever your interest, we’ve got you covered!
Let’s face it, most tours are pretty boring. An unenthusiastic guide droning on about uninteresting and boring topics can be a real drag. Our local guides know the area and their ghosts. They’ll impart fun facts, local legends, and of course, plenty of spooky stories that will remain with you for years. See what an awesome tour can be like with our Pittsburgh ghost tour.
These aren’t your run-of-the-mill ghost stories that you’ll hear. Our research team has uncovered terrifying true accounts of unexplained activity that range from spirit sightings to inexplicable voices and sounds to being touched by unidentified beings. If the unknown and all that can’t be reasonably explained piques your interest, you’re in the right place!
Horror movie lovers tend to also have an affinity for all things spooky. If that’s you and you’ve seen all the horror movies, why not move on to the real thing? The stories you’ll hear are what horror movies are made of. So put down the remote, grab your walking shoes, and get ready to experience scares in real life.
Warning: foreach() argument must be of type array|object, bool given in /home/ignitioncenter/public_html/lizzieborden/wp-content/themes/lizzieborden/template-lizzie-tour.php on line 682
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.
Blogs
The Spirits of the Quequechan Club
When people think of Fall River, MA, one name immediately comes to mind: Lizzie Borden. Lizzie was accused of murdering her father and stepmother, and many still debate her innocence.The Lizzie Borden House has become a hotspot for paranormal ph ... Read More
Posted 04.11.2025
The Chilling Haunted History of The Fearing Tavern
The Fearing Tavern is one of the oldest buildings in Wareham, Massachusetts. Thanks to its chilling reputation, it has captured the attention of locals and visitors alike. This infamous tavern was built by Isaac Bump in 1690 and is now owned by the ... Read More
Posted 04.09.2025
Fake News in Fall River
The murders of Fall River's Andrew and Abby Borden were front-page news in the autumn of 1892. How could a young woman such as Lizzie have allegedly committed such heinous acts? The crime enveloped the town that year, drawing in speculation and myst ... Read More
Posted 11.15.2021
Methodists and Millgirls – Fall River’s First Unsolved Murder
The main stretch of Fall River. Source: Wikimedia CommonsFall River and Lizzie Borden go together hand-in-hand. Even if you’re not a Fall River native, just hearing the town’s name is enough to send chills down your spine. But the Lizzi ... Read More
Posted 11.15.2021
Oak Grove Cemetery
All cemeteries have some haunting, and there's no exception for the Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts. This cemetery, however, has good reason to be haunted. And haunted, it most certainly is.History of Oak Grove Cemete ... Read More
Posted 09.29.2021
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft Mansion
Lizzie Borden's Maplecroft Mansion was home to the alleged axe murderer for nearly 35 years after being acquitted for murdering her parents.It's believed that her spirit hangs on in her beloved home, as well as the home she lived across town whe ... Read More
Posted 09.21.2021
