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Writing by Susan Hilliard on Thursday, 7 of June , 2007 at 11:35 am
Anyone wishing to be the first to spend a night in Morticia, our other
famous haunted hearse, please contact me.
Ghost Tours
Hearse tours in Sydney are very popular, especially on Saturday nights when
we usually do 3 or 4 tours. Be sure to book early to avoid disappointment.
Take advantage of the special offer available Sundays to Fridays, book all 9
seats in one payment and save 10%.
Our other hearse tours are in Parramatta, Windsor and Campbelltown. In
Canberra groups of 15 to 20 can do a new, longer version of the Weird
Canberra Ghost and History Tour with Tim the Yowie Man by mini bus, see http://www.destinytours.com.au/canberra.htm
For Sale
As you may know, Destiny Tours is for sale, so if you are looking for a fun
and unique business please contact me.
Regards
Allan the Hearse Whisperer
Destiny Tours http://www.destinytours.com.au
Ph (02) 9943 0167 or 0414 232244
“Don’t leave the best ride of your life till last”
Armagh, Co. Armagh, Ireland - Armagh city has a generous helping of ghosts, gore and the grotesque. Ghost tours are held throughout the year, winding its way through Armagh’s centuries old streets taking in various historical sites. You will hear tales and stories of the darker and grislier side of Armagh’s past.
For further information contact, The Living History Department, Palace Demesne, Armagh, BT60 4EI. Telephone +44 028 37 529629
Bath, Somerset - Ghost Walks of Bath will take you to many famous places noted for their strange events. Take a walk round the ghostly places of the ancient and historic city of Bath. Tel: 01225 463618 Fax: 0117 909 9941
Birmingham - Birmingham Ghost and Graveyard Walks
Burton on Trent, Derbyshire - Burton is famous for more than its beer. The walks commence in the market place in Burton and last about 90 minutes. The walk includes such ghosts as the last Christian martyr in England to be burnt alive and his connection to the U.S.A. The reputed most haunted estate in Europe and much more. The walk costs £5.00 for adults and £2.50 for children & o.a.p.’s. Tickets can be booked at Burton tourist information on 01283 508111.
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales - The Magical History Tour of Caernarfon. An offbeat look at the towns history with tales of ;Hauntings & Hangings , Riots & Rebellion–we walk on the town walls —visit the infamous Stryd Pedwar a Chwech — hear how Caernarfon is connected to one of the most brutal murders in British History and more !! tours are on Tues And Thurs meet outside The Anglesey Hotel, on Promenade, Caernarfon , 6.30 til 8pm ( approx) cost: Adults £3 Kids £1.50 Groups 10+ £ 2.50 just turn up in July And August no need to book.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - When: Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 8.00 pm June 1st-September 7th Where: Please meet our guides outside King’s College on King’s Parade, Cambridge (opposite Jim Garrahy’s Fudge Kitchen, King’s Parade) Tickets: Adult: £4.00, Concessions: £3.00 Children under 12 must be accompanied Group rates available Special group tours by arrangement.
Canterbury, Kent - 1. The Ghost Walk of Old Canterbury, and details of other ghost walks in Kent.
2. The Canterbury Guild of Guides do all sorts of walks around this historic city. They also do them in various languages other than English. There is no special ghost walk as such, but they will put one together around the haunted sites of the cathedral and pubs. Email Canterbury Guild of Guides & telephone on 01227 459779
3. The Ghost tour of Canterbury, meets every Friday and Saturday at 8pm opposite Alberrys Wine Bar, in St Margaret’s Street Canterbury. for info visit www.greenbard.8m.com or call 07779 575831
Writing by Susan Hilliard on Wednesday, 21 of February , 2007 at 12:19 pm
For anyone contemplating a Weird Sydney Ghost and History Tour on Saturday 3rd March, we regret that we will not be able to operate that night due to road closures for the Mardi Gras. However the Weird Parramatta Ghost and History Tour will be running that night with up to 3 hearses travelling to the Asylum, the Catholic Cemetery, the former Children’s Orphanage and more! For those not resident in the Parramatta area, but still interested to do the tour, a free pick up and return service from Sydney CBD will be available. More details at http://www.destinytours.com.au/parramatta.htm
After 6 years in this business it is time for me to move on. Destiny Tours is now for sale, serious enquiries on this fun and unique business can be directed to me.
Look forward to seeing you soon.
Regards
Allan the Hearse Whisperer
Destiny Tours http://www.destinytours.com.au
Ph (02) 9943 0167 or 0414 232244
“Don’t leave the best ride of your life till last”
Over the years since the infamous battle, stories of scores of sightings, stranger than reality, have emerged from the quaint houses and gentle fields in and around the town of Gettysburg: Stories of sightings of soldiers, moving again in battle lines, across the fields where they once marched… and died; tales of visions through a rip in time into the horrible scene of a Civil War hospital; whispers of a look at men long dead held eternally captive by duty. These apparitions - and more - come back to remind us, in one way or another that they are not to be forgotten for what they did here…
In 1994, Mark Nesbitt started the first ghost walk in Gettysburg, The Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours®. Armed with tales from his ghost books - and with a few that are not in the books-guides dressed in period attire take visitors on evening tours through sections of town that were bloody battlefields 13 decades ago; through night-darkened streets to houses and buildings where it is not as quiet as it should be; to sites on the old Pennsylvania College campus where the slain once lay in rows, and the wounded suffered horribly, waiting to become corpses themselves; to cemeteries where the dead lie… sometimes not so peacefully. Gettysburg may very well be, acre for acre, the most haunted place in America. (Read more…)
We have a wide variety of walking tours for you and your group. Our two main Ghost tours are the Ghost and Dungeon and Ghost and Graveyard Tours. Both are an hour and a half walking tour through the historic district talking about ghosts, legend, mystery, history, voodoo, and superstition. They will take you to some of the most haunted places in town and tell you their story.
The difference in the tours; the Ghost and Dungeon will take you into the Provost Dungeon built by the British in 1771; and the Ghost and Graveyard will take you into the oldest graveyard in Charleston. Both of which are exclusive to our company.
Ghost and Dungeon 7 pm and 9 pm Tuesday thru Saturday, Ghost and Graveyard 730 pm and 930 pm every night $17 per adult and $8 per child. (Read more…)
Not all fairy tales have happy endings. Not all fairies bring goodness and light. Among the Irish and Scottish people there is a supernatural creature called “the Banshee.”
The Banshee is an attendant death fairy, one who brings an omen of doom to those of Irish or Scottish blood. It is the Banshee that announces the death of a family member, usually over bodies of water with her keening, or caoine, a shrill crying for the dead.
But the Banshee doesn’t just stay near bodies of water washing out the grave clothes of the dead as it is told. She also travels to the homes of those about to die, sometimes mounted on a pale steed or riding a black funeral coach with two, pale headless horses leading the way.
There are various descriptions of the Banshee. The Irish Banshee is called Bean Sidhe in an older tongue. Depending upon what source you use, ‘Bean’ means woman and ‘Sidhe’ means fairy. But other sources say that ‘Bean Sidhe’ is translated as “woman of the hills.” Some ancient lore says the Banshee can even be the ghost of a young woman who has died in childbirth, especially if she was not given the last rites of confession. (Read more…)
Destiny Tours Sydney is the only ghost tour operator in Australia using converted Cadillac hearses as their means of transport. Apart from the Sydney tours they also operate them in Parramatta, Campbelltown and the nation’s capital, Canberra. But no matter where they are, the hearses (Elvira a 1967 model and Morticia a 1962 model) really turn on the paranormal for their participants. Thousands of persons have noticed the cold psychic breezes and been touched, had their hair stroked or felt ill etc. Many highly regarded psychics including Debbie Malone from Channel 10’s Sensing Murder have confirmed the presences in the vehicles and their owner, Allan the Hearse Whisperer proudly carries letters from them in his hearses. Likewise the world’s leading mystery investigator Tim the Yowie Man who hosts the Weird Canberra Ghost and History Tours has attested to them being a magnet for visitors from the other side. (Read more…)
In St. Francisville, Louisiana there is a plantation home that was the 13th home listed as haunted in the world - that home is ‘The Myrtles Plantation’.
A number of theories abound as to why the spot is so haunted. For one thing, ten murders have been committed on this site since the late 1700s. (Read more…)
Writing by Susan Hilliard on Thursday, 5 of May , 2005 at 11:20 pm
Information courtesy of Joy Hanson
Here’s our story: When we (Chuck and Joy Hanson) bought the Mason House Inn Bed and Breakfast in Bentonsport, Iowa in 2001, we were told there was an old lady ghost in the south room on the 3rd floor. But if we left her alone, she would leave us alone. That did not bother us and we just use that room as storage and keep the door closed. But soon after we moved in, we noticed things going on and felt
things and then started seeing things that led us to believe there was more than just the one old lady. Our guests would tell us things they saw and felt and heard and I started keeping a journal of the reports. (Read more…)
Make a Day of it in One of Baltimore’s Most Interesting Neighborhoods - Follow the brick promenade east past the skyscrapers that overlook Baltimore’s famous Inner Harbor and you’ll suddenly find yourself in an 18th century maritime village known as Fell’s Point. It’s easy to imagine the neighborhood bustling with sailors, immigrants, and ladies of the night calling out of windows to passers-by and walking in and out of the boarding houses and taverns that lined the streets. Beneath you, paving the quaint narrow streets of the neighborhood, is the Belgian block that arrived in Fell’s Point as ballast for cargo ships returning from Europe over 100 years ago. Before you are the Federal and Victorian style rowhomes where dashing captains-turned-privateers and ship carpenters lived side by side. (Read more…)
Writing by Susan Hilliard on Wednesday, 4 of May , 2005 at 10:59 am
Written by Carol Nesbitt
Over the years since the Civil War battle in 1863, stories of scores of sightings, stranger than reality, have emerged from the quaint houses and gentle fields in and around the town of Gettysburg, PA: Stories of sightings of these soldiers, moving again in battle lines, across the fields where they once marched. . . and died; tales of visions through a rip in time into the horrible scene of a Civil War hospital; whispers of a look at men long dead held eternally captive by duty. These apparitions and more come back to remind us, in one way or another that they are not to be forgotten for what they did here. . .
In 1994, Mark Nesbitt started the first ghost walk in Gettysburg, The Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (registered trademark). Armed with tales from his Ghosts of Gettysburg book series - and with a few that aren’t in the books - guides dressed in Civil War period attire take visitors on evening tours through sections of town that were bloody battlefields 13 decades ago; through night-darkened streets to houses and buildings where it’s not as quiet as it should be; to sites on the old Pennsylvania College campus where the slain once lay in rows, and the wounded suffered horribly, waiting to become corpses themselves; to cemeteries where the dead lie. . . sometimes not so peacefully. (Read more…)
The Witchery Tours take a light-heated look at Edinburgh’s darker side including tales of witchcraft, plague, body-snatching and torture.
Your ghostly guide through the dark alleyways and eerie courtyards is none other than Adam Lyal, Highwayman, executed for his crimes in the Grassmarket on March 27th 1811.
Adam Lyal (deceased) will blend history with humour and facts with fables, while ‘jumper-ooters’ provide guaranteed ghastly appearances. (Read more…)
Welcome to belle New Orleans, jewel of the Mississippi. New Orleans allure is alive with historic places, fabulous food, music, incredibly beautiful architecture, amazing shopping and GHOSTS!
Since her beginnings, New Orleans has been indefinably mystical. There is a legacy of death and dying, inhospitable surroundings, and merciless disease. Above ground burial, the horrors of slavery, savage piracy and outrageous corruption make this legendary haunt like no other!
In 1997, New Orleans Spirit Tours began their Ghost & Vampire tour which combines the ancient art of storytelling with historical documentation to provide an eerie evening walk of suspense into the dark edges of the historic Haunted French Quarter. Discover why the unrested and living dead roam among us. (Read more…)
Participants on the tours have experienced a variety of personal hauntings while on these daily and nightly expeditions throughout the French Quarter. For example, quite often time pieces stop working and camera equipment fails to function at one particular spot. Another location has spawned severa fainting spells during the guide’s rendition of a sparticularly horrific tale of man’s inhumanity to man. Additionally, “cold spots” are abundant and many people actually hear, feel, and see entities and apparitions while on the tour.
“This is not a Halloween spook house,” Smith often tells guests on the tour. “Some people are simply more sensitive to paranormal activity than others.”
For instance, he recently heard a story from a woman on his tour about a man she met at French Quarter hotel. He was on the adjoining balcony to her room. “She talked to him for a while and enjoyed his company, ” said Smith. “When she went downstairs and inquired who was occupying the room, she was told it was empty.” (Read more…)
iexploreghosts.com - was started as a hobby like all my websites. I find a good ghost story, and the history behind most of these castles, plantations, mansions, and reputed haunted houses quite fascinating.
For anyone contemplating a Weird Sydney Ghost and History Tour on Saturday 3rd March, we regret that we will not be able to operate that night due to road closures for the Mardi Gras. However the Weird Parramatta Ghost and History Tour will be running that night with up to 3 hearses travelling to the Asylum, the Catholic Cemetery, the former Children’s Orphanage and more! For those not resident in the Parramatta area, but still interested to do the tour, a free pick up and return service from Sydney CBD will be available. More details at 
Over the years since the infamous battle, stories of scores of sightings, stranger than reality, have emerged from the quaint houses and gentle fields in and around the town of Gettysburg: Stories of sightings of soldiers, moving again in battle lines, across the fields where they once marched… and died; tales of visions through a rip in time into the horrible scene of a Civil War hospital; whispers of a look at men long dead held eternally captive by duty. These apparitions - and more - come back to remind us, in one way or another that they are not to be forgotten for what they did here… 
We have a wide variety of walking tours for you and your group. Our two main Ghost tours are the Ghost and Dungeon and Ghost and Graveyard Tours. Both are an hour and a half walking tour through the historic district talking about ghosts, legend, mystery, history, voodoo, and superstition. They will take you to some of the most haunted places in town and tell you their story. 
TALES OF WEST VIRGINIA BANSHEES
Destiny Tours Sydney is the only ghost tour operator in Australia using converted Cadillac hearses as their means of transport. Apart from the Sydney tours they also operate them in Parramatta, Campbelltown and the nation’s capital, Canberra. But no matter where they are, the hearses (Elvira a 1967 model and Morticia a 1962 model) really turn on the paranormal for their participants. Thousands of persons have noticed the cold psychic breezes and been touched, had their hair stroked or felt ill etc. 
Many highly regarded psychics including Debbie Malone from Channel 10’s Sensing Murder have confirmed the presences in the vehicles and their owner, Allan the Hearse Whisperer proudly carries letters from them in his hearses. Likewise the world’s leading mystery investigator Tim the Yowie Man who hosts the Weird Canberra Ghost and History Tours has attested to them being a magnet for visitors from the other side.
In St. Francisville, Louisiana there is a plantation home that was the 13th home listed as haunted in the world - that home is ‘The Myrtles Plantation’. 
Here’s our story: When we (Chuck and Joy Hanson) bought the Mason House Inn Bed and Breakfast in Bentonsport, Iowa in 2001, we were told there was an old lady ghost in the south room on the 3rd floor. But if we left her alone, she would leave us alone. That did not bother us and we just use that room as storage and keep the door closed. But soon after we moved in, we noticed things going on and felt
Make a Day of it in One of Baltimore’s Most Interesting Neighborhoods - Follow the brick promenade east past the skyscrapers that overlook Baltimore’s famous Inner Harbor and you’ll suddenly find yourself in an 18th century maritime village known as Fell’s Point. It’s easy to imagine the neighborhood bustling with sailors, immigrants, and ladies of the night calling out of windows to passers-by and walking in and out of the boarding houses and taverns that lined the streets. Beneath you, paving the quaint narrow streets of the neighborhood, is the Belgian block that arrived in Fell’s Point as ballast for cargo ships returning from Europe over 100 years ago. Before you are the Federal and Victorian style rowhomes where dashing captains-turned-privateers and ship carpenters lived side by side.
Welcome to belle New Orleans, jewel of the Mississippi. New Orleans allure is alive with historic places, fabulous food, music, incredibly beautiful architecture, amazing shopping and GHOSTS! 
Participants on the tours have experienced a variety of personal hauntings while on these daily and nightly expeditions throughout the French Quarter. For example, quite often time pieces stop working and camera equipment fails to function at one particular spot. Another location has spawned severa fainting spells during the guide’s rendition of a sparticularly horrific tale of man’s inhumanity to man. Additionally, “cold spots” are abundant and many people actually hear, feel, and see entities and apparitions while on the tour.