Fort East Martello Ghost Tour & VIP Robert the Doll Experience

Experience the paranormal on the only Key West ghost tour where you’ll meet the infamous Robert the Doll. Explore a haunted Civil War fort and engage with spirits. Book now!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Fort East Martello Museum - The ghost tour includes a 60-minute guided ghost tour followed by 60 minutes of hunting ghosts on your own. The experience takes place inside Key West’s haunted Fort East Martello Museum where you will learn the haunted history of the Civil War fort and meet the infamous Robert the Doll. The first 40 minutes of the tour are on foot. Short walks between rooms at an easy pace followed by a 20-minute sitdown with Robert the Doll.

After the guided hour, VIP ticket holders have an hour to hunt ghosts on their own with access to the former Yellow Fever hospital (VIP exclusive). The VIP Experience includes the use of ghost-hunting equipment like K-2 Meters, spirit dowsing rods, spirit boxes, and trigger objects. There is time at the end to take photos with Robert the Doll if you are feeling brave.

What's Included
  • Parking at Fort East Martello
  • Ghost Hunting Equipment
  • After Hours Fort Access
Additional Information

Don’t let the trolley take you for a ride. We’re the only ghost tour in Key West where you’ll walk the dark halls of historic Fort East Martello with authentic ghost-hunting equipment and meet Key West’s infamous haunted doll, Robert.

USA Today named us one of America’s 10 Most Haunted Destinations, and Thrillist calls us “The Creepiest Place in Florida.”

See for yourself, but be warned: we actively engage spirits, so our hunts are not for everyone.

We’re family-owned by real Key West locals, and our Google satisfaction rating is 4.9. One of our owners opened the first ghost tours on the island and wrote Ghosts of Key West, Haunted Key West, and the biography of Robert the Doll.

Book General Admission tickets on our site for the one-hour guided tour. Book VIP here for the two-hour ghost-hunting adventure, which includes an additional hour hunting ghosts on your own after the guided tour.

There are dozens of ghost tours in Key West. See why people are dying to get into ours.

  • Visibly intoxicated or impaired guests will be denied entry and not refunded
  • Tour takes place in a low-light environment
Location
3501 S Roosevelt Blvd
South Roosevelt Boulevard
Fort East Martello is located on the ocean, directly in front of the airport. Your guide will meet you at the fort's main entrance. Look for the massive anchor and the flag pole.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Marylp1105de
Aug 25, 2024
Haunted Museum - Great host who kept us entertained ,fascinating fort/museum with lots of spooky history and Robert the scary doll! Cute gift store.
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Tatiana_a
Jul 28, 2024
Spooky haunted experience - Really great tour, awesome tour guide! Do the VIP experience!!! In the VIP experience you are given all the tools to go ghost hunting and it’s absolutely terrifying!
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Pamela_m
Jul 25, 2024
Amazing experience - The whole experience was amazing. Hearing voices with the spirit box was amazing. I enjoy learning about the history and seeing the pictures and items.
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Alexial657
Jul 21, 2024
Can’t wait to go back - The tour was absolutely incredible! Our tour guide Dan made it so exciting and immersive the entire way through. Truly a delight
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Tabatha_w
Jul 14, 2024
Robert the doll tour - We felt like the tour was very interesting and informative. The location is great. Lots of orbs and good energy. I think this is a tour where you get into what you put into it. You won’t be spoon fed paranormal activity but it is there for the finding.
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Juliewithajay
Jul 11, 2024
Hunting Things That Go Bump in the Night! - After being on a ghost tour recently in New Orleans, I was super excited to take this tour! I purchased the VIP experience as well and was not disappointed! The tour was led by David Sloan, the author of a book on Robert the Doll, who currently “lives” in a glass box in the museum. Being able to see Robert, who I had seen numerous tv shows about, was an added bonus! David was extremely knowledgeable and an engaging tour guide. He even went over the time stated for the tour because he had so much info to share and you could really sense his passion for the museum and the subject matter. After the tour was over I was given numerous ghost hunting equipment and allowed to roam the entire museum and fort on my own. I used a ghost box and got many responses! Unfortunately, it was hard to understand a lot of what was said, but so exciting to know the spirits were engaging with me! It was strange bc even though I was alone roaming around these spooky buildings in the dark, except for a small red flashlight, I didn’t feel scared at all! I highly recommend doing the VIP portion if you love ghost hunting like me! In conclusion, this ghost tour was the best I’ve been on to date, and I’ve done quite a few. Do yourself a favor and book this tour if you’re in Key West! You will not regret it!
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546mistyc
Jul 4, 2024
4th of July tour - David was an excellent tour guide. His knowledge is impressive. You can tell he likes what he does. We will be coming back
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Vnelson69
Jun 22, 2024
Teen cousin’s adventure - We did the VIP extended tour with 6 teens. The kids really enjoyed (thanks to our GREAT guide) learning fun facts about the history of the fort, hearing creepy story’s about Key West legends and (OFCOURSE) meeting Robert! Then the kids took off for their solo extended spirit hunting adventure with all the cool ghost hunting paraphernalia. That’s when things got REAL SPOOKY!
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Victoria_n
Jun 22, 2024
EXCELLENT Teen cousin outing! - Our tour guide was amazing! He shared lots of info, not only about Robert, but also the history of the fort and other creepy stories about Key West legends. We had 6 teens and did the extended VIP tour. The kids LOVED having the extra time communicating with the spirits all around the fort.
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Shannon_y
Jun 22, 2024
Great Experience - It was really neat to go through the Fort at night and hear the history of the place and the doll. Ghost communication equipment was also interesting to use. Our group had varying levels of responses with the equipment, but we all had a great time.
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