Explore four centuries of death in New York on a thrilling night tour. Discover burial sites, epidemics, and historic jails in 1 hour, 45 minutes.
- Travelers will enjoy the sights of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor’s Island as they receive an education on Lenape history, ancient burial sites, NYC’s last pirate execution, and Civil War captives.
- Travelers will explore a Catholic sanctuary dedicated to a New York saint while learning about the process of saint canonization and the Catholic customs about death.
- Travelers will pay a visit to a cenotaph and delve into Titanic’s history relevant to that cenotaph.
- Travelers will gain deeper insights into indigenous history and tales associated with funerary museum collections.
- Travelers will delve into the history of New Amsterdam burials by visiting the location of the first city cemetery.
- Travelers will learn about a history of epidemics, funeral prohibitions, and communal graves.
- Travelers will get insights into the Irish presence in St. Paul’s graveyard.
- Travelers will understand practical issues related to identifying victims of the 9/11.
- Travelers will learn about the Catholic history, including the prohibition of Catholicism in New York, and the first New York Catholic burial ground.
- Travelers will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and listen to fascinating stories about Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln’s funeral, and excavating the dead.
- Travelers will grasp the process of NYC probate and estate proceedings for New York County.
- Travelers will uncover the tale of the African Burial Ground and the Doctors’ Riot.
- Travelers will learn about Revolutionary War captives and the death count.
- Travelers will hear intriguing narratives about death in incarceration and the role of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
- Travelers will visit a street known for its funeral industry while learning about the history of Chinatown.
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- Travelers will get to visit a Jewish burial site and hear stories about the first Jewish settlers in New Amsterdam.
- Travelers will visit a Catholic cemetery and the grave of a person who witnessed a ‘miracle.’
- Travelers will explore the location of several old long-forgotten burial grounds featuring African American and Quaker burials.
- Travelers will gain insights into gangster killings and capital punishment in New York.
- Travelers will visit a 19th-century cemetery known as the ‘burial place of gentlemen.’
- Travelers will hear intriguing tales about changing funeral customs and Victorian superstitions.
- Travelers will visit a potters fields and learn about innovative methods of handling the dead.
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Experience four centuries of Death in New York on this thrilling 1 hour, 45 minute night walk!
Main Features:
Peer at the Lenape burial, capital punishment, and prisoner of war islands of New York Harbor from Battery Park.
Discover the controversy surrounding museum death acquisitions and exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Unearth the history of epidemics and burial prohibitions at Trinity Church.
See the cenotaphs of Irish war heroes and political activists at St. Paul’s Chapel.
Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground and the ensuing riot at St. Peter’s Church.
Visit the site of Manhattan’s historic jails, executions, excavated dead, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park.
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