York Ghost Tour: Daytime Hauntings Unveiled

Join Dorian Deathly’s daytime ghost tour in York. Hear chilling tales with crystal-clear audio. Explore freely while immersed in eerie stories.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shambles - (The) Shambles is York’s famous cobbled, Medieval street with many dark and troubling tales to tell.
  • York Minster - York Minster is arguably one of the World’s most beautiful cathedrals, it also has a lot of secrets to tell.
  • Bootham Bar - A wonderfully preserved portion of the famous city walls
What's Included
  • Tour Guide
  • Headphones
Additional Information

Dorian Deathly has been leading ghost tours in York at night for 10 years and has a lot of interesting tales to share, but sometimes he likes to come out during the daylight hours and enjoy a tour with a difference!
York can be a noisy old place in the daytime, particularly at peak times so it can be difficult to be fully immersed in the terrible tales!…

Location
The Last Drop Inn
Colliergate
We meet outside The Last Drop Inn at the junction of Colliergate and King's Court. The pub is opposite York's Chocolate Story, near the top of the Shambles. The postcode for maps is YO1 8BW / What Three Words - tests.after.flash
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Emma
Aug 20, 2025
Murder and Mayhem - Really enjoyed the Murder and Mayhem tour. We found the guide, Dorian, to be very entertaining and knowledgeable, with a wicked sense of humour. Well worth the ticket fee, with the length of time and information. Would highly recommend. (My friend was most disgruntled he wouldn't disclose where to buy Bile Beans 🤣)
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Samueltg5682as
Aug 12, 2025
Murder and Mayhem Tour - After thoroughly enjoying another tour with Dorian Deathly we returned the next day for the Murder and Mayhem tour. Dorian came well equipped with headphones which helped us hear a lot better and navigate through some of the busier places. It was accompanied by an awesome playlist to listen to in-between talks. The stories were great and the tour itself was great value. I would highly recommend.
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540dank
Aug 7, 2025
Great guide, great tour. - Great tour, loved having the headphones, made it soooo much easier to listen without having to stay in tight group. Highly recommend
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Georgehe1571xp
Aug 3, 2025
Absolutely worth it!! - This tour is absolutely worth it! We had Dalton as our guide and he was hilarious. Not only was the tour fun, it is a great way to explore York's centre. Thank you to Dalton for making it such a fun and interesting experience. If you do one thing in York, it's this.
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Camillel871
Apr 22, 2025
A great experience! - Very interesting visit with a super funny guide, I recommend without hesitation! Anecdotes about the city accompanied by music make the experience unique.
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Jasp835
Apr 19, 2025
Highly recommend! - Excellent tour of York to see the city and find out about the historic past. The tour went by super quick and the tour guide was super knowledgeable and friendly. An excellent way to spend time in York. Highly recommend.
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Racaling
Apr 19, 2025
Book This!! - Thoroughly enjoyed our wander around the city with our fantastic guide for Murder & Mayhem True Crime - his commentary was fact filled and funny. Really pleased we booked this! It takes you off the beaten path as well as through some of the main tourist hot spots.. super interesting and our hosts voice was made for this job!! The headsets are brilliant and mean that you really can lose yourself in some of the gruesome tales of the city..! The musical accompaniment was spot on too! #bardcore rocks! Definitely recommend this 👍
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N2487tujessicaw
Apr 19, 2025
A must do unique experience - Booked as a surprise so didn’t know what to expect, this is a unique way of seeing different parts of York City centre, the guide was so charismatic (seriously in the right job!!) which really made the experience and the details such as the music in between really tied it all together. Would really recommend to anyone looking for an alternative way of spending an afternoon especially for the price.
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Stephencandy
Apr 14, 2025
Outstanding Murder Headphones! - York is a busy city, which can make hearing the details on a walking tour tricky. This tour overcomes this through the use of modern over-ear headphones, meaning you can hear every word from your knowledgeable guide crystal clear straight from his microphone. (It also means your walk from location to location can be accompanied by intriguing "bardcore" music, a chance to see if you recognise the modern pop hits performed in a medieval style!) Known for his multi-award-winning "Deathly Dark" ghost walks, this tour gives Dorian Deathly a chance to share some true crime history instead, with his usual in depth attention to detail and engaging storytelling style. Every corner had something new to discover over and above the main stories, and there were lots of "mini-murders" along the way too. (Tales too quick for a full-blown stop but still of great interest.) Highly recommended.
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408lyndsayb
Apr 11, 2025
Fantastic Tour! - Fantastic tour! The guide was informative, funny and utterly brilliant! We loved every minute and will be doing the same tour again with my son at a later date. Highly recommend 👌
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