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Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington
The Ghost Walk in Old Wilmington, North Carolina, has been ranked as one
of the top five ghost tours in the nation by USA Today, one of the top 10
guided tours in the nation by Trip Advisor, a 5 star rating by Yahoo Travel
& Travelocity, Best of the Road by Rand McNally and Best tour by Encore
Magazine and America's "must do" ghost walk by TLC. So you can see that
this is one nighttime tour that will certainly keep you awake and on edge
as you wander along the roads of Old Wilmington. A quote from Colonel
William Lamb, from 1864, awaits you as you enter their site, who
said, "I'd much rather be in battle than Wilmington, for at least in battle
I have a chance of not being killed." That quote leads into the reasoning
behind the tour and the fact that the city during that period was rife with
disease, murders, piracy, slavery, suicide and the violence of living in the
18th and 19th centuries in this port city. Coming back to the present 21st
century times, you will meet impressive actors and ghost hunters as they
explore and journey along the streets of the old haunted city of Wilmington.
Some folks believe that this is one of the most actively haunted cities
in the world, as it was once the biggest city in North Carolina, and thus
contains the biggest historic district in the state. Come and join them
as they walk the 275 year old alleyways, that claim to be littered with
the spiritual remains of privateers, cutthroats and more, meandering below
centuries old oaks hung with Spanish moss; and listen to the legends and
tales of the ghostly apparitions that still look for some salvation or
people to help them leave this murderous city. The tour guides will dare
you to walk across the graves of rapists, thieves, murderers and other
maniacal creatures that have perished here, justly or not. There are
stories of the poor lost souls that for some reason couldn't cross over,
or they were so evil that they weren't allowed to anywhere else.
Listen to the guides as they unfold many of the latest stories about
those that have taken the tour, only to be frightened out of their wits,
and those that have never been heard of again, although the tour company
swears that they haven't ever lost anyone, yet. Go, if you dare, if you
really want to be scared beyond your wildest imagination, or wait until
the 13th of the many months this summer, or better yet, wait for the
next Friday the 13th with a FULL MOON, which is 2014; if we are still
here and able to travel anywhere.
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