Sarah was a great guide just wish was longer. I highly recommend
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Charleston Haunted Jail Night-Time Guided Walking Tour
- Exclusive access to entire first floor of Old City Jail
- Professional Guide
- 45min Behind-The-Scenes Guided Tour of Old City Jail
- Experience the jail that housed some of Charleston’s most infamous criminals & 19th-century pirates
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Limited free street parking. Various pay-to-park lots and garages in the area. Pricing may vary.
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Please meet at the Old City Jail 15 minutes prior to tour time as tours start promptly. **If you are looking at the front glass doors, tour entrance will be at the gate to the left. Our staff will meet you there for check in. Old City Jail - 21 Magazine St, Charleston, SC 29401
Return
- Please meet at the Old City Jail 15 minutes prior to tour time as tours start promptly. **If you are looking at the front glass doors, tour entrance will be at the gate to the left. Our staff will meet you there for check in. Old City Jail - 21 Magazine St, Charleston, SC 29401
Itinerary
The Haunted Jail Tour takes you through the cells, hallways, and into the places where Charleston’s worst criminals lived and died. Brace yourself as you hear stories like the legend of Lavinia and John Fisher, hotel owners from the 1800s who supposedly poisoned their guests. Featured on such shows as Ghost Adventures, the story goes that Lavinia’s ghost still, very audibly, haunts the premises. This Haunted Jail Tour is quite possibly the scariest place you will ever go! Visitors go as far to say they’ve seen objects move or even disappear, while others hear voices, the slamming of doors, or chains as they’re allegedly dragged against the floor of the jail.
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Reviews
Very cool tour! Harper was wonderful as a guide and the stories were incredible. Would highly recommend doing.
Amazing adventure! Great guide!!
It was interesting and at times scary. I would not recommend it for children under twelve. The tour guide was very knowledgeable
Sara was great. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
Sara was excellent. Very informative and a real pleasure to see someone really enjoy their job.......
My husband and I attended a nighttime tour of the Old Charleston Jail on a whim. We originally planned to tour the Yorktown for their ghost tour through Bulldog but switched our plans just hours ahead of the tour. Bulldog Tours was wonderful about having us switch tours when we called without issue. We found the jail tour informative and spooky. Our guide was Andrew and he did so well making it entertaining as well as informative. We definitely plan to go through Bulldog again for other tours.
Fun, informative, and a little spooky! Sarah was a great tour guide. I thought there would be more rooms or walking through the jail, but it was still a lot of fun.
Sarah was our tour guide. She was so informative and very intertaining. She held our attention and gave us a awesome tour.
It was a great tour of the old Charleston jail. Our tour guide Sarah was very knowledgeable of events that took place there and made the experience very enjoyable.
Sarah was a fabulous tour guide! Super knowledgeable, funny, and gave us a great experience! Strongly recommend her, she shared tons of insight into the gruesome history of that jail.
Sarah was awesome! She really brought to life what it was like to be a prisoner in this facility. I would recommend it to anyone.
Very informative tour of the Old City Jail by a knowledgeable tour guide. Mixture of history, ghost and personal stories to keep all guests engaged. Great after dinner tour.
Sarah was an AMAZING tour guide! She shared the history and her own personal stories to make the experience feel real.
Our tour guide was amazing. Very informative and made it interesting as well. We toured several locations within the jail and she shared stories and the experiences from back when it was opened.
Great experience and would recommend to anyone in the area. Definitely wouldn’t be comfortable being in the jail alone. Loved the history
Definitely a must do tour while in Charleston! Very creepy and Sara was the best tour guide. It was very apparent that she was well versed in the history of the jail and she was genuine in her delivery of historical facts, as well as, her own personal experiences. I’ve been on some other tours where the guides were just going through the motions and it seemed cheesy and unbelievable. I would definitely go on another tour with Sara and Bulldog tours.
It was an amazing experience! I love our tour guide, and it was fascinating to hear about all of the history.
Sarah was a fabulous ghost guide and history buff. She really made the experience so fun and interesting .The jail itself is very eerie, and her tour and knowledge of the property enhanced the experience. Our group of teens and adults enjoyed the tour.
Very informative, lots of history. I would highly recommend the haunted jail tour. My granddaughters loved the tour! Our guide Sarah was wonderful ❤️
Super spooky!! The guide was very knowledgeable! I would not take small kids. It was pretty scary!
Creepy!! Sarah made it worth it with her knowledge and enthusiasm. We had a blast and will be back. Check it out
This was a unique and cool experience with a little history added in. Sarah does an excellent job setting the scene and really making you “feel” the experience.
Only the first floor is open for tours, which consists of just four very small rooms. It was so dark you couldn’t really see much. Everything was just replicas and they filled the hour by talking about previous tours, and showing pictures on a tablet. It was definitely not worth the money.
It was a great “spooky” experience. We enjoyed the stories Jack Kelly shared about the prisoners and the prison itself. Definitely a one of a kind experience.
Super tour and surreal touring a truly terrible place in the past with so much rooted history. Ranks up there with many of the European brutal prisons. And really gives you a chilling feeling just being present there.
Very informative about history of past "clients" who resided in the jail as well as crimes and victims of demise.
Amazing tour! Sarah was informative, and knowledgeable. So creepy listening to the stories in the place where they occured. Highly recommend!
Pretty good bugs nearly ate us up.
We had a friend visiting from out of town & they wanted to go on a ghost tour. We've gone on ghost tours before that just felt like history lessons so we were not anticipating this to be any different. Sara, however, delivered an impressive mixture of interesting facts, intrigue and haunting chills.
Excellent tour. Would highly recommend
The tour guide was very informative and vividly described what happened to people who were incarcerated.
Sarah was great! She knew the history and had some personal stories. Highly recommend if you’re looking for some Charleston history that’s a little spooky
It is a great tour, very informative and our tour guide, Sarah was the best tour guide we’ve ever had in any tour we’ve taken.
We had such a fantastic time on the Bulldog Haunted Jail Ghost Tour! Our guide, Dustin, was excellent—knowledgeable, engaging, and a great storyteller. We learned so much about the history of the jail and Charleston while still getting all the spooky atmosphere we were hoping for. We happened to do the tour during a thunderstorm, and it honestly couldn’t have been more perfect. The thunder, lightning, and rain added a whole other level of creepy to the experience—in the best possible way! It made walking through the old jail feel even more atmospheric and memorable. Dustin really made the tour for us. You could tell he knew the history well, and he did a great job balancing the historical stories with the haunted side of the jail. We had a wonderful time from start to finish and would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Charleston. We’ll definitely be booking another Bulldog tour the next time we’re in town!
Very informative and interesting about the jail conditions back in the day. Definitely a wild and fun experience with Jane as the tour guide. Chilling experience
I enjoyed this tour so very much. Sara was our guide, not only was she very knowledgeable but she made it interesting with stories of different things plus one experience that truly affected her. Just a wonderful, well done tour. Kudos to Sara.
Fun and scary. Also entertained
Loved the tour and history. Sarah was AWESOME and is definitely in the right field of work! Worth the money just to hear the history of the jail!
Sarah was a great guide. She was informative, entertaining, and patient. She shared her own experiences which added to the tour.
Informative and engaging. I can’t remember our guides name but he is a great story teller. I would definitely recommend it to friends and return myself.
Our guide was an amaizing human & very knowledgeable & informative. The tour itself was super rushed & didn't get to explore to many areas. The company itself was very accommodating. The price wouldn't be an issue if it went a little longer to be able to go into a few more areas. We did learn a lot about the area though with the stories the guide told. So overall it was worth it.
Dave was a great guide and we were definitely spooked! Just my teenage son and I, this wouldn’t be for little kids- gruesome ghost stories and dark, creepy rooms. We had a great time!
Sarah was very informative on the history and a great tour guide! She made the experience fun but also scary!
We had a good time and our guide did a good job keeping things spooky. We had a good time and enjoyed this tour.
Our guide Sahara was absolutely perfect.. I took my grandson and we both had a wonderful experience.
A very historical tour - a little short for the money. Was scary though and very interesting! Ken was a very knowledgeable and great guide. My 12 year old nephew loved it and was very interested in the cool stories
Ken was a wonderful guide! He told detailed stories of the history of the jail, and he answered all the questions that were asked without faltering. He really knew his stuff and told it well. We were a party of five and three others joined our tour for a very intimate experience. It was dark, the place was very creepy, and we believe we had an encounter that made great conversation for the ride home. If you're interested in dark history with a touch of the paranormal, we highly recommend this tour.
Sarah was great but nothing was original, the whole place was renovated and took away from any mystery.
Our guide, Sarah, was amazing!! She made us feel comfortable, was super knowledgeable, friendly, and funny! I’d 100% book another tour (and request Sarah!)
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