Ghost Tour

Strange Energy

An unexplained photo from church street taken during a recent walking tour

Hello, and thank you for all of your patience while the site undergoes some routine maintenance.
Better Tours of Asheville is now under new management. Don’t worry though, nothing will change in regards to the quality tours you have come to expect from us over the years. There will, however, be some new and exciting developments coming soon. Check back often to see all of the interesting stuff that we’re getting into!
The 2012 season has officially kicked off with a bang, so don’t hesitate to call and reserve your place on the BEST tours that Asheville has to offer. Better Tours of Asheville: We’re not good. We’re Better!

Take a tour with us through Asheville’s darkest secrets, deepest mysteries, and most haunted locations.  During our 90-minute walking tour through downtown Asheville, we’ll visit the locations of some of the most famous haunts in Western North Carolina. The stories are presented in a professional manner and are suitable for teens as well as adults. We do not guarantee paranormal photos,* though there have been many instances where curious pictures were taken during the tour. (see right)

Featured on this tour:

  • The Bodies Beneath Church Street
  • Nazi Ghosts at a Popular Brewpub
  • The Gruesome Murder at the Battery Park Hotel
  • Chicken Alley’s Undead Doctor
  • The Basilica’s Ghostly Protector
  • Asheville’s Largest Killing Spree in Hell’s Half Acre
  • And much, much more!
Orb over Battery Park

An orb photo by the Battery Park Hotel

At Better Tours of Asheville, we believe that truth is stranger than fiction, and do not see the necessity to use urban legends and special effects in our tours.  We won’t insult you with embellished stories, self-aggrandizing tour guides or B-List actors jumping out of bushes wearing masks.

Instead, the tour is conducted by guides who have personally investigated the locations on the tour and done the research into the stories, ensuring accuracy, and providing our own experiences and insights.

The guides who designed the tour are paranormal investigators who have been featured on National Geographic Channel.

Ghost tours run by reservation only on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 9 pm. Before purchasing tickets, please call 828-337-5480 to check availability for your preferred night. Private group tours may be available at other times and evenings.

*Cancellation and Weather Policy:
- Cancellations MUST be made 24 hours in advance to receive a refund.
- Tour goes rain or shine, however the guide has the notable distinction of being able to call off a tour in the event of emergencies that include, but are not limited to:

  • Natural disasters
  • Plague
  • Invasion (extra-terrestrial or human)
  • Zombies
  • Snowpocalypse
  • Lightning

* Because of the professional nature of this tour, we do not make any guarantees for “paranormal” photos or activity.  We feel this is a disservice to the paranormal community, as well as an outright lie to the consumer. If such activity were so commonplace, it would cease to be “paranormal,” and simply be “normal.” The enduring mystery behind the field of the paranormal is that it is random, unexpected, and a truly momentous occasion when something does occur. Orbs in photos may or may not be paranormal, and a variety of factors must be taken into consideration before concluding one way or the other. If there is moisture in the air, the flash of your camera will reflect off of drops of dew and produce a “snowy orb” effect, wherein the picture appears to be taken amidst a snowfall. This type of image is used by many tour groups to “prove” paranormal activity in a location. Do not be fooled.