Old Louisville's Ghosts From DuPont Mansion to the Witches' Tree
Your phone narrates this self-guided ghost walk past Old Louisville's mansions and St. James Court. Start whenever you like.
There is no guide waiting on the sidewalk for this one. The WalknTours app does the talking: you stand outside the DuPont Mansion Bed & Breakfast on South Fourth Street, press play, pocket the phone and follow the narrator's directions through Old Louisville until the last story leaves you at the Witches' Tree. The operator's page says the stories play automatically by GPS as you walk, and that the tour works offline once it is downloaded.
The listing calls the tour location aware, says you can stop and carry on whenever you like, and lets you listen to it again after the walk. The narration is in English.
As of October 24, 2026, the booking page priced the walk at USD 9.75 per adult and USD 7 per child aged 5 to 14. Booking confirms instantly, and the listing says the unlocked tour never expires, so it can wait for whichever day suits you.
Old Louisvilles Famous Ghosts Smartphone Guided Walking TourSelf-guided app ghost walk · DuPont Mansion to the Witches' Tree · Take it anytimewww.viator.comThe First Story Starts on the DuPont Mansion's Sidewalk
The walk begins outside a working inn. The DuPont Mansion Bed & Breakfast describes its building as Victorian Italianate-Renaissance Revival, built around 1879 by the DuPont brothers, Alfred Victor and Biederman. The listing says the opening story is about that family and how one of its members was killed in cold blood by his mistress, and the operator's page adds sightings of a ghostly man in a tuxedo. Every story on this route is told from outside; the listing includes no admission to any building.
The operator's list of stops continues with the Louisville Bourbon Inn and its phantom laughter, the Central Park Bed & Breakfast and its Lady in White, and Landward House, a former doctor's home where, it says, piano music plays with no instrument in sight.
St. James Court, Belgravia Court and a Cursed Tree
Old Louisville's courts carry the middle of the route. The listing has stops at the St. James Court Fountain, for its sinister tale and the people it says perished there, and in Belgravia Court, where you look for the mansions it calls haunted. The operator's page puts the Ice Boy and Widow Hoag at the fountain, a Lady in Blue on Belgravia Court, a guardian spirit called Avery at the Pink Palace and a man in a hat at the Conrad-Caldwell House. One traveler wrote in May 2025 that Belgravia Court was especially interesting, and suggested pausing the tour to walk further down it.
The listing also takes the route around the park, where it says you hear about the DuPonts' ties to it, and ends at the Witches' Tree on the corner of Park Avenue and South Sixth Street. The listing saves the curse for last: how the tree got its name and why the city was cursed. The operator's page ties that legend to a deadly storm and witches seeking revenge.
Your Phone Carries the Script, the Map and the Code
After booking, the instructions in the confirmation are to download the WalknTours app, register an account, choose the Louisville tour and enter the experience code that comes with the booking. They warn against buying the tour again inside the app, and anyone booking more than one ticket should have each person register their own account and email address. Download the tour before you reach Fourth Street; the operator says it works offline after that.
One traveler in May 2026 found the directions to the next stop a little confusing at times and had trouble opening the map in the app, but reached each stop easily with the phone's own GPS. The confirmation lists a text number and an email for help from the operator, which describes itself there as a tiny company.
How Long It Takes and When to Go
Plan on anywhere from 50 minutes to two hours. The listing times the walk at 50 to 70 minutes, though it also says the route runs more than an hour without stops; the operator's page says about one to two hours depending on pace, and one traveler said it took a little over an hour. With no departure time to meet, the walk starts whenever you reach the DuPont Mansion.
Travelers split on the light. Two liked early evening, one for the ambience before dark and one for seeing the houses; another wished they had gone closer to dark for a spookier walk. The listing marks the route as suitable for all fitness levels, allows service animals and notes public transportation nearby.
📍 Start on the sidewalk outside the DuPont Mansion Bed & Breakfast, 1317 South Fourth Street, open the tour and press play. The narration ends at the Witches' Tree, on the corner of Park Avenue and South Sixth Street. The map pin marks the Historic Old Louisville Visitors Center in Central Park, not the DuPont Mansion; the mansion is a short walk away at 1317 South Fourth Street.
- Booking confirms instantly, and the experience code arrives with it.
- Adult tickets cover ages 15 and up, child tickets ages 5 to 14, and every booking needs an adult.
- Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled time on your booking; inside 24 hours there is no refund.
- Food, drinks and a live guide are not included; everything happens outdoors.
The last story is the tree's own: how it got its name and why the city was said to be cursed.