Your Phone Tells Charleston's Ghost Stories, Dungeon to Jail Gate
A phone app narrates Charleston's ghost stories as you walk, from the corner across from the Old Exchange to the Old Jail's gate.
Nobody meets you on this walk. The booking buys a code for the WalknTours app, and the app does the telling: stand on the corner of East Bay and Broad, across the street from the Old Exchange, press play, and the stories come up by GPS as you reach each stop. The listing puts it at 50 to 60 minutes, all outdoors, at whatever hour you pick. The operator's own route page says 55 minutes.
Along the way are the Blind Tiger, the Dock Street Theatre, the Pirates Courtyard, St. Philip's Church, the Powder Magazine, the Circular Church graveyard, Poogan's Porch and the Unitarian churchyard. The walk ends outside the gate of the Old Charleston Jail.
As of October 26, 2026, the listing below charges USD 6.75 a person for one to three people, USD 6 each for four to eight and USD 5 each for nine to fifteen. One booking covers up to 15.
Cancel at least 24 hours before the date on your booking for a full refund.
Charleston's Haunted Ghost Tour - Solo Smart Phone Guided TourSelf-guided app audio · 50 to 60 minutes · Starts across from the Old Exchange · Ends at the Old Charleston Jail gatewww.viator.comThe First Story Is About the Prisoners Under the Old Exchange
The Old Exchange's own site says the building went up in 1771 as a commercial exchange and custom house, and its full name today is the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon. The app opens with the ghosts of the prisoners below. The confirmation puts the start on the corner across the street, under the Wells Fargo sign, and the tour stays outside on the sidewalk.
From there the stories move through the nearby streets: the Blind Tiger pub and its woman in black, the Dock Street Theatre and the ghost the listing names Nettie Dickenson, the Pirates Courtyard and a hanged pirate, and St. Philip's Church, where the itinerary stops outside the graveyard to look for a weeping woman. The Powder Magazine and its ghost of Gabriel come next.
A Restaurant Porch With a Dog for a Ghost
The middle stretch is graveyards and porches. The itinerary stops at the Circular Congregational Church graveyard, then passes Poogan's Porch, where, in the listing's words, "Poogan has guarded this porch for 40 years. But only 8 of them in the worldly pooch form." One of the operator's photos is of his small headstone. After a story about haint blue, the app stops at the Unitarian Church in Charleston to look for the ghost of Anna, searching, the listing says, for her love Edgar Allan.
At each graveyard on the route, the itinerary stops outside rather than going in. One traveler who went at night suggests bringing a flashlight to see into them.
It Ends at the Old Jail Gate, a Walk From the Start
The last stop is the front gate of the Old Charleston Jail and the story of Lavinia Fisher. Replying to a traveler, the operator has said the jail is not open to explore inside, but you can get close from the outside.
The route does not loop back to the start. Several travelers mention the walk back to where they began, and two advise marking where you parked. In a reply to one of them, the operator says that once the tour finishes, past the rating screen, the app has a button with directions back to the start point. Travelers who went late describe the last blocks as quiet once the crowds thin out; one couple who did not feel comfortable there alone at night went back in the morning instead.
Download It Before You Go, and Bring Earbuds
The confirmation lays out four steps: get the WalknTours app, register or log in, choose Charleston and the Ghosts of Charleston tour, and enter the experience code it gives you. It suggests downloading the tour as soon as it is unlocked, and the operator's FAQ says a downloaded tour runs offline, map and audio included. The FAQ adds that tours do not expire and that an arrow on screen points to the next stop if you drift off the route.
Travelers repeat the same tips: earbuds, because street traffic can drown out the narrator, and a small speaker if you are a group. The operator has written that the app can crash when one email is logged in on different phones. At night these corners can be busy with live ghost tours telling their own versions of the same stories. The operator's tour page marks it as not wheelchair accessible, and the listing does not recommend it for travelers who are pregnant or have poor cardiovascular health.
📍 Start on the corner of East Bay and Broad, across the street from the Old Exchange, with the tour downloaded and earbuds in. The map pin marks the Old Exchange itself. Start after dinner, and the last story plays at the gate of the Old Jail in the dark.