Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry

The Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry by "O’ Be JoyFull" tour is a walking tour, approximately one hour in length, which takes you around several blocks of the historic "Lower Town" section of Harpers Ferry to view a number of sites and buildings that have had ghostly phenomenon reported in, or around them, over the years.

You will be told about the unexplained, or ghostly phenomenon that has, or is still occurring, as well as stories of both legends and/or historical events, which may account for such unexplained ghostly happenings and encounters.

Of course, with Harpers Ferry’s violent past, especially during the American Civil War, many of the stories will tell of death, and some background history of Harpers Ferry is also an element of the tour.

We do not attempt to scare people on the tour, but rather simply tell stories about Harpers Ferry’s history, legends and the reported unexplained phenomenon occurring around town and in some of the buildings. Therefore, the tour is appropriate for all age groups and most children are and have been perfectly fine with the tour and its stories.*

* - Note: Although most all children of all ages have been fine with our ghost tour and its stories, if your child is especially sensitive, or especially scared of ghost stories, or stories about unexplained phenomenon, including ghostly experiences, and if your child expresses serious reservations or concerns about taking the tour, we ask that you respect his or her concerns and to carefully consider whether the tour would be appropriate for that "little person."

The tour is not especially strenuous, though Harpers Ferry is not built on flat land either. Therefore, while you will not have to climb any stairs, unless you want to, you will have to walk up some streets that do go uphill, as pictured below.

The tours start promptly at 8:00 PM and we therefore ask you to plan on arriving as early as possible at The "O’ Be JoyFull" Center, 175 High Street, Harpers Ferry, WV, but certainly by 7:45 PM at the latest, as it is not fair to keep those people who have arrived on time waiting for late arrivals.

REST ROOMS

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REST ROOMS...We do apologize, but our very small shop does not have any running water whatsoever and therefore we do not have a public restroom.  In fact, The Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry has never had the luxury of being able to provide any rest room facilities over the many, many years of its operations.

The National Park has rest rooms on Shenandoah Street, which is approximately three blocks away from our "O' Be JoyFull" Tour Center.  It is under the large 2nd floor sign reading "Stonebraker's Bakery."

Please arrive to Harpers Ferry early enough to make use of these rest rooms and still be able to walk the three blocks to The "O' Be JoyFull" Tour Center and arrive by 7:45 PM, as all tours will start promptly at 8:00 PM.

There are two (2) restaurants adjacent to The "O' Be JoyFull" Center, however, unless you are customers of their's and have eaten dinner there, or plan to purchase beverages for each person who might want to use their rest rooms, they may want to charge you a "per person" fee for the use of their rest room facilities.