Founding Phantoms Adults Only Walking Tour in Philadelphia

The Founding Fathers left behind more than a Constitution—they left ghosts. On Founding Phantoms, Ghost City’s 90-minute adults-only tour, you’ll discover the dark underbelly of Philadelphia’s revolutionary legacy. This is not the history class you took in school.

 From Yellow Fever mass graves and dissected cadavers to political sex scandals and haunted hospitals, you’ll walk through the same streets where George Washington buried soldiers, Benjamin Franklin inspired anatomical experiments, and Alexander Hamilton set the stage for his own destruction.

 Visit real haunted sites including the eerie grounds of Washington Square, the birthplace of American psychiatry, the home of a corpse-obsessed surgeon, and the scandal-steeped First Bank. Along the way, you’ll hear tales of ghostly vigilantes, cursed attics, bleeding brides, and founding mothers who refuse to rest peacefully.

 This tour is perfect for skeptics and believers alike—an unfiltered, unforgettable look at the history America doesn’t always tell, brought to life through some of Philadelphia’s most unsettling true stories.