Ten years. A thousand tours. What a decade guiding ghost tours and history walks in Savannah actually teaches you — about history, about people, and about what the city keeps doing to skeptics.
Ten Years as a Savannah Tour Guide: What I’ve Actually Learned Read Post »
Savannah is a different city after dark. The smell changes. The streets empty. The weight of the place becomes something harder to ignore. A ghost tour guide explains why.
Why Savannah Smells Different at Night (And What That Has to Do With Its History) Read Post »
Built in 1734 as a keeper’s house for America’s first public agricultural garden, the Pirate’s House became a waterfront tavern with tunnels, press-ganging operations, and possibly a Treasure Island connection.
The Pirate’s House: Savannah’s Oldest Building Has a Wilder History Than You Think Read Post »
Bonaventure Cemetery is one of the most beautiful burial grounds in the country and one of the most frequently disrespected. A Savannah ghost tour guide shares how to visit it properly.
Bonaventure Cemetery: How to Visit It Without Being a Disaster Read Post »
John Berendt’s book put Savannah on the map and hasn’t let up in 30 years. A local tour guide breaks down what it got right, what it constructed, and how to find the real Savannah beyond Berendt’s version.
Florence Martus waved at every ship that passed Savannah for 44 years. The romantic story most people know isn’t quite accurate — the real one is more interesting.
The Waving Girl: Savannah’s Most Romanticized Story — and What Actually Happened Read Post »
Most ghost tour stories in Savannah have been phone-gamed into something barely resembling the original. Here’s how to get more out of any ghost tour you take — and what to ask the guide to separate the researchers from the performers.
What Your Ghost Tour Guide Probably Got Wrong (And What to Ask Instead) Read Post »
Savannah lost nearly a quarter of its population to yellow fever. The epidemics shaped the city’s architecture, its cemeteries, and its social fabric in ways that are still visible today. A local history guide explains what really happened.
The Yellow Fever Epidemics Nobody Wants to Talk About Read Post »
Savannah’s 22 squares weren’t designed to be picturesque. They were designed for war. A local history tour guide explains Oglethorpe’s original military logic behind the most beautiful urban grid in America.
Savannah’s Squares: What the Brochure Doesn’t Tell You Read Post »
Colonial Park Cemetery holds nearly 10,000 souls under two and a half acres of Savannah oak shade. A ghost tour guide who’s been there hundreds of times breaks down what’s real, what’s myth, and what keeps bringing him back.
The Truth About Colonial Park Cemetery (From Someone Who’s Been There a Lot) Read Post »
