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By Ghost City Tours - Kansas City
Free cancellation available
Price is $35 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Step into the darker side of Kansas City on an adults-only ghost tour through historic downtown, where grand hotels, old theaters, political power, jazz-age glamour, hidden vice, and haunted legends collide.

    Explore the city’s unsettling history — the Kansas City built behind closed doors, in hotel rooms, saloons, gambling halls, backroom offices, and places where respectable people went when they were tired of being respectable. Hear chilling stories of ghostly brides, deadly fires, phantom footsteps, mysterious deaths, Prohibition-era secrets, corruption, brothels, gambling, scandals, and spirits that refuse to stay buried.

    Designed for guests ages 16 and older, this tour is spooky, atmospheric, and a little more honest about Kansas City’s past. It is not graphic for shock value, but it does explore the adult themes that shaped the city after dark: death, betrayal, corruption, prostitution, drinking, gambling, political machines, and the private sins history tried to bury.

Activity location

  • 200 W 12th St
    • 200 West 12th Street
    • 64105, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 1005 Broadway Blvd
    • 1005 Broadway Boulevard
    • 64105, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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Some Sins Never Die Ghost Tour Kansas City's Dark Past Unveiled

  • Earn $1.05
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00PM
Price details
$34.99 x 1 Adult$34.99
Total
Price is $34.99

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A spooky and entertaining adults-only ghost tour through historic downtown Kansas City
  • Exclusions
    Gratuities
  • Exclusions
    Entry into private buildings

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

200 W 12th St

  • 20m
The Muehlebach Hotel, one of Kansas City’s grand historic hotels and a landmark tied to presidents, celebrities, politicians, performers, and powerful guests. Opened in 1915, the Muehlebach became a crossroads of Kansas City history, glamour, and influence. Its haunted lore includes the mysterious Blue Lady, vanishing children, unexplained figures, and strange encounters reported by people who knew the building well. This final stop brings together the city’s elegance, ambition, and ghost stories into one unforgettable Kansas City landmark.

Hotel Savoy Kansas City, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

  • 20m
The historic Savoy Hotel, is a Kansas City landmark known for its long life as both a hotel and beloved restaurant. The Savoy’s most famous haunted story centers on Betsy Ward and the mystery surrounding Room 505, where local legend says her presence may still linger. Unlike many vague ghost stories, this one has a name, a room number, and unanswered questions that have kept people talking for generations. Travelers will hear about strange voices, moving objects, doors opening on their own, and why the mystery of Betsy Ward remains one of Kansas City’s most memorable hauntings.

Folly Theater

  • 20m
Guests will stop outside the Folly Theater, one of Kansas City’s great surviving entertainment landmarks. Opened in 1900, the theater has seen more than a century of performers, audiences, applause, decline, restoration, and local legend. The Folly’s haunted reputation centers on longtime theater manager Joe Donegan, who is said to still keep watch over the building he loved. Travelers will hear tales of phantom footsteps, unexplained applause, shadowy movement, and the strange feeling that the show may not be over when the living audience leaves.

Hotel Phillips Kansas City, Curio Collection by Hilton

  • 20m
Travelers will see the Hotel Phillips, a downtown Kansas City landmark that opened in 1931 during the city’s era of jazz, nightlife, politics, and modern luxury. Built to impress travelers with style and sophistication, the hotel has hosted generations of guests passing through the heart of the city. Historic hotels often carry thousands of untold stories, and the Phillips is no exception. At this stop, guests will hear reports of empty-hallway footsteps, unexplained voices, shadowy figures, and the chilling sensation of waking in a room that may not feel entirely empty.

Location

Activity location

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    200 W 12th St
    • 200 West 12th Street
    • 64105, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    1005 Broadway Blvd
    • 1005 Broadway Boulevard
    • 64105, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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