Ghosts & Mysteries Tours
Cape May is one of the most haunted towns you’ll ever visit. Is it any wonder? It’s such a marvelous place, even the spirits don’t want to leave Cape May! Dozens of Victorian gems have been investigated and documented to have “spirit” residents, all of whom are quite friendly, we assure you. Take a giant step back in Cape May’s past and see if a ghostly encounter is in the cards for you!
Featured Tours
VOICES FROM BEYOND
HOUSE TOUR
Don’t miss the best ghost tour in Cape May — the only one to share actual recorded audio and visual phenomena of unexplained presences at Cape May’s very own “haunted house,” the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate. Cape May MAC staff have nurtured relationships with the home’s spirit residents for years, using paranormal research equipment to capture dozens of recordings. In the Voices from Beyond House Tour, learn about the history and tools of paranormal research. Hear and see astonishing electronic voice phenomena (EVPs) and photographs of ghostly presences inside the renowned Physick House. You will be forced to reassess the line between the living and the dead.
HISTORIC HAUNTS COMBO TOUR
Take an evening trolley ride through the Historic District and hear stories of haunted Cape May. Step off the trolley at the Physick House Museum with your guide and see Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, reputed to be haunted, as you learn about Victorian Spiritualism. This tour combines a Ghosts of Cape May trolley tour with a visit to the Physick House. In the museum, guides will compare the methods of spirit contact used by the Victorians with those of today’s paranormal investigators. Selected rooms on both floors are included in the tour. Begins and ends at the Ocean Street trolley stop.
HISTORIC HAUNTS HOUSE TOUR
Tour select rooms with your guide and learn about Victorian Spiritualism in Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, the 1879 Physick House, widely reputed to be haunted. Guides will compare the methods of spirit contact used by the Victorians with those of today’s paranormal investigators. Select rooms on both floors are included in the tour.
SPIRITS & ODDITIES
TROLLEY TOUR
Cats in ghostly form purr from the beyond. Beloved family members in photographs without their heads. Graves equipped with a torpedo to put off intruders. Victorians of the late 19th century had wild notions about the passage from life to death. Belief in ghosts and spirits was common and superstition abounded. Hear several Cape May ghost stories and more strange stories from Victorian Cape May history that are macabre, mysterious or just plain weird! Begins and ends at the Ocean Street trolley stop.
STRANGE VICTORIAN OBSESSIONS
HOUSE TOUR
Victorians were fascinated with mystery and illusion and this tour through first floor rooms in the 1879 Physick House Museum shares that fascination. Learn about the famous Harry Houdini who captivated Victorian audiences with his intricate escapes, the Goddess of Mystery, Ionia, a Belgian beauty who Victorians worshipped for her spectacles of magic, The Great Lafayette, who became known as the world’s greatest magician, and Pepper’s Ghost, an illusion still used today, with Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper and more.
SPIRITS, ODDITIES & OBSESSIONS
COMBO TOUR
Victorians of the late 19th century had wild notions about the passage from life to death, and were fascinated by mystery and illusion. Hear Cape May ghost stories as you travel Cape May by trolley, along with strange stories from Victorian Cape May that are just plain weird. Then visit select rooms in the 1879 Physick House Museum and learn about famous Victorian illusionists and magicians. Begins & ends at the Washington Street Mall Trolley Stop. Must be purchased together.
CLUELESS AT THE PHYSICK ESTATE
Liberty and Justice
The bond between two sisters is pushed to the limits over a major disagreement. They attempt to put aside their differences for a family Independence Day celebration, but that is quickly proven to be impossible. When someone takes things too far, will justice prevail? Everyone is suspect during Clueless at the Physick Estate, a “whodunit” similar to the popular board game. Encounter characters inside the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., and listen for clues as this original mystery unfolds from room to room. Accessible with advance notice.
GHOSTS OF CAPE MAY
TROLLEY TOUR
Cape May, surrounded by water with well-preserved Victorian architecture, is one of the most active ghost towns in America, making the presence of ghosts here a “natural” unnatural phenomenon. This is the best ghost tour on the island, telling stories of hauntings and unexplained happenings brought to light by the uniquely gifted paranormal expert and Cape May devotee, psychic medium Craig McManus. Don’t leave town without experiencing this quintessential Cape May experience that actress Tina Fey and thousands more are talking about! Begins and ends at the Ocean Street Trolley Stop.
MURDER MYSTERY DINNERS
The Woeful Widows Society
Enjoy a three-course dinner in the Marquis de Lafayette as an original murder mystery by Jacky Fazio artfully unfolds around you, in “The Woeful Widows Society” By all accounts, these women should not be friends. With members spanning different generations and social classes, they appear to have very little in common. That is, except for the suspicious tragedy that claimed the lives of all of their husbands. While the officials have labeled it an accident, these ladies are not so sure. As they work together to solve the mystery, the truth they uncover will put them all in jeopardy. Limited event. Advance purchase required.
*September 16th & October 21st will be at the Chalfonte Hotel.
CHANNELING DINNER
Multiple Dates
Inn of Cape May
Enjoy a three-course prix fixe dinner at the Inn of Cape May followed by a two-hour channeling session with Medium Craig McManus. McManus will read the energies in the room and channel messages from the spirits of departed family and friends. While he does not read everyone present and cannot control where messages come through, he will bring through as many messages from spirits as possible during the two-hour channeling. Inn of Cape May, 7 Ocean St.
This event is not recommended for people under the age of 16. No refunds within 14 days of the event.