True Crime & Curious Tales Raleigh Walking Tour

This tour is pay-what-you-want ! If you enjoy the tour, please compensate your guide appropriately! CASH ONLY please! Usually, the guide receives $15 to $20 per adult, but you are free to give more or less than that, depending on how you feel about your tour. As you can imagine, the tour guide has to work hard to earn your appreciation!

Tours have always been pay-what-you-want, but advance registration is now REQUIRED. If you do not sign up through Eventbrite for a spot on the tour, you will not be allowed to participate.

Raleigh has experienced its share of M**der, mayhem, and other strange happenings throughout the years! This tour will take you on a journey back in time to Raleigh’s most interesting true crime stories and other quirky tales. Don’t miss out on these weird, offbeat, and entertaining historical stories!

PLEASE NOTE: We will start outside the State Archives of NC Building, which is located at 109 E. Jones St. in Raleigh. Feel free to hang out on the front steps as you wait for the tour to start!  The tour route is about 1 mile long, and the end point of the tour is approximately 1.5 blocks away from the starting point.

Due to the adult nature of several of the stories and the gory nature of one of the stories, this tour is NOT recommended for children under 16 years old.

The True Crime and Curious Tales Tours are approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes long, but may be slightly shorter or longer depending on the size and speed of the group.  There will not be any restroom breaks or stops for food/drinks.

On Saturdays, there is plenty of free street parking in the block surrounding the starting point and in nearby blocks. There is also a surface parking lot that is directly across the street from the tour starting point. This is a large lot that is convenient to the end point of the tour as well. This parking lot has 2 entrances, one off of Jones Street and one off of Edenton Street. Parking in this lot is free on Saturdays.

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