Spirits on the River Ghost Tour

Have the thrill of your life as you ride in a real, haunted 1972 Cadillac hearse to the actual places where some of Western North Carolina’s most frightening ghost stories occurred.

Along the banks of the French Broad River you’ll experience some of the most haunted places Asheville has to offer.

Near the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville and its hauntingly beautiful botanical gardens situated near the French Broad, sad spirits of the Civil War era mingle with other ghosts whose lurid stories appeared more recently in Asheville’s local newspaper.

Perhaps you’ll also see the ghost of the mysterious woman in white who glides from the steps of the Church of the Redeemer into the river on moonlit nights or the restless spirits of past prisoners and guards who once walked the grounds of one of North Carolina’s scariest prisons.

But be forewarned! Sometimes the subjects of these stories find a way to manifest themselves inside the hearse!

• 1 hour haunted hearse ghost tour

All scheduled tours depart from and return to The Conundrum, an escape room and speakeasy lounge, at 1 Battle Square in downtown Asheville.