Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
Welcome to the official website of..................... The one and only original Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry by "O' Be JoyFull!"
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The One, The Only, The Original...*
Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
The oldest ghost tour in America!!!
(Circa. 1972!!!)
is under new ownership and is now
Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
by "O' Be JoyFull!"
And we are open year round!!!
From October through March we still offer tours Monday through Saturday nights at 8 PM, but we do need you to call us for a reservation to make sure we'll be there for you!
If you call by 6:30 PM for a tour that day, we'll be there for you at The "O' Be JoyFull" Center, at 7:30 PM, for an 8:00 PM tour!
Note: You do not have to hear back from us to know that we'll be there to conduct your tour! If you leave a message for a tour by 6:30 PM, please be assured that we will be there at 7:30 PM, to conduct your tour at 8:00 PM. However, due to other professional committments, we may not be able to call you back with a confirmation.
Call Rick Garland at...
732/801-0381 or 304/725-8019
(Leave a message at either number!)
Closed Thanksgiving Day
Closed Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Closed New Years Eve & New Years Day
*Notice: Beware of similarly named tours!!!
It has recently come to our attention that some of our ghost tour patrons, who had intended to take our tour, unknowingly ended up taking a recently opened ghost tour with a very similar name to ours and were disappointed with their experience.
Please be advised that the recently opened tour, "Ghost Tour Through Harpers Ferry," now operating out of an establishment on Potomac Street, across from the train station parking lot, is not the one, the only, and the highly acclaimed original "Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry," first made famous by Shirley Dougherty and then her Grandaughter Ann Kelican, and now owned and operated by "O' Be JoyFull" Historical Tours & Entertainment. "O' Be JoyFull" acquired this long standing Harpers Ferry tradition from Ann Kelican in March of 2009.
If you want the one, the only, the highly acclaimed original "Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry," which has been in business for over 30 years, and if you are looking for highly skilled and authentically costumed story tellers to lead you on a lantern lit tour, be sure to make your way up to The "O' Be JoyFull" Center, at 175 High Street, located just one block up the hill from Hog Alley (or up to the top of the stairs from Potomac Street to High Street).
We are located directly across from The Vintage Lady Jewelry and Gift Shop and The Secret Six Tavern Restaurant.
So don't be fooled by the rest, get the best!!!
The one, the only, the original...
Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
by "O' Be JoyFull"
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The Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry by "O' Be JoyFull" begin at The "O' Be JoyFull" Center, 175 High Street, Harpers Ferry, WV.
During the months of April through September, Ghost Tours are conducted Monday through Thursday nights at 8:00 PM, by reservation*, which must be called in to 304/725-8019 or 732/801-0381, by 6:30 PM on the day that you'd like to take the tour.
(NOTE: If you leave your reservation on our answering machine by 6:30 PM, please be assured that your message will be received and that you can then simply arrive to The "O' Be JoyFull" Center for your tour. You do not have to receive a call back from us for a confirmation. We will be there for you.)
From April through September, Friday & Saturday night ghost tours do not require reservations* and will also leave from The "O' Be JoyFull" Center, 175 High Street, Harpers Ferry, WV, at 8:00 PM.
From October 1st through April 30th, tours are available Monday through Saturday by reservation.
(All tours leave The "O' Be JoyFull" Center promptly at 8 PM so please make sure to arrive for your tour by 7:45!)
* - However, reservations can be beneficial...
The first 16 paid customers and/or the first 16 reservations are guaranteed a seat in The "O' Be JoyFull" Center's 19th Century Civil War Parlor, for an indoor tour in the case of inclement weather where we will tell the very same Harpers Ferry Ghost Stories.
For more inclement weather information, please view the Rain-out Policy page.
Sunday night tours...
We are normally closed on Sunday nights and do not offer tours, however if you have a group of 10 or more people, we will gladly conduct a Sunday night tour for your group (Pre-payment is required). Please call us for arranging a Sunday night tour.
Cost...
The cost for the approximate 1&1/4 hour Ghost Tour is $8.00 per person, $5.00 per child 8 to 12 years of age, and there is no charge for children under 8 years of age.
We accept cash and checks only. We apologize for not having the ability to take credit cards.
There are group discounts available for groups of 10 or more. Call for more information and pricing.
Rick Garland, of "O' Be JoyFull" Historical Tours & Entertainment, the new owner/manager of Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry, is a Historian, Licensed Tour Guide, Vocalist, Pianist and Historical Story Teller, who conducts historical tours of both Harpers Ferry, WV and Gettysburg, PA, as well as a number of historical songs & stories concert shows.
Rick's website for "O' Be JoyFull" Historical Tours & Historical Songs & Stories Concert Shows is www.obejoyfull.com.
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Rick Garland
The tour and its stories are based on the 1977 book, pictured above, "A Ghostly Tour of Harpers Ferry."
Shirley Dougherty, the author, had opened up a popular Harpers Ferry restaurant in the early 1970's, called "The Iron Horse." Although Shirley did not believe in ghosts, she and others experienced a number of unexplainable ghostly phonomenon that caused her to start asking questions about the history of the building and Harpers Ferry hoping to find explanations that might account for, or explain the strange things that were happening.
Not only did Shirley learn about some of her building's past history, but local people also came to her with stories about many of the other buildings in the historical "Lower Town" section of Harpers Ferry, which she subsequently published in her book and began to tell on nightly tours, which she had combined with other stories and tour that the National Park used to conduct themselves.
Today, the tour continues to tell both the stories originally recorded by the National Park, as well as those compiled and told by Shirley Dougherty herself on what is now the oldest ghost tour in America!
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