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Twilight Tour: Death in New York
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Twilight Tour: Death in New York
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Activity Duration (1 hours)
Light
Hosted in English
No refund if cancelled
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What you'll do
Twilight Tour: Death in New York
Tour Highlight
Don't settle for sanitized history tours that gloss over the darker aspects. This NYC night tour delves into the city's hidden, deathly history that most guides won't touch. From Lenape burial islands to historic executions at City Hall Park, Trinity Church epidemics to Lincoln's funeral procession, you'll get the real, uncensored stories behind Manhattan's most haunting locations, all in one macabre evening.
What is included?
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Meet your host
Smiler Sails
Verified host
Host since 2021
Itinerary
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Here is the starting point
Statue of Liberty View Point
1
Statue of Liberty View Point
Stop: 15 minutes
Travelers will have a view of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor's Island and learn about Lenape history, ancient burial sites, the last NYC pirate execution, and Civil War prisoners.
2
Seton Shrine
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will see a Catholic shrine to a New York saint while hearing about the canonization of saints and the Catholic way of death.
3
Battery Park City
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will visit a cenotaph and discover Titanic history relevant to the cenotaph.
4
National Museum of the American Indian
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will hear more indigenous history and stories linked with funerary museum acquisitions.
5
Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will find out about New Amsterdam burial history by visiting the site of the first city cemetery.
6
Trinity Church NYC
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will hear about epidemic history, burial prohibitions, and potters fields.
7
St. Paul's Chapel
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will hear about the Irish representation at St. Paul's graveyard.
8
St. Peter's Church
Stop: 10 minutes
Travelers will hear about Catholic history; the New York ban on Catholicism, and the first New York Catholic burial ground.
9
City Hall Park
Stop: 15 minutes
Travelers will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and hear stories relating to Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln's funeral, and excavating the dead.
This concludes the tour.
You’re free to explore at your own pace from here.
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