The 4 Best Ghost & True Crime Tours in Melbourne

1.Ghosts, Murder, & Mystery Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 261 reviews · 1h 30m · from $27Our pick

Meet your English-speaking ghost host outside Young & Jackson Hotel at 8:20pm for a 90-minute walk through Melbourne’s darker past. Expect Chinatown stories, secret bars, medical scandals, Jack the Ripper lore, Frederick Federici’s fatal fall, and interactive ghost hunting.

“This tour was great. Linda was a lot of fun and very knowledgeable about Melbournes most infamous crimes. I would recommend.”

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2.Melbourne Ghost Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 65 reviews · from $27

Choose a 90-minute Old Melbourne or Williamstown walk, or a two-hour Pentridge Prison tour. Guides such as Julie, Charlotte, Linda, and Timea mix local history, ghost stories, photos, and theatrical storytelling. Old Melbourne and Williamstown tours can include dinner at a historic pub.

“As the only thing we had time to do in Melbourne, this tour was spot on! An exciting look into the mysterious side of the city center and a tour of the sights. We also got some restorant references. Recomended!”

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3.Ghosts of Williamstown Guided Ghost Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 47 reviews · 1h 30m · from $27

Walk Williamstown after dark with an English-speaking guide such as Linda or Timea. You’ll hear stories of convicts, sailors, scandal, and forgotten graves while visiting Victoria’s oldest morgue, an opium den used in Miss Fisher, and the historic Timeball Tower.

“Loved it! Timea was AMAZING! Everyone seemed to enjoy it, especially my sister and I.”

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4.Altona Homestead Ghost Tour: Spirits of the Past

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 11 reviews · 1h 30m · from $27

Join Lantern Ghost Tours for a 90-minute evening visit to Altona Homestead, led by a costumed English-speaking guide. Walk room by room through Alfred and Sarah Langhorne’s home, hear the Patton family tragedy, visit the beach, and access areas usually closed to the public.

“was a lot of fun and Timea our guide was awesome”

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