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📱 No app required.
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⌚ Start anytime.
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⏳1.5–2.5 hour adventure.
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🤩 No booking needed.
How Our Murder Mystery Treasure Hunts Work
Ghastly Guides are self-guided mystery adventures that combine a ghost walk, treasure hunt and whodunnit mystery. Using your printed booklet, you'll explore historic streets, uncover ghost stories and gather clues from real landmarks. By the end of the trail, you must eliminate suspects and solve the case.
1. Start Your Adventure 📖
Choose your city and receive your Ghastly Guides booklet, packed with ghost stories, historic clues and a list of suspicious suspects. The mystery begins the moment you open the guide.
2. Follow the Trail 🚶
Follow the self-guided walking route through historic streets and famous landmarks. Along the way you'll uncover clues hidden in statues, signs and buildings while learning dark local history.
3. Solve the Crime 🔍
Use the evidence you collect to eliminate suspects and uncover the truth behind the crime. Read the chilling conclusion and discover the real dark history that inspired the trail.
Choose Your Ghastly City Mystery Adventure
Each Ghastly Guides adventure takes place in a historic city packed with dark history, ghost stories and hidden clues. Choose your location below and start solving the mystery.
City of London
⭐Tower Hill
⭐Bank of England
⭐St Paul's Cathedral
Uncover dark secrets in the historic streets of London while solving a sinister murder mystery style trail.
Birmingham
⭐Steelhouse Lane Police Station
⭐Birmingham Cathedral
⭐Town Hall
Eliminate suspicious suspects while discovering Birmingham’s dark history and ghostly residents.
Edinburgh
⭐Greyfriars Kirkyard
⭐The Royal Mile
⭐Holyrood Palace
Discover Edinburgh’s haunted closes and dark history while solving a gripping whodunnit.
Glasgow
⭐Glasgow Necropolis
⭐Tron Theatre
⭐Tolbooth Steeple
Embark on a treasure hunt through Glasgow and learn the truth about its ghosts, executions and body-snatchers.
Liverpool
⭐Titanic Headquarters
⭐Adelphi Hotel
⭐Liverpool Town Hall
Follow a trail of clues through Liverpool’s historic streets to uncover a dark and deadly secret.
Manchester
⭐Manchester Cathedral
⭐St Ann's Church
⭐John Rylands Library
Explore hidden landmarks and eerie history while piecing together clues to solve the crime.
York
⭐York Minster
⭐Clifford's Tower
⭐Treasurer's House
Walk through York’s winding medieval streets. Uncover ghost stories, dark history and solve the mystery.
Perfect for Mystery Lovers & Curious Explorers
Ghastly Guides adventures are designed for people who love exploring historic cities, solving mysteries and uncovering dark stories from the past.
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Couples & Date Nights 💑
A unique date idea combining a ghost walk, treasure hunt and murder mystery to solve together.
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Curious Explorers 🗺️
Perfect for people who love dark history, haunted legends and discovering hidden stories behind famous landmarks.
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Friends & Groups 👫
Challenge your friends to solve the mystery first while exploring historic streets and gathering clues.
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Visitors & Tourists 🧳
A unique way to explore the city while enjoying a ghost tour, walking adventure and detective mystery.
Why Choose Ghastly Guides?
Ghastly Guides are more than a typical ghost tour or scavenger hunt. Each adventure combines a haunted walking tour, a detective mystery and a fascinating city guide. As you follow the trail, you’ll uncover real ghost stories, historic landmarks and clues that lead you closer to the culprit.
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Real Ghost Stories 👻
Discover chilling legends and haunted locations connected to real events in the city’s dark past.
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Solve a Murder Mystery 🔍
Gather evidence, eliminate suspects and uncover the truth behind a mysterious crime.
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Explore Historic Landmarks 🏰
Follow clues through famous streets, statues and hidden corners while learning fascinating history.
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Self-Guided Adventure 🧭
Start whenever you like and explore at your own pace without a tour group or schedule.
Perfect for curious explorers who love history, mysteries and ghost stories.
Can You Solve This Clue?
During your Ghastly Guides adventure you'll solve clues hidden in real landmarks, statues and historic buildings.
See if you can answer this sample question from our York city trail.
1. The Clue
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Follow the walking route through historic streets until you
reach a landmark, statue or historic building. Hidden within the details is the
information you need to answer the next question.•
In this example, the clue is found at the entrance to St
William's College, York, where the symbols carved around the doorway hold the key
to solving the puzzle.
2. The Question
Each clue leads to a multiple-choice question. Every possible answer reveals a coordinate that points to a suspect in the suspects grid.
Read the question carefully, then examine the landmark to find the correct answer.
3. The Suspect
3. The Suspect - REVEALED!
Use the coordinate revealed by your answer to eliminate a suspect from the investigation grid. As you solve more clues, the list of suspects grows shorter until only one remains.
FAQ
What is a Ghastly Guide mystery trail?
A Ghastly Guide is a self-guided mystery walk that combines a ghost tour, treasure hunt and murder mystery. Using a printed booklet, you follow directions through historic streets while solving clues found on monuments, landmarks and plaques. Each correct answer helps eliminate suspects until only the culprit remains.
How does the murder mystery treasure hunt work?
Each Ghastly Guide is a self-guided mystery adventure that combines a ghost walk, treasure hunt and detective story. Using the printed booklet, you follow a walking route through historic streets and landmarks while answering clue questions along the way. The answers can be found on statues, plaques, buildings and other features you encounter during the walk.
Every correct answer allows you to eliminate one of the suspects listed in the booklet. As you gather more evidence and narrow down the possibilities, you’ll get closer to uncovering the truth behind the crime. By the end of the trail, only one suspect should remain — the killer.
Along the way you’ll also discover fascinating dark history, ghost stories and hidden details about the city that many visitors walk straight past.
How long does delivery take?
We dispatch all guides using Royal Mail 48 Tracked delivery. Typically, delivery takes two to three working days after dispatch. You’ll receive tracking information once your order has been posted.
Do I need to book a Ghastly Guide in advance?
No booking is necessary! Ghastly Guides are completely self-guided experiences.
Everything you need is included in the booklet, and all the information required to solve the mystery is located in public spaces.
You simply purchase a guide and set out on your adventure whenever it suits you.
PLEASE NOTE - The City of London Guide begins in Trinity Square Gardens, which is open from 8 am daily until half an hour before Dusk.
How many people can use one guide?
One booklet can be shared by a small group walking together. Many customers complete a Ghastly Guide as a couple or with friends while working together to solve the mystery.
Do I need an app or phone?
No. Ghastly Guides are completely screen-free. Everything you need is inside the printed booklet, allowing you to enjoy the mystery without using a phone or downloading an app.
Are Ghastly Guides suitable for children?
Ghastly Guides are primarily intended for adults. The historical stories featured in the guides involve themes such as ghosts, executions, and murder, which may not be suitable or could be distressing for younger audiences.
While the treasure hunt questions themselves are light-hearted and focus on finding information at public landmarks, the accompanying narratives are better suited to a mature audience.
What cities are available?
Ghastly Guides are currently available in London, York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, with more haunted cities planned in the future.
What should I bring?
We recommend bringing:
• The Ghastly Guide booklet
• A pen or pencil
• Comfortable walking shoes
• Curiosity about ghost stories and dark history
Self-Guided Ghost Walk, Murder Mystery & Treasure Hunt
Ghastly Guides creates immersive self-guided mystery adventures that combine a ghost tour, treasure hunt and detective story. Each booklet leads you through historic streets, haunted landmarks and hidden corners while you gather clues to solve a chilling crime.
Unlike traditional guided tours, our ghost walks and scavenger hunts allow you to explore at your own pace. Along the route you'll uncover dark history, strange legends and eerie ghost stories connected to real locations.
Every adventure includes:
• A murder mystery style investigation
• Suspects to eliminate using clues
• Ghost stories and haunted history
• Landmark puzzles and observations
• A fascinating city guide experience
Our mysteries are currently available in York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, City of London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, making them the perfect activity for couples, families, visitors and curious explorers.
If you enjoy treasure trails, scavenger hunts or escape rooms, Ghastly Guides offers a unique outdoor mystery experience combining history, exploration and detective work.
Can you uncover the truth?