Are You Afraid of the Park?
The next time you're in Old City hitting the bars, there's more to be scared of than the skeleton-thin martini sippers at the Continental. As you meander off Market Street, you might just stumble into one of Philly's haunted hangouts. From April through Halloween, Ghost Tour offers psuedo spooky walking tours through gentrified Old City in the evenings. Fans of the paranormal and their compatriots are taken to some of Philadelphia's oldest landmarks by a "mysterious" guide whose face, covered by a mask, is never seen. Our guide, a young bloke called "Nickademus," definitely stuck out among the Burberry clad residents of the area in a cloak complete with a plastic cane. Nickademus started us off at a little square called Signer's Garden on the corner of Fifth and Chestnut. Lucky for me, the spookiness factor of the tour was upped by the pre-pubescent presence of a bunch of middle schoolers, for whom the tour was privately arranged.