Boos and Brews Walking Ghost Tour of Boothbay Harbor

Why is Boothbay Harbor so haunted? We’ll discuss some of the theories about the Boothbay region being considered a thin place, starting with the Burnt Island Lighthouse at the harbor’s entrance with its long history of lighthouse keepers—some who never really left the island.

On a cold December afternoon, a mysterious stranger dressed all in black checked into the Hotel Fullerton and headed out for a glimpse of ocean surf. Her identity and untimely end are still unsolved mysteries almost 100 years after her body was retrieved from the ocean and buried in an unmarked grave on Southport Island.

Beginning with Minnie’s ghost at Captain Sawyer’s Inn and Kaler’s disembodied torso and dancing girl, we’ll start our exploration of spirited Commercial Street!

Duffy at the Admiral’s Quarters Inn who only wants a little peace and quiet to the former (and some say, current) captain of the tugboat Maine who is still seen as its helm today.

Tour owner has a personal connection with Ghost Row—her vacation rental is haunted by a couple in the basement. There’s also a portal in the attic sleeping loft closet…Call me, My Ghost Story!

Here Be Monsters. We’ll discuss some classic seafarer superstitions and Boothbay Harbor Sea Serpent sightings, accounts of unknown creatures sighted by hundreds of respectable people up and down the Maine and Massachusetts coastline and known collectively as The Great New England Sea Serpent.

Would you believe the claim on the $1 billion dollar dukedom? This legendary island boats a bunch of ghost, buried treasure, and the lost grave of an English nobleman.

One of the early pillars of this community was brutally murdered at home after an act of kindness. His home was run as the Kenniston Hill Inn for many years and notoriously haunted as featured on an episode of A&E’s My Ghost Story.