Dark Tales: Haunted Authors of Providence Tour
90 Minutes • All ages welcome • Enjoy the spooky stories of Providence!
What to Expect
Walk through Providence's dark side!
Duration
1 Hour 30 Minutes
About
The eerie writings H.P. Lovecraft- one of the most significant supernatural horror fiction authors of the 20th century- are inexplicably bound to his hometown of Providence. This tour walks in the tortured author's footsteps through his traumatic upbringing and favorite haunts; guests also meet some of the fictional characters that Lovecraft wrote into the city's fabric through dramatic retellings of his creepiest tales.
But Lovecraft isn't the only author that ambled the city's centuries-old sidewalks: Sarah Helen Whitman was an eccentric local spiritualist and poet who was briefly engaged to master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe. This tour explores her life and relives the couple's whirlwind- and doomed- romance.
Sights to See
The Providence Athenaeum, our nearly 200-year-old library which all Providence authors enjoyed (and continue to!)
Prospect Terrace Park, Lovecraft's favorite and the city's best view
Lovecraft's and Whitman's homes
135 Benefit Street: the inspiration for Lovecraft's The Shunned House
The place where Poe first saw Whitman, later claiming "love at first sight"
140 Prospect Street: Home of H.P. Lovecraft's character, Charles Dexter Ward
Address
Prospect Terrace Park, 60 Congdon Street, Providence
Pricing
| Adult | $30 |
| Child | $15 |
| Student | $25 |
| Senior | $25 |
| Military | $25 |
Cancellation Policy
Cancel up to 2 days before the start time.
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