Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri
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S$27.30
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Ages 5-88, max of 30 per group
Duration: 1h 30m
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- Entry/Admission - Pythian Castle
What's not included- Transportation to/from attractions
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Departure details
- 1451 E Pythian St, Springfield, MO 65802, USA Guest will check in at castle entrance.
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 29976P2- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Recommended for child aged 8 and older
- Wheelchair accessible to main floor only. Stair access to upper and lower levels.
- Your reservation will be held digitally at check in. No paper confirmation required.
- Minimum age is 5 years
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- What you can expect during your visit
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
- Which attractions will I visit with Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri?
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- How much is Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri?
- Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri price starts from S$26.51. Discover and book Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri on Tripadvisor
- What is the Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri cancellation policy?
- Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri on Tripadvisor
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- Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri is hosted by Pythian Castle. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Pythian Castle on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Night Ghost Tour of Pythian Castle in Springfield Missouri on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 29976P2
Itinerary
- You'll start at1451 E Pythian St1451 E Pythian St, Springfield, MO 65802, USAGuest will check in at castle entrance.See address & details
- 1Pythian CastleStop: 90 minutes - Admission includedAfter check-in, guest enjoy castle lobby. Then our experienced guides set the scene with history and previous photographic evidence. Encouraging you to capture your own along the way. They continue through the castle trying to elicit spirits with various historical triggers. EVP's sessions will take place as well as prior EVP's captured will be shared. Tour includes ballroom, basement, POW cells, tunnel, dungeons and more.Read more
- You'll return to the starting point
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About the operator
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Jenea D
00Neat place
My daughter and I toured this with our homeschool group. It was alot of fun and very neat to hear the stories. We…
carolrN3306XM
00All I wanted was a photo!
We simply wanted a photo of the castle because of its interesting architecture. There was no way to do this. We t…
Annette f
00Todd was a great tour guide we had a wonderful time the castle was really cool had a lot of history great if you have a
The tour is a must If you have one hour to spare in Springfield Missouri you should go The price is right for what…
Kay D
00We just wanted information, but we were chased away by a crazy woman!
Wish there was a lower rating. We were looking for information for a destination wedding, but we were met by a craz…
Divefamily4ga
00Worth your time, informative history, stairs
I was surprised on a Thursday at 11:00 a.m. there was 23 on the tour. Ages varied from 9 to 90. It was informativ…
FellowTraveler464918
00HORRIBLE Double feature...
We were with a large reunion group attending BOTH the escape room and the ghost tour afterward. The host was unbeli…
janicebQ6114CS
00Good tour, enjoyed it!
There were 10 in our group that did the nighttime ghost tour. Everyone enjoyed it. Some wished it would have been s…
TomGum
00Stepping back in time.
Old photos, history, story of structure. Would like to have seen actual living quarters, bathroom facilities of ear…
Adhv
00Poorly Executed
This escape room is too expensive for the experience. We have done numerous escape rooms and escape races; I would…
lindsayn506
00Don’t recommend
The host was awful. Pretty mean spirited as well. No original furniture. Boring tour. Too expensive.
shellb2013
00Castle has a lot of history!
We had a blast walking through the castle! We enjoyed the history and our tour guide was wonderful! She did an exce…
X9754OSsarahd
00Good tour
The history of the castle was very interesting. It would have been nice to see it more original, but I know the cas…
AlaynaCDC
00The only person haunted is the owner
My friend got married here and I thought “maybe I’ll want to get married here” but after meeting the owner, I would…
620jennr
00The owner is AWFUL
My best friends have been waiting 2 years to get married due to covid. The grooms mother was nice enough to secure …
Jayhawk9189
00UNPROFESSIONAL/RUDE OWNER
If I could give negative stars, I would. The owner is one of the rudest people I’ve ever encountered. We attended a…
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anderson213
Hannibal, MO709 contributions
Jun 2020
We signed up the mystery murder dinner and ghost tour at the castle. Both were enjoyable and fun. My family are skeptics of ghosts and there were moments that one of us chuckled. However, even if you don't believe in the paranormal, it is worth the night-time tour that combines some of the cast;e's history with strange stories.
As for the dinner, good food and an entertaining two-person routine, with audience participation (if so desired). With the exception of a couple of lines (from audience members), the entire performance is family friendly.
As for the dinner, good food and an entertaining two-person routine, with audience participation (if so desired). With the exception of a couple of lines (from audience members), the entire performance is family friendly.
Written 28 December 2020
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Ccremer89
2 contributions
Jul 2022 • Family
The two tour guides were amazing. Very knowledgeable and answered as many questions as we had. It was a little disappointing that there was such a big group. The listing showed the tours as intimate with 15 or fewer guests but there were 70 people that toured the castle at once. Again, the tour guides were amazing, just didn’t like the big group.
Written 24 July 2022
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Allen M
Oklahoma City, OK58 contributions
Sep 2020 • Couples
Very interesting history and tour. Tour guide was knowledgeable and very informative
If you are expecting to see anything paranormal that probably will not happen. Group was too large and noisy with sound contamination for anything too subtle to be noticed. Main thing was taking pictures of different hotspots and see what shows up on the camera. I knew it wasn’t a genuine ghost hunt so I was satisfied with the tour. Real cool place.
If you are expecting to see anything paranormal that probably will not happen. Group was too large and noisy with sound contamination for anything too subtle to be noticed. Main thing was taking pictures of different hotspots and see what shows up on the camera. I knew it wasn’t a genuine ghost hunt so I was satisfied with the tour. Real cool place.
Written 20 October 2020
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Shorerunner83
Springfield, MO22 contributions
I signed up for this ghost tour after my positive experience on the History Museum ghost tour. The Pythian Castle ghost tour failed miserably to accommodate COVID safety precautions and I would not recommend it during this time. It is the law here to wear masks and for a paid tour I expect for the tour operator to ensure the safety of all those attending regardless of the personal beliefs on masking.
Upon arrival no one was enforcing the masking order in place by our local government. We checked in at the driveway which would seem like a great place to ensure everyone was aware of the masking requirement but people waited inside the building mingling around without masks. A second opportunity to remind visitors about the requirement to wear masks was available at the introduction. The tour guide failed to do so and escorted us into another room. There were approximately 40 people gathered in this small room without adequate spacing of the chairs. At this point the guide asked if those people who were not masked had masks. Instead of making them leave he radioed for masks to be delivered and we sat there in a close environment with unmasked individuals. They were provided masks about 20 minutes into this part of the tour.
We were split up into two large groups of 20 people. This is too large for this time and was too many people for the guide to manage. The guides failed to regulate the continued wearing of the masks including the proper coverage of both the nose and the mouth. We waited to the back to try to space out and when we finally were able to enter some of the smaller rooms to look around another guide would turn out the lights and tell us it was closed. This is not very accommodating of people who are scared of Covid and trying to just wait their turn.
The tour itself was just okay. I hope that the tour is modified to include less people per tour. They could use smaller groups and shorten it to 1 hour. The tour does not need to be 2 hours. The content was far less than the History Museum and double the time. Enforce the masking order at the beginning and throughout. Make it a safe environment for all those attending.
Upon arrival no one was enforcing the masking order in place by our local government. We checked in at the driveway which would seem like a great place to ensure everyone was aware of the masking requirement but people waited inside the building mingling around without masks. A second opportunity to remind visitors about the requirement to wear masks was available at the introduction. The tour guide failed to do so and escorted us into another room. There were approximately 40 people gathered in this small room without adequate spacing of the chairs. At this point the guide asked if those people who were not masked had masks. Instead of making them leave he radioed for masks to be delivered and we sat there in a close environment with unmasked individuals. They were provided masks about 20 minutes into this part of the tour.
We were split up into two large groups of 20 people. This is too large for this time and was too many people for the guide to manage. The guides failed to regulate the continued wearing of the masks including the proper coverage of both the nose and the mouth. We waited to the back to try to space out and when we finally were able to enter some of the smaller rooms to look around another guide would turn out the lights and tell us it was closed. This is not very accommodating of people who are scared of Covid and trying to just wait their turn.
The tour itself was just okay. I hope that the tour is modified to include less people per tour. They could use smaller groups and shorten it to 1 hour. The tour does not need to be 2 hours. The content was far less than the History Museum and double the time. Enforce the masking order at the beginning and throughout. Make it a safe environment for all those attending.
Written 24 October 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Pedro Z
8 contributions
May 2022
Boring. Uneventful. Low quality video/audio.
This is basically a meandering disorganized tour of an old, empty and smelly building.
There are probably more ghosts in my new house than in this otherwise useless relic of a building. Would be better to convert into an art museum or an events venue. In either case, major renovations are needed.
There really is nothing to see or experience other than the outside of the building. Inside it is a hollow shell of banality.
The thing that most annoyed me was that we were led through a narrow pitch black tunnel that had dangerous pipes, steps and a wet floor only to end up at a DEAD END. We were teased that this was going somewhere but I guess it was a way to kill another 10 minutes of nothingness.
AVOID. The only ghost here is the ghost that stole your $.
This is basically a meandering disorganized tour of an old, empty and smelly building.
There are probably more ghosts in my new house than in this otherwise useless relic of a building. Would be better to convert into an art museum or an events venue. In either case, major renovations are needed.
There really is nothing to see or experience other than the outside of the building. Inside it is a hollow shell of banality.
The thing that most annoyed me was that we were led through a narrow pitch black tunnel that had dangerous pipes, steps and a wet floor only to end up at a DEAD END. We were teased that this was going somewhere but I guess it was a way to kill another 10 minutes of nothingness.
AVOID. The only ghost here is the ghost that stole your $.
Written 16 May 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Venus L
Springfield, MO1 contribution
Oct 2021 • Couples
To many ppl on the tour. Groups need to be smaller and the talking amongst the crowd ruins the experience. The tour guide , the shorter lady with the shirt curly hair was not so friendly! Would have liked a more “paranormal type tour” spooky and EVP sessions.
Written 31 October 2021
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Martha Kelso
Lee's Summit, MO8 contributions
Mar 2022
We took our teenage boys. They liked it. I would have liked to "explore" a little more independently and with some ghost equipment. I felt the tour guide's experiences and stories got a little dull after a certain point, but my husband disagreed with me and liked the stories. Either way, the castle was cool and interesting to see. Definitely something everyone should do at least once. Dress in layers. Parts of the castle are chilly. Wear comfortable shoes. There are a lot of stairs.
Written 26 March 2022
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Tracey Verhoeven
7 contributions
Feb 2023 • Friends
This was so fun!! The guide was fantastic and the castle was amazing. When we asked if there were any spirits to cross the dousing wires, they did. I got some great pics of orbs and lights too. I'd do again. It was the best $20 I ever spent.
Written 11 February 2023
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TracyD930
Independence, MO33 contributions
We bought our tickets online, arrived early as usual. I couldn't believe the location, as we arrived, there was a nice guy who checked is at the gate. The castle was beautiful on the outside. Another couple was early, we took turns taking pictures for each other! There were maybe 40 people total, they divided us into 2 groups. Our tour guide was very nice, the tour lasted about 90 minutes. We had a great time, the castle was really nice inside too! Not so much full of ghosts, but it was entertaining!! We did hear a whistle, and I think I maybe got a picture of a ghost, but it was probably just dust!! Have fun on this tour.
Written 12 September 2020
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M_O
Minnesota5 contributions
Oct 2020
This was great. We were there on Halloween night. A guy took a photo and caught a shadow figure! I was able to catch an orb and some white mist or a possible orb moving. The tour was fun and the lady leading was informative and new the history of the castle really well. Would definitely go back and go through again.
Written 3 November 2020
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