Chesapeake Ghosts Tours Resumes Ocean City and Berlin Tours

I saw an article from the Bayside Gazette about Chesapeake Ghosts Tours resuming certain tours, which piqued my interest. Not because I’ve taken any of their tours (yet; another one of those “hopefully someday things”), but because it mentioned a place I’m curious about: Ocean City. In particular, the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum.

“Didn’t know you were so into lifeguarding history, Courtney.”

I’m not. Although, my high school sweetheart (who’s now my husband) was a lifeguard when we first started dating.

But that plays no part in why I’m interested in the museum. That’s just a little fun tidbit I decided to throw in.

The reason I’m interested in the museum is because of a doll. Laughing Sal. Haunted of course. In fact, she may be the largest haunted doll in the world.

The Haunted Laughing Sal

Laughing Sal has haunted me from the first moment I met her at the Musee Mechanique in San Francisco years ago. Every time I’m anywhere near Fisherman’s Wharf now, I feel compelled to pop in and make sure she’s still there. (I’m convinced one day she’ll bust out of her case.)

As far as I know, the one in San Francisco is not haunted, possessed, cursed or in any other way supernaturally inclined.

However, my friend, Southern Spirit Guide Lewis O’Powell IV, informed me she has a twin. He wrote about her in his post “Saving the living and the dead in Maryland.” It’s about the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum and its restless spirits, one of which is Laughing Sal.

She no longer moves like the one in San Francisco, but she still laughs at the press of her button –and sometimes when no one’s pushed the button at all.

If you’ve heard her laugh, you know that’s not something you want to hear happening all by itself. (Although, if she did it before she was about to make her escape from her case, I’d be grateful for the warning!)

The Haunted Ocean City Ghost Walk

Anyway, one of the Chesapeake Ghost Tours tours is the Haunted Ocean City Ghost Walk. It’s an hour and a half of ghost stories featuring Ocean City’s history.

And guess where it starts? Yep. The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum

Other Chesapeake Ghosts Tours 

On their site, Chesapeake Ghosts Tours has a Ghost Walk Calendar listing all of their different tours, 11 of them.

However, the Bayside Gazette article included the following information, “With a limited staff, more than half of the ghost walk tours have been discontinued this year.”

It also included this statement from the tour’s owner, Mindie Burgoyne:

“We are in 11 towns, but we’re only doing four towns right now,” Burgoyne said. “That’s Ocean City and Berlin and then St. Michael’s and Cambridge.”

Here is a list of their tours. The ones with an “*” by them are the ones currently being offered.

• *Saint Michaels – Spirits of Rowdy Women
• *Berlin – Walking Dead, Elemental and a Healing Tree
• *Ocean City – Haunted Trifecta (murder, suicide, accidental death)
• *Cambridge – Most Haunted Street in Maryland
• Pocomoke – Our Scariest Tour – into the Haunted Forest
• Princess Anne – Our Most Disturbing Tour – no kids tix
• Snow Hill – Black River – Mansions and Inns
• Easton – 10,000 Graves – Capital City
• Crisfield – Spirits of Seafood Barons and Sea Captains
• Salisbury – Haunted Crossroads
• Denton – Town Dog Killer, Murderers, haunted jail

COVID-19 Considerations

If you guessed coronavirus played a part in why they don’t have all tours up and running right now, DING! DING! DING! You guessed right.

For those with coronavirus concerns, Chesapeake Ghosts Tours has a COVID-19 Update statement featured prominently on their site that says:

Due to the recent issues and restrictions on outdoor activities due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Chesapeake Ghost Tours has modified its operations a little. Tours will be limited to 10 guests and guests are encouraged to wear facial coverings. Proper social distancing from other guests not with your ticketed group is mandatory.  Your guide will help with this process.

For More Info

For dates, tickets, and times, visit: https://chesapeakeghosts.com/