Eight cities. A different story in each.

These route outlines describe the places and stories associated with each tour. Actual stops, starting points and access can change by event. Always follow the confirmed details on your ticket. Ghost and paranormal references describe stories, claims or guest accounts, alongside staged entertainment.

Pretoria

Starting point: Huckleberry’s Restaurant & Pub, with food and drinks available before the tour. The opening introduction and dowsing-rod demonstration take place on the lawn, outside the vehicle.

• Erasmus Castle: hear the history and “Die Spookhuis” stories outside the vehicle.
• Railway Station and Victoria Hotel: stories from inside the vehicle.
• Church Square: the published route visits the Ou Raadsaal and “Dark Room” on Friday/Saturday night tours, or the Palace of Justice and its cells, including Nelson Mandela’s cell, on Sunday afternoon tours. Hear the Missing Kruger Millions, Impundulu (African Lightning Bird) and poltergeist-building stories outside the vehicle. Check your event listing for the confirmed building access.
• Historic cemetery: visit the graves of Paul Kruger, Eugene Marais and Prince Christian Victor, and Heroes’ Acre, before the theatrical visual finale. This stop is outside the vehicle.

Johannesburg · Route A

Starting point: Sunnyside Park Hotel (Holiday Inn), Parktown, with food and drinks available. The introduction takes place outside the hotel, followed by the “Dark Room” inside.

• Kensington Sanatorium and Roberts Avenue: stories at the sanatorium and the house associated with poltergeist accounts, outside the vehicle.
• Troyeville Hotel: pub stop and the 1950s Ducktail Gang murder story, outside the vehicle.
• Jeppe Boys High School: the Afkop Vrou and Dickie-Fritz Gates accounts, from inside the vehicle.
• Kensington Castle: see the Scottish-style stone castle, outside the vehicle.
• Farrar Graveyard: explore its ring of stones, join a dowsing-rod demonstration and discussion of paranormal claims, and enjoy the theatrical visual finale. These activities are outside the vehicle.

Johannesburg · Route B

Starting point: Sunnyside Park Hotel (Holiday Inn), Parktown, with food and drinks available. The introduction takes place outside the hotel, followed by the “Dark Room” inside.

• Constitution Hill area: the Old Transvaal Children’s Memorial Hospital, Women’s Prison and Daisy de Melker story, and the Old Fort, from inside the vehicle.
• The View: the manor house of Sir Thomas Cullinan, outside the vehicle.
• Mike’s Heritage House: formerly Mike’s Kitchen, this pub stop includes the story associated with the grand staircase, outside the vehicle.
• Braamfontein Graveyard: notable graves, a discussion of paranormal claims and dowsing-rod participation, followed by the theatrical visual finale. These activities are outside the vehicle.

Parys

Starting point: Stonehenge in Africa River Resort. Eat and drink elsewhere in town beforehand. The introduction takes place outside among the resort’s Stonehenge-inspired standing stones.

• On the road: the Fochville Phantom Hitchhiker account, from inside the vehicle.
• Early stops: a house associated with poltergeist stories, outside the vehicle; then the Voortrekker Pyramid and old maternity home, viewed from the vehicle.
• Historic town: a pub stop at the Palm Court Hotel and a stop at Ye Olde Museum, outside the vehicle.
• Passing stories: “Little Boy Lost” at the old post office, Echo Hotel and the doctor’s patient’s house, from inside the vehicle.
• Suspension bridge: discussion of paranormal claims and a dowsing-rod demonstration, outside the vehicle.
• Closing stops: Parys’s “Spook House” and the “Watery Graveyard” at the old water pump house, with the theatrical visual finale. These stops are outside the vehicle.

Cullinan

Starting point: St George’s Church, opposite Wimpy. Food and drinks are available in the starting-point area before the tour.

• St George’s Church: the introduction, buried-treasure story and accounts of Lady Anne Cullinan, outside the vehicle.
• Premiere Hotel: a pub stop including the cellar, outside the vehicle.
• Old railway station: the Lantern Lady story and a theatrical visual effect, outside the vehicle.
• Oak Avenue and beyond: the “Spook House”, old Recreation Club, Phantom Horse Carriage story and Freemason Lodge, outside the vehicle.
• Poltergeist accounts: stories from inside the vehicle.
• Old hospital and mortuary: a discussion of paranormal claims, dowsing-rod participation and the “Little Boy Lost” account, outside the vehicle.
• Historic cemetery: graves connected with the first mining accident, first mine manager McHardy and other local figures, ending with a theatrical visual effect outside the vehicle.

Other places to eat in town: Cullinan Diamond Lodge and Cullinan Premiere Hotel on Hotel Street, Piacere Restaurant on Seringa Street, Wimpy on upper Oak Avenue, and As Greek As It Gets on lower Oak Avenue. Confirm their current opening hours before travelling.

Heidelberg · Gauteng

Starting point: the Old Gaol (Old Jail), with a pub stop. The introduction and accounts of Salmon van As’s execution, Harry the Mischievous, Cecille and her Baby, a ghost dog and the Concentration Camp Spectre take place outside the vehicle.

• Town stories: the Mourning Lady opposite the old junior school, poet and Freemason A. G. Visser’s home, and the Blue Lady at Hoër Volkskool, from inside the vehicle.
• Old railway station: the Legless Apparition and Boer Soldier stories, outside the vehicle. This is the old station, not the new station.
• Die Klipkerk and old town hall: the Ghost Bride and Cave of Adullam stories, followed by the town hall’s links to Freemasonry, from inside the vehicle.
• At the river: a discussion of paranormal claims and dowsing-rod participation, outside the vehicle.
• Kloof Cemetery: the concentration camp memorial, notable graves and the theatrical visual finale, outside the vehicle.

Cape Town

Starting point: park on Waterkant Street and walk to the Prestwich Memorial complex at the intersection of Waterkant and Rose streets. Meet your host for the introduction outside your vehicle, then return to your car for the rest of the route. Eat before the tour.

• Early city stories: Malay ghost accounts around Prestwich Memorial, the German Lutheran Church, Little Theatre and Arena Theatre, and Cape of Good Hope Seminary, from inside the vehicle.
• Castle of Good Hope: discussion of paranormal claims, dowsing-rod participation, the Hanging Bell Ringer, Governor Pieter Noodt and the Legless Apparition of Leerdam Bastion. These stories and activities take place outside the vehicle.
• Across the city: Fenton Road poltergeist accounts, remnants of District Six, Groote Schuur, Drie Koppen, Rondebosch crime stories and SACS School, from inside the vehicle.
• Historic houses: Hiddingh House in Newlands and Tokai Manor, outside the vehicle.
• Historic cemetery: notable graves and the theatrical visual finale, outside the vehicle.

Durban

Starting point: Causerie Bar at the Edward Hotel on the beachfront, where you can eat and drink before the tour. The introduction takes place at the hotel, outside the vehicle.

• Beachfront stories: Addington Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and Rosey Dry’s Brothel, from inside the vehicle.
• Durban Club: a pub stop outside the vehicle.
• City landmarks: the Playhouse and City Hall, from inside the vehicle; Durban Boys High School, outside the vehicle.
• Local legends: the Musgrave Road “Spook House” from inside the vehicle, and the road-phantom story known as Highway Sheila.
• Campbell Road: houses associated with haunting and poltergeist accounts, plus a discussion of paranormal claims and dowsing-rod participation, outside the vehicle.
• St Thomas historic cemetery: the chapel, graves of local historical figures and a theatrical visual finale, outside the vehicle.

Gqeberha · Port Elizabeth

Starting point: the South End Museum parking area. Eat and drink elsewhere before the tour. The opening story concerns the Old Seaman’s Institute, now South End Museum, outside the vehicle.

• City landmarks: the Black Steps near St Mary’s Cemetery, Opera House, Athenaeum Club, PEMADS Little Theatre and Fort Frederick, from inside the vehicle.
• Maritime Club: an introduction to paranormal history, the “Dark Room” and a pub stop, outside the vehicle.
• Knockfierna Park Villa: also known as St George’s Preparatory School, outside the vehicle.
• Passing stories: Mannville Open Air Theatre, the old Park Hotel and Provincial Hospital, from inside the vehicle; plus the Mount Croix poltergeist-house account.
• Target Kloof: discussion of paranormal claims and dowsing-rod participation at the bottom of the kloof, outside the vehicle.
• Final stops: Walmer’s old Coach House, from inside the vehicle, then a historic cemetery with notable graves and a theatrical visual finale, outside the vehicle.

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