3 ghost tours near Madison with 2026 dates confirmed on their official sites. The earliest to open is Murmurs of Mourning & Murder: Madison Ghost Tour, on October 1.
One-hour, one-mile lantern walk around Capitol Square and downtown Madison, from the Children's Museum past the Majestic and Orpheum theaters, with ghost stories and local tragedies.
28th annual after-dusk walking tour of Forest Hill Cemetery where actors portray people buried there, from Civil War veterans to Nobel laureate John Bardeen.
90-minute walk through Madison's oldest streets around Capitol Square and King Street: the Fess Hotel (now the Great Dane Brewpub), the Majestic Theatre, the Gamma Ray Bar (once a funeral parlor) and the Tempest Oyster Bar.
Murmurs of Mourning & Murder: Madison Ghost Tour, Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Candlelit Tours and The Original Madison Ghost Walk. Each has its 2026 dates, hours and prices on its own page.
The earliest in this guide is Murmurs of Mourning & Murder: Madison Ghost Tour on October 1, 2026.
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