Why Pensacola’s Ghost Tours Are So Good, Even the Dead Are Booking in Advance
- Ericka Boussarhane Events
- Apr 5
- 4 min read
By an Unnamed Skeptic Who Now Sleeps with the Lights On
Forget what you think you know about ghost tours. Those cutesy, half-hearted, “spooky” walks led by underpaid theater kids in top hats? Yeah, Pensacola History & Hauntings Ghost Tours is not that. This isn’t your grandma’s ghost walk — unless your grandma happens to communicate with spirits on the regular and has been featured on Ghost Hunters.
Meet Ericka Boussarhane, Pensacola’s own paranormal powerhouse. She’s not just the owner of this eerie empire — she’s a legit medium, dubbed the “Oprah of the Paranormal” by people who are probably also haunted. Ericka talks to dead people for a living (no big deal), and you can check out her psychic credentials at coldcasepsychic.com. She doesn’t just tour haunted houses — she’s invited to them like an afterlife influencer.
Oh, and did we mention she’s been on SyFy’s Ghost Hunters? Because she has. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still scared of the dark.
Paranormal with a Pulse
Unlike those other ghost tours that read like spooky bedtime stories with dramatic pauses and heavy perfume, Pensacola History & Hauntings employs actual paranormal investigators — not part-time baristas in thrift-store cloaks. These guides are members of Second Sight Paranormal, and they’ve logged more ghost encounters than most people have Netflix logins. Check out their spine-tingling track record at secondsightparanormal.com.
Oh — and they don’t just talk about spirits. They bring real paranormal equipment. EMF detectors, thermal cameras, spirit boxes, dowsing rods, REM pods — tools that go beep when you least expect it. That’s right, you’re not just hearing about ghosts. You’re quite possibly standing next to one.
More Stops. More Screams. More Soul-Searching.
While the competition may give you two haunted lampposts and a tree that might be possessed (by squirrels), Pensacola History & Hauntings gives you a full-blown, multi-stop paranormal deep dive. With more haunted stops than any tour in town, you’re in for a real haunting buffet.
Some paranormal headliners include:
🏚️ The TW Fitch House – Featured in Newsweek and now for sale. Want a property that comes with hardwood floors and a moaning spirit in the upstairs hallway? This is it.
🎭 Saenger Theatre – Ghostly apparitions have been seen watching shows. Probably theater critics who died mid-review.
💀 Old Sacred Heart Hospital – Former tuberculosis ward with more ghost stories than a Stephen King convention.
🕯️ Seville Tower & Seville Quarter – Screaming specters, flickering lights, and more bad vibes than a high school reunion.
🏛️ 200 South Street (the former home of President Andrew Jackson) – Where politics and poltergeists collide.
🏚️ The Old Thiesen Building – Once a hotel, now home to unexplained noises and ghostly figures in hallways.
⚖️ Old Escambia County Courthouse – Still echoing with the energy of past trials, verdicts, and a few vengeful spirits.
🌳 Plaza Ferdinand VII Park – A site of historic events... and haunted ones.
🏠 Pensacola Historic Houses – Where long-dead residents apparently forgot to forward their mail to the afterlife.
And those are just a few of the hot (cold?) spots on the list.
History That Hits Different (and Hurts a Little)
Pensacola isn’t just haunted. It’s traumatically haunted. It’s been colonized, burned down, built back up, sunk by hurricanes, cursed by pirates, stalked by serial killers, ravaged by pandemics, and blessed with one of the oldest cemeteries in the South.
Did you know?
A lynching once took place right in the middle of downtown in 1908 — and people still report hearing the crack of the rope and the screams.
Spanish soldiers have been seen patrolling ghostly routes near Fort George.
A sunken Spanish treasure galleon allegedly still holds not just gold — but the ghosts of the greedy.
You’re not just learning history — you’re walking through it while something invisible breathes down your neck. Fun!
A Tour Menu to Die For
There’s something for everyone — and every spirit. Current offerings include:
Most Haunted Scavenger Hunts – Walk among the dead. Literally.
Haunted Trolley Tours – Ride in a ghostmobile with stories guaranteed to make you clutch your seat.
Glow Light Ghost Hunts with Equipment – Like Ghostbusters, but sexier.
History and Hauntings Walking Tours – For the brave of foot and stronger of spirit.
Custom Tours, Team-Builders, and Paranormal Birthday Parties – Because nothing says “Happy Birthday” like a spectral cold spot and a surprise EVP.
Need a corporate event with edge? Want a haunted scavenger hunt? Want a tour so good even your ex regrets ghosting you? Done, done, and done.
The Bottom Line: This Isn’t a Tour. It’s a Paranormal Bootcamp.
Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or someone just looking for an excuse to scream and hold your date's hand — this is the tour that changes minds. And maybe messes with your phone battery.
Don’t settle for spooky stories told by folks who couldn’t find a ghost in a graveyard. Go with the team who invites spirits to the party — and they actually show up.
Book now. The spirits are waiting. 👻