New Thing: Philly Grim Tour
Inspiration: Ken's Birthday
Time: Several Hours
Bottom Line: Not your average history tour.
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| The Cemetery at Christ Church |
Cemetery, Serial Killers; Blood & Beer!
From the burial ground to the bar! Eat, drink, & be merry! From grave robbers like Dutch Pillet and Levi Chew to psychopathic killers like the “Corpse Collector,” “Frankfort Slasher,” “Hednik’s House of Horrors,” and H.H. Holmes; America’s first- this is not your typical Liberty Bell tour! And…after a fact-packed late afternoon Grim Philly® walk we’ll rest our weary bones at Mexican Post Tavern for beer and snacks just in time for dinner before leaving on our (optional) "Bootleggers Ball Historic & Haunted Pub Crawl!" Sparsely sprinkled with national icons, tales of yellow fever death, & up close visits to the graves of Ben Franklin, & other founding fathers- this tour tells more of the modern; gritty…some would say “twisted” side of our history.
Our tour guide was a PhD in history from Temple and the whole thing was a fascinating look at the urban history of Philadelphia. It's the stuff that the don't put in history books. Totally recommend it!
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