What visitors on ghost tours through Williamsburg frequently want to know: Will we see a ghost tonight?

During the Halloween season the colonial city’s ghost activity appears to increase, but not much more than other times of the year. Ghosts apparently have no seasons, the guides seem to suggest.

No matter the season, visitors want to “look for ghosts and have those experiences or to hear some dirty history that you don’t hear about during the day,” said Austin Pike, one of the guides for Colonial Ghost Tours, one of many ghost tour companies in the Historic Triangle.

Tours are available year-round throughout Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown, but around Halloween, interest seems to pique. One of the main questions visitors often have is whether the guides have had a personal experien

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