Sorrel Weed House

This is my second time doing the tour at the SW house. The first time was waaaaaay better. Apparently they added more to the video since 2 years ago and because they added that, we didn’t get the history about the dining room. We got to go into the dinning room as the tour but only to get the ghost monitors.
In the previous tour the guide told us that women would be seen in the women’s room with the camera and the guide told us so we were taking pictures like crazy. Not on the new tour.
But! On the new tour, Molly’s room was unlocked. It was converted to a bedroom and the monitors were going off but now I’m wondering if it’s rigged in that room on the ceiling because it went crazy when I pointed it up.
Nick did a great job on the walking tour. We went on a Tuesday so he didn’t have to rush back to do the next tour. We were able to get more stories and knowledge about the city.

Nick was our tour guide. Firstly, I understand the need to indulge in an adult beverage from time to time. However, when you come to work with an overwhelming odor of alcoholic beverage coming from your person while leading a tour group, that is a problem. Nick stopped in mid spiel because of some patrons not listening and proceeded to say «I see no one is listening so I’m going to stop and let everyone free in this room for the next five minutes». He left leaving the ones that wished to hear of the history (my daughter and I) left out. Once the house tour was over, we waited in the courtyard for the walking tour to begin. When 8 pm came around, I was standing at the gate and Nick came out to speak with the female gate attendant and he began to complain about the group. He was stating how no one was listening and he was just wasting his time and it was torture that he had to spend another hour with the group. I understand there were some jerks in the group and those should have been addressed accordingly not in a way where the folks that want to be at the tour are made to feel like a burden. I walked about ½ a block on the walking tour and decided to turn back and no longer be a burden to Nick. The female attendant was nice enough to listen to my concerns and refund the walking portion of the tour. I will not be coming back nor recommending this to anyone.

We came to Savannah for the history… but my favorite part is the ghosts! Tonight we took the Ghost Tour with our tour guide Nick. He was AWESOME! He made the stories sound so creepy and made the tour so much more fun. There were maybe around 15 of us which I thought was a little much, especially those that were messing around too much and being too loud. I feel like the people on the tour should be serious for those who actually want to encounter something. But that is my only complaint! I came to Savannah for the fun and this tour definitely was part of that. I’m the biggest ghost hunting fan and I will definitely be back!!!

We did the Sorrel House Tour and walking tour. The house tour was interesting and they show a 13 min video that provided some good history and a good foundation for the tour.
The house was very neat, dark and creepy. We all were given EMF monitors and it was really cool using them in a dark creepy old house. Makes me want to get one and run around looking for other EMF’s — but I digress.
I’m not sure that I would recommend the walking tour. The walking tour provides some history about some other areas that may or may not be haunted but if your looking for a spooky hair raising stroll through town, this isn’t it. The weather was nice and it was fun walking around town but not really a ghostly scary thing.
Overall, I would definitely do the house again but probably not the walking tour.
Our guide was nice and knowledgeable but if a monotone voice bothers you, just hope you don’t get him.

We did the haunted night tour. It was pretty informative and interesting. No ghost sitings :(But we did see a guy on a bike with neon lights and a motorcycle fender blasting Biggie… So, no complaints!

Every time my brother comes to town, we take a ghost tour. I like to blame my ghost tour experiences on him, but I actually like learning about Savannah’s spooky spots.
When you live in a haunted city, why not go to the «most haunted house» there is?
Our tour of the Sorrel Weed House was a combination walking tour of the Old Colonial Cemetery, the old county jail, and the Hamilton-​Turner Inn. I loved the walking portion because it combined Savannah history as well as a few big names we all know and love.
When we actually made it back to the house, we had spent more than an hour walking around. I’m all down for walking tours, but I do believe poor time allocation can drain both the guide and the guests. A lot of folks were tired before we got to the main event!
The house is beautiful, but unfortunately has suffered from poor renovations. The current owners are attempting to restore it to its original glory, but I can’t help feel that a lot of the charm vanished over the years of improper care before the current owners saved it.
Our guide left us a few times for breaks, so we were left to wander about with EVP devices to find some haints. I felt like a lot of the gusto and structure of the tour disappeared over the night, but when you have back to back rotations, it’s hard for guides to not become burnt out.
I loved the story of the former inhabitants, the renovation history, and the house itself: I just felt like there was something missing. A lot of the stories I learned, I don’t have anything else to connect them to. What’s a ghost story without a little background?
I would recommend the tour, but probably earlier in the day.

A fun tour. Perhaps just a few too many people allowed on each tour though — and if I had a complaint that would be it. The guide gave a good overview of the history of the house and the goings on surrounding it. The video was helpful — specially the Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures clips.
It was fun to have the EMF detectors though I cannot say they were really useful — again, especially in a large group. The time to explore the rooms on our own was the most fun. No, you did not get to roam around but you did get a chance to take in the areas without the guide talking, use the detectors, and take photos hoping to catch something odd going around.
Did anything happen during our tour? Well, nothing that I would say for certain. The two things that did stand out for me was standing in the one room with the curved corners I was in the sharp corner AWAY from the outside wall. It was cold in that corner. Cold enough to say something was with me? Who knows…
Then, down in the basement behind the fireplace I took a flash photo with my iPhone. For those that are familiar with that process in a pitch dark room you know the iPhone lights up the area to focus before taking the photo. Well, when this was happening a very bright orb came across the display just before the shutter clicked. Yes, probably just dust but it was odd enough to REALLY stand out as something that never happened to me before.

We have seen the place on previous visits to Savannah and also have seen it on Ghost Hunters. We did the daytime tour after touring nearby Mercer-​Williams House. I like touring haunted places during the day because you can see more when it’s light out, pictures come out better, and the only real paranormal event I’ve ever experienced happened at 10am.
As I was taking photos during the day tour, there was an anomaly that appeared near a fire place. It did not look like a typical water or dust orb because it was too large and had too much detail. I took a few more photos of the same spot and there is nothing in the other photos. When we were in the basement, I pulled out my phone that has an EMF app and it spiked up high for about 3 seconds. It then returned to lower than normal levels.
We had to come back to do the night ghost tours for which they give a discount if you’ve done the day tour. The night time tour was interesting. They give you EMF detectors that you can use. As a few of our detectors were spiking, two people’s phone’s froze up. This was in the same spot where equipment on the show Ghost Hunters failed and also where an apparition has been seen sitting on a sofa. The tour of the old carriage/​slave house was also interesting and many people felt uneasy in there.
The $ 20 price for the night tour is a little steep but I’d recommend doing both the night and day tours.