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- English
Manchester after dark is a city built on coal smoke and cotton money, and the things it buried did not stay buried. Your storyteller meets you in St Ann's Square and opens at the church of 1712, where Victorians walked anti-clockwise around the table tombs and pressed an ear to the stone to hear the dead answer. You are invited to try it. Across the square, an actor who died in 1995 is still seen smoking in the green room of the Royal Exchange. In a narrow alley nearby, Christmas shoppers in 1894 swore they saw the devil walk up a wall in the shape of a goat. Then the night turns to true crime: the Bolton mother who poisoned her children for the burial money, and the killer this city forgot while the Yorkshire Ripper took the headlines. We finish at the cathedral walls, where a headless black dog is said to prowl and where two people praying through a thunderstorm in 1577 were found the next morning with their throats torn out. A ghost tour told straight. You decide what to believe.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We will meet in front of the Richard Cobden Statue, 2-437 St Ann's Sq, Manchester M2 7LG, UK. Exact directions to this spot, your guide and a one-tap "running late" are in your SYC Passport: app.seeyour.city, with your Viator booking reference and the surname on the booking.
Itinerary
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1St. Ann's Church
Your guide meets you in St Ann's Square and opens the tour at the church, consecrated in 1712. Hear how Victorian Mancunians walked anti-clockwise around the table tombs and pressed an ear to the stone to listen for the voices of the dead, and why a large black dog is still said to roam between this churchyard and the cathedral walls.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Royal Exchange Theatre
Across the square stands the old cotton exchange, now the Royal Exchange Theatre. It is said to be haunted by the actor James Maxwell, one of the five directors who turned the derelict hall into a working playhouse. He died in 1995 and cast members still claim to see him smoking in the green room.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Manchester Cathedral
The tour finishes outside the cathedral, where a headless black dog has been reported prowling the walls and where, in 1577, two people praying inside during a thunderstorm were found the next day with their throats torn out by something nobody saw. We view the exterior only.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Your interactive tickets, games and concierge live in your SYC Passport: go to app.seeyour.city, enter your Viator booking reference and the surname on the booking.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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