How spooky is St. Augustine? New survey names it in Top 10 in U.S.
St. Augustine may or may not have more ghosts than other places, but it has enough ghost tours to rank as the eighth-spookiest city in America.
The list was compiled by Viator, an online travel company, based on the number of scary tours and experiences available for booking through the company.
St. Augustine has 35 ghost tours listed on the site, ranging from pub crawls to walking tours and golf cart rides with a certified paranormal investigator.
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All of the cities ranked above St. Augustine are either much larger or have a creepy history. New Orleans, with 144 ghost and vampire tours, ranked first on the list. It's followed by Salem, Mass., Chicago, Savannah, Boston, Charleston and Louisville. Key West is the only other Florida city on the list, coming in at ninth with 15 ghost tours. Nashville rounds out the top 10.
The site also lists the spookiest cities in Europe. In order, they are Edinburgh, Rome, London, Yorkshire, Paris, Dublin, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest and Munich.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: St. Augustine named one of America's spookiest cities
