MEET OUR TOURGUIDES!

We hire actors and storytellers to conduct our tours, and are proud to have such a talented group of tour guides at this time. We know you will enjoy your tour with them.

If you get VINCENT PHIPPS as your tour guide, you are in for a real treat!  Vincent is one of Chattanooga's premier storytellers. He has appeared regularly at the Talespin storytelling festival here, and was awarded first place in the experienced and professional storytelling category at the 2009 Dogwood Festival.  Guests in Vincent's tours have often commented that Chattanooga has the best ghost tour they have ever been on. Vincent is also an author, professional speaker and communication coach, and a television talk show host on Point of View, the nation's longest-running publicly produced program in television history.  So if you are looking for a fantastic story-telling experience, Vincent is the guide for you! Vincent's tours are usually on Fridays, but some other days as well. He is also available for public and private storytelling events. Call (423) 821-7125 for details. Vincent's website is vincentphipps.com. 

"Thank you for a wonderful time-Vincent was terrific!"- T.D.
"I want to thank Vincent for such a great tour, all 10 of us had a Blast!"- L.L.S.
"We had a blast! Vincent is such a great story teller and we were all thoroughly captive of his stories." -GA



We are thrilled to haveHOPE HOLLOWAY as our tour guide.  Hope has 14 years of storytelling experience, as well as several years of theatre experience throughout the state of Georgia, where she also taught improv. She has also performed as a tourguide at Barnsley Gardens, where she played the part of Julia Barnsley, and now brings her exciting style to Chattanooga. Hope is our "ghost magnet", and has the most detailed and factual ghost descriptions. So if you're looking to be creeped out, and have the best chance for a ghost photo, Hope is the guide for you! Her tours are most often on Saturdays, but some other days as well. We particularly liked this photo one of our guests recently took of Hope, which also has an orb to the left of the picture.

"WOW~!!!!! What a fantastic experience!!! Our tour guide Hope was phenomenal!!!!! Just so many great stories and history. She has a true passion for this!"- GA
"Thanks for a wonderful tour :) Hope did a remarkable job of explaining the different stops along our journey. We will definitely be back to enjoy the tour again and hope that she will be our guide again."- C.H.
"Hope is the BEST TOUR GUIDE we have ever met. We have been on ghost tours in Savannah, Ga.,Nashville, Tn.., New Orleans, La. and Hope is by far the best."- AL


photo reprinted by permission of owner, Terry Hale 2009

JOHN HOLLOWAY is our newest tour guide.  John has 12 years of tour guide experience, and actually originally trained our outstanding guide HOPE as a tour guide when they both previously worked together at New Echota. John has also worked as a tour guide at haunted Barnsley Gardens, and has had some interesting experiences of his own that he might share, if you're lucky! Ghosts seem to like John, as you can tell from the orb following him in the photo below. So if you're looking for a a mix of entertainment and creepiness, check John out! John does tours at various times.

"Awesome pics and awesome time!"- S.S.
"I had a great time on the tour John was a fantastic storyteller."-K.C.
""We had a wonderful experience at the Chattanooga Ghost Tours. Our guide John was great. The pictures that we took were amazing along with the history that we learned."- T.H.