Every sunny spring, summer, or fall day will eventually turn to night, and that's when Chattanooga really starts to come alive with the spirits of the dead. Each Friday and Saturday evening, Chattanooga Ghost Tours depart for a 90-minute dalliance with the city's spookiest inhabitants—named one of the top 10 ghost tours in the country by TripAdvisor. Guests, clutching cameras and wearing comfortable walking shoes, trail behind one of several skilled tour guides, who were dead the whole time.

The storytellers, and actors tell tales of ghosts and local-history vignettes while leading guests to Downtown's documented ghost hot spots, such as The Read House Hotel and Underground Chattanooga.