Ghost Tour - Tour Guide

US Ghost Adventures; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 9,200 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tips included

Free tours for family/friends

Flexible schedules

Job summary

US Ghost Adventures is seeking a ghost tour guide to lead tours in Chicago, delivering engaging, haunted histories with lively storytelling. You will captivate audiences, adjust to a dynamic city environment, and help guests connect with local lore on nightly tours.

Ideal candidates are confident public speakers with a passion for storytelling and history, willing to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to provide entertaining and safe experiences.

Qualifications

• Excellent public speaking abilities.
• Passion for storytelling and history.
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead ghost tours and share engaging stories with guests.
• Weave enthralling histories as you guide tours through city streets.
• Ensure guest safety and deliver memorable, entertaining experiences.

Skills

Public speaking

Storytelling

History knowledge

Job description

Are you brave enough to be a ghost tour guide? Ready to share incredible experiences in your city as you bewitch and enchant audiences? Then embrace the shadows and become our next ghost tour guide!

Our passion at US Ghost Adventures is enchanting storytelling. We specialize in dark, forgotten, and secret history. We are looking for creatives, history buffs, true crime junkies, and paranormal enthusiasts willing to dive deeper into the dark side of humanity. We thrive on igniting a sense of wonder in every guest on our ghost tours, and as a ghost tour guide you will weave enthralling stories as you lead tours down the ghastly streets of your city.

Ghost Tour Guide Pay & Benefits:

• $50- $150 a day/night (including tips) - this depends on the number of tours given
• TIPS!! These can range from $20 to over $100 for a 1-2 hour tour
• Cash bonuses for good reviews
• Free or discounted tours for you and close family/friends all over the country
• Flexible schedules, fun part-time work, ability to earn tips in addition to pay
• The chance to get to know your city and meet a lot of fun people from all over the country!

To learn more about our Ghost Tour Guide here is a short video:

Ghost Tour Guide Requirements

• Qualified candidates should be skilled in public speaking
• Applicants should reside near downtown (within 25 miles) and have reliable transportation
• Applicants should be passionate about storytelling and history

US Ghost Adventuresoffers entertaining, historic, and authentic ghost tours of the United States’ most haunted cities – over 100 cities and counting! We aim to deliver fun yet honest accounts of the hauntings that are so prevalent nationwide. While our stories are derived from historic research, a ghost tour wouldn’t be the same without the ghost stories from our guide network across the country.