1810 Gettysburg Academy Ghost Hunt & Overnight VIP, Gettysburg
$129.00 – $399.00Price range: $129.00 through $399.00
Investigate the 1810 Gettysburg Academy – where a peaceful educational institution was TRANSFORMED into a Civil War field hospital with a Confederate shell still EMBEDDED in the wall! Experience one of Pennsylvania’s most LAYERED paranormal environments where students, soldiers, and medical staff left their eternal mark during America’s bloodiest battle!
General Admission ($129 per person): 8PM – 2AM EST
Overnight VIP ($399 for two people): 8PM – 10AM EST – Private Historic Bedroom included (based on two sharing). Only 5 bedrooms available! Beds are Queens and Kings.
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18+ or 16 with a responsible adult.
1810 Gettysburg Academy Ghost Hunts
WHERE 200 YEARS OF HISTORY REFUSE TO REST!
Investigate the Birthplace of Lutheran Education in America – Transformed Into a Civil War Hospital During the Battle of Gettysburg!
Step into one of Pennsylvania’s most historically significant buildings, where generations of theological students, young scholars, and Civil War soldiers have left their indelible mark. The 1810 Gettysburg Academy stands as a RARE opportunity to investigate a location where peaceful education and the turning point of American history converged within the same walls!
From Seminary to Battlefield
Standing at the corner of West High and South Washington Streets since 1813, this stately brick structure served as the founding home of BOTH Gettysburg Seminary and Gettysburg College – the two oldest Lutheran educational institutions in the Western Hemisphere! Known as “Linwood,” the Academy housed approximately 75 students during its peak, with future ministers studying theology in these very rooms.
But on July 1st, 1863, everything changed.
Sixteen-year-old Tillie Pierce stood on the Academy’s front portico with her classmates, watching 6,000 Union cavalry pass by. The next afternoon, her teacher cried out: “Children, run home as quickly as you can!” When Tillie returned days later, she recorded the transformation that haunts investigators to this day: “Within those same walls had been placed some of the wounded and dying heroes of the struggle.”
The Academy became an emergency field hospital. The side yard may have served as a temporary burial ground. And a Confederate artillery shell REMAINS EMBEDDED above the entrance – frozen in time, marking the moment this house of learning became something else entirely.
A Paranormally LAYERED Location
What makes the Gettysburg Academy extraordinary for investigation is its CONVERGENCE of powerful historical energies! This isn’t a single-story haunting – it’s a location where DECADES of different human experiences have created overlapping spiritual imprints that paranormal researchers find exceptionally compelling!
Consider the LAYERS within these walls:
Seminary students spent YEARS in devoted theological study, their spiritual dedication saturating every room! Young women of the Female Institute pursued education when few institutions valued female scholarship! The building hosted passionate Anti-Slavery Society meetings in 1836! And then, in mere HOURS, peaceful classrooms transformed into medical wards where men from both armies fought for survival far from home!
The side yard – once a place for students’ recreation – may hold those who couldn’t be saved. The embedded Confederate shell serves as a permanent marker of violence arriving at a place of peace. Tillie Pierce’s memoir captures the TERROR of students fleeing as battle descended upon their school!
This creates what paranormal researchers call “LAYERED PHENOMENA” – where different eras and intense emotions exist SIMULTANEOUSLY! The peaceful academic atmosphere collides with the profound experiences of war! Spiritual devotion meets sudden tragedy! Youthful scholarly energy intersects with the gravity of those final moments!
Your Investigation Awaits
Explore the former seminary rooms where future ministers once studied! Stand in classrooms where Tillie Pierce learned before witnessing history unfold! Investigate areas that served as hospital wards! Examine the embedded Confederate shell that has remained untouched for over 160 years! Walk the side yard where history left its most permanent mark!
Professional paranormal equipment provided! Guided historical tour revealing the Academy’s remarkable transformation! Structured vigils in the most historically significant areas! FREE investigation time to pursue your own research! Readings from Tillie Pierce’s firsthand account!
What’s Included?
- EXCLUSIVE ACCESS to this privately-owned historic landmark rarely open for paranormal investigation!
- GUIDED HISTORICAL TOUR revealing the Academy’s remarkable transformation from educational institution to Civil War hospital!
- GHOST HUNTING VIGILS led by experienced Haunted Rooms America investigators!
- PROFESSIONAL PARANORMAL EQUIPMENT including EMF detectors, digital voice recorders, spirit boxes, and motion sensors!
- STRUCTURED VIGILS focusing on the building’s LAYERED PHENOMENA – where educational, spiritual, and wartime energies converge!
- PRIVATE INVESTIGATION TIME to pursue your own research and connections!
- UNLIMITED SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS throughout the night to keep you energized and focused!
OVERNIGHT VIP GUESTS ALSO RECEIVE:
- PRIVATE HISTORIC BEDROOM in one of only FIVE available rooms!
- EARLY ACCESS from 6PM – two extra hours before General Admission guests arrive!
- EXTENDED ACCESS through the pre-dawn hours when paranormal activity peaks!
- CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST included before departure!
INVESTIGATION OPTIONS:
GENERAL ADMISSION: $129 per person (8PM – 2AM)
Six hours investigating this RARE privately-owned landmark where education, spirituality, and Civil War history converged!
OVERNIGHT VIP EXPERIENCE: $399 for two people (8PM – 10AM)
Spend the ENTIRE NIGHT in one of only FIVE historic bedrooms! Experience the full spectrum of paranormal activity as dawn approaches and the veil between past and present grows thinnest! Extremely limited availability!
Located in the heart of downtown Gettysburg, just blocks from the battlefield.
The 1810 Gettysburg Academy offers something EXTRAORDINARY – multiple centuries of significant human experience contained within one remarkably preserved building! From scholarly dedication to the solemnity of wartime service, every corner holds stories waiting to be uncovered!
Will you investigate where America’s oldest Lutheran institutions were born? Will you stand where students watched history unfold? Will you spend the night where education and destiny collided in the summer of 1863?
The Academy awaits – where the past has NEVER truly departed!
Ages 18+ only or 16 with a responsible adult.
Event Details
Time: 8 PM – 2 AM ET
Location: 66 W High St, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Ample parking is available on the site of the fort.
What to Bring?
Please bring with you a form of photo ID, and a printed off booking confirmation email (or show this on your phone).
We will be providing you with paranormal equipment to use, however, we will need something of value per group to hold onto as collateral (phone, car keys, watch, etc.)
We will be providing snacks and drinks at intervals throughout the night.
And of course, bring your phone/camera with you, the more pictures we have the better chance we have of capturing something!
Other than that, just yourself and an open mind!
**Those booked onto the overnight VIP do not need to bring any sleeping equipment as Beds and bedding are included.
Event Itinerary
GENERAL ADMISSION (8PM – 2AM)
7:30 PM – 8 PM – Arrival and check-in with our team!
8:00 PM – Welcome briefing, safety guidelines, and group assignments.
8:15 PM – GUIDED HISTORICAL TOUR revealing the Academy’s transformation from seminary to Civil War hospital!
8:45 PM – STRUCTURED VIGILS begin! Investigate the most historically significant areas with experienced team leaders! You will switch areas every 45 mins.
11:00 PM – Break with refreshments.
11:15 PM – Group investigations continue.
12:00 AM – FREE INVESTIGATION TIME! Pursue your own research throughout the building! Optional group sessions are also on offer. Overnight VIP Bedrooms will be closed at this time.
2:00 AM – Event concludes. Safe travels!
OVERNIGHT VIP EXPERIENCE (6PM – 10AM)
6:00 PM – EARLY VIP ACCESS begins! Settle into your private historic bedroom and enjoy EXCLUSIVE investigation time before other guests arrive!
8:00 PM – General Admission guests arrive. Welcome briefing for all attendees.
8:15 PM – GUIDED HISTORICAL TOUR of the Academy.
8:45 PM – STRUCTURED VIGILS Investigate the most historically significant areas with experienced team leaders! You will switch areas every 45 mins.
11:00 PM – Break with refreshments.
12:00 AM – FREE INVESTIGATION TIME for all guests! Plus optional group sessions. Your rooms will be available at this time if you wanted to get an early night.
2:00 AM – General Admission guests depart. VIP EXCLUSIVE ACCESS resumes!
2:00 AM – 8:00 AM – PRIVATE OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATION! Experience the pre-dawn hours when the veil between past and present grows THINNEST! Retire to your historic bedroom when you dare!
8:00 AM – BREAKFAST served.
10:00 AM – Checkout and departure.
Itinerary times are approximate and may vary based on group size and paranormal activity!
FAQS
What Should I Expect on an Ghost Hunt?
Become a paranormal investigator for the night like the TV stars of Most haunted, ghost adventures or TAPS Ghost hunters.
Use some of the specialized equipment and be guided by experienced paranormal investigators who will share their knowledge, techniques and experiences of hunting for ghosts or spirits.
Feel free to bring along any of your own equipment including but not limited to EVP recorders, flashlights, cameras or video cameras.
Bring extra clothing as in some parts old buildings may get cold but please refrain from wearing clothing that can cause distracting sounds. Many old buildings have a story to tell and we will supply them to you along with of course the ghost stories.
There will be breaks and light refreshments are provided.
We are not out to try and convince the world of the existence of an afterlife. That’s for you to decide.
We can be Sceptical and logical yet open to other beliefs and prayers of protection will be carried out.
We do not perform tricks and will not be running around with sheets on our heads!
You will be with like-minded people looking for the answer “is there really an afterlife”?
However much we try unfortunately we can’t guarantee that members of the spirit world will make their presence known but we can at least guarantee that you will experience a fun and interesting night.
Do I receive an actual ticket?
The event is ticketless. Your proof of booking is your booking confirmation email. You will also receive an email with important information prior to your event, usually the week of.
Is there any age limit of who can attend these events?
The age limit is 18 years and over.
Will there be a Medium at the event?
All events listed on Haunted Rooms are hosted by experienced Hosts and Professional Psychic/Clairvoyant Mediums. However sometimes a Medium(s) may not always be present – but as usual, you will be in very safe hands with our experienced Hosts who have a wealth of knowledge and are fully trained in all aspects of professional public ghost hunting events and experience nights.
Can I sleep at an event?
Unless it is otherwise stated, events don’t include sleepover.
Will I see a Ghost?
Unfortunately, the activity will not just happen on command, however using the various experiments and experienced hosts on the events, everything will be done to offer the best chance of spiritual activity.
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