Melbourne Hidden Bars, Creepy Tales and Trivia Walking Tour

From haunted graveyards to Jack The Ripper, Melbourne's scary past comes to light on this ghost and murder tour of the CBD.
Join us as we explore Melbourne's scary side while visiting three of her best kept bar secrets.

Discover three amazing laneway bars, and take part in a pub quiz at bar 2 for your chance to win a prize!

Photos of your tour can also be provided at no extra charge.

Meeting Point

Market Espresso & Trolley Hire

Queen Victoria Market, 513 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Meet us outside L Shed, corner of String Bean Alley and Queen St, inside the Queen Victoria Markets (between L Shed and the toilet block!).

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Queen Victoria Market

Victoria Street, Corner of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 3000, Victoria

Our tour host will meet you at these world famous and old markets to begin your journey into Melbourne's dark past, starting with her first cemetery.
Later, we stop at our first bar for a drink, but before that we learn more about Melbourne's obsession with ghosts and the macabre.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Oxford Scholar

427 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Stopping outside one of Melbourne's original gold rush pubs, we find out more about the history of morgues in Melbourne

5 minutes

Old Melbourne Gaol

377 Russell St, , Melbourne, 3000, Victoria

Learn about this Gaol gruesome role in executing more than 135 men and women, the most haunted part of the Gaol, and its most famous resident! We also talk about the first men hanged in Melbourne.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Chinatown Melbourne

Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Enter the world's oldest continuous Chinatown and discovery the scourge of crime, prostitution and opium that once plagued this area.
Later we'll stop for a drink at one of the area's hidden laneway bars.

40 minutes

Southern Cross Lane

Southern Cross Ln, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

Step back in time to Melbourne's first marketplace - part farmers market, part freak show carnival - as we learn about the famous murder that took place here.

5 minutes

Pink Alley

Pink Alley, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

Home to the ghost of a young lady, brutally murdered and with her killer still unknown!

5 minutes

The Capitol

113 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Once home to the hottest bar during WW2, we also learn about the serial killer who terrorised Melbourne during the wartime period.

5 minutes

277-279 Flinders Lane.

277-279 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000, Victoria

Home to some of Melbourne's best bars and restaurants, you might also find a scary tale or two here. We finish our tour with a drink at one of the area's best cocktail bars.

40 minutes

Hosier Lane

Melbourne, 3000, Victoria

Melbourne's most famous graffiti laneway also has a dark past, and a ghost many believe may have been the most famous slasher of them all.

5 minutes

Federation Square

Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, , Melbourne, 3000, Victoria

Once home to our first morgue, Federation Square has its fair share of dark secrets, including prostitute ghosts, dead fisherman and bodies in boxes!

5 minutes

What's included:

• Professional guide
• Map of Melbourne's best bars (free upon request)
• Photos of your tour (free upon request)