The Original Murder Tour: Savannah True Crime Pub Crawl

What you get for the money

The $40 per person price buys you a guided two-hour walk and nothing else. Alcohol is not included. Every drink is bought by you at each bar, and the point of the crawl is that Savannah lets you carry that drink with you in the street.

The listing counts the licensed local guide as the inclusion, described as knowledgeable and passionate about true crime and about sharing the city.

The licensed local guide

The guide is a licensed local who lives in Savannah. The listing is blunt about this: it says the operators cannot simply train a college student to give this tour, and that the experts' free time is limited, so you should book while space is available. That is marketing language, but the license requirement is stated in the listing itself, and the guide rating of 4.9 out of 31 reviews is the highest single score in the listing.

What is not in the price

• Alcohol. Drinks are bought at each bar and carried in an open plastic cup on the street.
• Food. Meals are listed as none, with cocktails bought at each stop.
• Gratuities, if you want to tip the guide.
• Transport. There is no pickup. You walk the whole route on foot.

One practical detail makes booking low risk. Free cancellation is available up to 24 hours before the start, which matches the policy on most tours in this catalog, so a change of plans the day before costs you nothing.

The stories the listing name-checks

This is the one crawl in the catalog that sells crime instead of hauntings. The listing promises serial killers, crimes of passion and unsolved cases, and it makes a point of the difference: no other tour in the city, it claims, gives exclusive insight into the true crime scene. If you have already done a ghost walk and found the haunted mansion stories thin, this is the alternative that treats Savannah as a case file rather than a haunted house.

How the stories are delivered

The listing poses a question it clearly enjoys: have you ever heard of a murder resulting in over 100 arrests? It says only in Savannah will you find true crime stories featuring ax murders, a vicious butcher, a serial killer and much more. Those are the listing's claims about its own content.

The catalog does not name the cases or the victims, and no dates or names for specific murders are stated in the material we read, so treat the detail as something the guide reveals on the night.

The guide is described as an expert who lives in Savannah and provides unique insight into each case, covering the crimes, the suspects and the scenes central to the city's most notorious cases. Because these are real crimes with real suspects, the tone differs from a ghost tour. Expect reconstruction and discussion rather than legend.

The walk is rated easy, two hours on foot through the Historic District, with the drinking doing the heavy lifting rather than your legs.

The open container rule

The Historic District allows you to carry one alcoholic drink on the street, and the rules are specific. Your drink must be in an open plastic cup of up to 16 ounces. No glass and no cans.

The pub crawl leans on this policy for its whole structure: the listing says the group strolls with drinks in hand, taking advantage of the open container rule while exploring the darker sides of the city.

How the bar stops work

The route visits a minimum of four bars over the two hours, starting at Mint to Be Mojito Bar and Bites. That works out to roughly one stop every half hour, which is a sociable pace rather than a drinking race. You buy your own drink at each stop.

Since every beverage has to move into a compliant plastic cup before you walk, order accordingly, and remember that public intoxication laws still apply even where open containers do not.

Outside the Historic District

The open container permission is tied to the Historic District. Outside it, open containers stay banned. The crawl stays in the downtown walking area, so this should not affect you on the night, but it matters if you plan to carry a drink on to another part of town afterward.

Finish your cup before you leave the district.

For events and opening hours downtown, the city's official visitor bureau runs Visit Savannah.

Where it starts

There is no hotel pickup. The true crime pub crawl meets at Mint to Be Mojito Bar and Bites, 12 West State Street, Savannah, GA 31401. That address puts the start in the heart of the Historic District, walkable from most downtown hotels.

The tour ends at the last bar, so plan your route home from wherever the final stop lands rather than back at the starting point.

The two things you must bring

• A passport or ID card. The listing lists this under what to bring, and the 21 and over rule makes it non-negotiable.
• A valid payment method for your drinks at each of the four or more stops.

Exact departure times are shown at checkout, with the listing describing evening departures. If you need a fixed clock time before booking, check the time selection during the booking flow rather than guessing. The walk itself is rated easy and the listing states the tour is wheelchair accessible, which is worth noting because several ghost tours in this catalog are not.

Who it suits

This crawl fits a specific kind of traveller. You are 21 or over, you enjoy true crime podcasts or documentaries more than ghost stories, and you want a social evening with a drink in hand rather than a solemn lantern-lit walk. Two hours and four bars is enough for a full night out without taking over your whole evening.

The guide's 4.9 rating from 31 reviews suggests the storytelling lands with the people who book it.

Who should look elsewhere

Under 21, this is not an option, no exceptions mentioned in the listing. Families with children should look at the Fraidy Cat Family-Friendly Ghost Tour of Savannah, which runs all ages. If you want ghost content with your drinks, the Haunted Savannah Pub Crawl and Historic District Ghost Tour mixes haunted sites into its own bar route.

And if your interest is genuine investigation rather than storytelling, an indoor hunt such as the Guided Paranormal Ghost Hunting Investigation at 416 W Liberty hands you the equipment yourself.

A note on group size

The listing states no group size limit. That is a gap in the information available. If a small group matters to you, the haunted pub crawl caps at 10 participants, which is the tightest limit among the crawls compared here.

The one firm constraint on this tour is the age rule, and the second is the ID requirement, so arrive with both sorted.

Ticket prices and formats side by side

The catalog lists several Savannah night tours within a few dollars of this one, so the choice comes down to content more than cost. The candlelit walk is the closest walking format, the haunted pub crawl is the direct rival among crawls, and the trolley options suit anyone who would rather ride than walk.

The table sets this listing against the closest alternatives in the catalog on price, length and format. Figures current for Q4 2026.

The short version

Pay $40 for this crawl if true crime is the draw and you are happy buying your own drinks. Save five dollars with the haunted pub crawl if a 10-person group and a fixed 7:30 pm start appeal, accepting ghost stories instead of murder cases. Choose the candlelit walk if you want the classic Savannah night walk with the largest review base behind it.

The trolley and the ghost hunt at 416 W Liberty both cost more and change the format entirely.