Springfield Walks

Interesting history, but not so much "ghost" on the ghost walk. A few stories mentioning examples of rumored occult activities and sitings of spirits were included in the historical oration. Was a little bit boring for my 12-year-old. I think most of the adults enjoyed it. It was nice to find an evening outdoor activity.

We took the tour on a recent trip to Springfield and really enjoyed it! The price was reasonable for the 90 minute tour. Our guide was full of interesting facts and stories, none too scary. Being outside the Lincoln home in the still night was our favorite part. After the tour, the guide returned us to the starting point, near our vehicle. Also, when the owner checked us in, he gave us lots of tips on where to go and what to see while in Springfield. We followed his advice and had a great trip! Highly recommend!

As an aside, you can call and leave a message that you are coming but the procedure is to just show up a few minutes before the tour, at their sign, near the old state house.

We took The Lincoln Experience - Private Tour with Garrett
This was one of the best tours we ever took! My husband, granddaughter & I took the train to Springfield to learn more about our state capital and Abraham Lincoln before he was the president. I had not been there in a long time. Garrett went above and beyond with getting sight seeing tickets, sharing his amazing knowledge of history about Springfield, Lincoln the man' May Todd Lincoln (she was misunderstood) and the aftermath of the Civil War. He drove us all over to numerous historical sites including the Lincoln home and neighborhood and a tour of the cemetery and Lincoln's tomb history. I mentioned I wanted to see the Dana Thomas Frank Lloyd House and he drove us there, got the tickets, knew the guide, picked us up after the tour and then drove us to a restaurant. There was no way we could have seen so much on our own or learned all about Lincoln without Garrett as our guide. We did and saw more in one day than we could have done on our own in 3 days.

Fantastic! We scheduled a private tour of the Lincoln sites with Garret. He spent 5 hours showing us around and giving insight to Lincoln's Springfield. His knowledge and enthusiasm made this one of the best tours I've ever been on. He was able to cater to our needs and requests, my Mother is in her 80s and needed to rest occassionally. Nice guy too!

We wanted to absorb as much about Lincoln the man as we could in a single day. We did just that. Garret was able to give us not only an information loaded tour, but to answer questions. I have always enjoyed history and was relatively well up to speed on Lincoln's legacy and still I learned a ton. I asked a few questions that i already knew the answers too and Garret answered them correctly.
To leave it there would be enough to catch the attention of someone like my wife and myself, but that would be missing the greater point. Garret Moffett loves his city, its history and its outstanding people, with Lincoln at the top. His love is inescapable as his excellent story telling skills wrap you up and let you taste the time and the tempo of Lincolns town.
It would have been worth the fee if we only had experienced the moment when we pulled up to the unimposing train station when Lincoln left his city for the last time and headed to the impossible job of holding together a nation so badly frayed. Garret gave Lincoln's farewell speech, word for word. As Lincoln must have been emotionally staggered by the moment, so was the story teller. It was a beautiful event.
I urge you to go see Lincoln as seen through the visit to his home town that he credits for making him the man he turned out to be and while you are there take the extra step of getting Garret to make it come alive for you.
Chet Hanson
Prairie Village, KS

The owner/operator of the tour was as knowledgeable about Lincoln as any tour guide I've ever been with. I was impressed, and I'm not often.

We had a beautiful night for a tour, which helped, but we just had about as much fun as you can have on one of these things. He leaves the haunted stuff for the end of the tour, which was nice because you got a good amount of history up front, and then when you're sitting in a dark street in an 1800's reproduction neighborhood you get all the haunted/spooky stuff. It was a good way to go.

Shout out to our tour guide who'd had heart surgery 3 weeks before, and yet came out and walked around with us anyway. In fact, he was walking at a good clip and didn't have any issues with breathing, etc. Good on you, man. That's impressive!

My only complaint, which I'm not sure if this company can help, is that restrooms should be available somewhere along the way. Maybe he could work out with one of the restaurants nearby, or get the owner of the souvenir shop where you meet up to open up (I'm sure most of us would have bought a chocbhtke as well). I had to pee the WHOLE TIME! Yikes!!

I went on the Lincoln's Ghost Tour: Legends & Lore, and it was a lot of fun. Garrett is pretty good as a storyteller, and it was fun to go to the different sites to hear things about what happened there and significant events in the life of Lincoln and his family.

Unfortunately, it was a little light on the ghost lore. That was a bit of a bummer. I did enjoy the tour, and it was only $12 for 90 minutes, but it felt mostly like a Lincoln history tour instead.

We too were on the Dead Walk tour with Dana Quinn... if you want a good tour, go to Gettysburg... if you want a tour you can make into a joke, here you have it. Dana was a HORRIBLE story teller! He turned the tour into a sales plug for his upcoming documentary. The Hickox 'haunted' House was a joke. While I'm sure it will look amazing once the restoration is complete, having people walk around a dark renovation site without signing waivers is a recipe for disaster!

The best part of the tour was making fun of Dana along with my boyfriend and another family we met.

I just recently went on the Lincoln Ghost Walk and I thought it was amazing. Garrett was wonderful and his story telling was GREAT!!!!!

I would recommend this tour to everyone. The kids loved it!!!!

This is a must do!!!

Garrett you were amazing. Keep up the great work!!!!

We went on the "Dead Walk" tour with Dana Quinn, and you need to take it! Great tour and the guide was wonderful (he's the head investigator of the Nighthawk Paranormal Society)! I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in ghosts and the paranormal.