New Orleans Ghost ToursStreets of Sin Tour New Orleans: Adults-Only True Crime and Ghost Walk
The Streets of Sin tour New Orleans sells is an adults-only true crime and ghost walk that starts at the black fence in Jackson Square, right across from St. Louis Cathedral. It costs $38 per person, runs 1 hour 45 minutes and carries a 5.0 rating from 2,113 verified reviews, the highest rating on this site with real volume behind it. Groups are capped at 28 and nobody under 17 is allowed. This page covers what the price buys, how check-in works, what the walk covers and who should book something else. You can see how it stacks up against every other listing in the New Orleans ghost tours comparison.
About This Tour
Streets of Sin is a true crime operator that runs a dark history and ghost walk through the French Quarter with an in-person guide. The listing positions itself against what it calls gimmicky fake ghost storytelling, and the tone is crime and history first, scares second. The walk is on foot, suitable for all fitness levels and fully wheelchair accessible.
The operator also sells two other formats through the same listing page: a morning Coffee with Killers tour and a Way of the Wicked tour pitched at serious true crime fans. The listing gives no stop list and no start time, so the exact route and departure hour show when you check availability for your date.
$38 per person, booked through Viator.
1 hour 45 minutes on foot through the French Quarter.
Jackson Square, along the black fence across from the entrance of St. Louis Cathedral. Look for the check-in flag that says Streets of Sin. Check-in opens 30 minutes before the tour.
Up to 28 guests. The tour runs in English.
No building entry is included and none is promised. Alcoholic drinks are not included but can be bought at the last stop. No hotel pickup.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. Weather cancellations and minimum-number cancellations bring a new date or a full refund.
Check Dates and Availability
The listing states no fixed departure times, so the schedule for your date shows once you check availability. Check-in opens 30 minutes before the tour and the walk leaves on time.
You'll confirm the exact date and time on the secure booking page.
Quick answer Streets of Sin at a glance
The Streets of Sin adults-only true crime and ghost walk costs $38, lasts 1 hour 45 minutes and starts at the black fence in Jackson Square across from St. Louis Cathedral. It is capped at 28 guests, restricted to ages 17 and over, and carries a 5.0 rating from 2,113 reviews.
Key takeaways
- No building entry is included. If you want an interior visit, the French Quarter ghost tour with interior visit goes inside one private haunted location.
- Drinks are not included but can be purchased at the last stop.
- Prefer ghosts and voodoo over crime? See the full New Orleans ghost tours comparison.
- Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before departure.
What the Price Actually Covers
The $38 buys a guided walk and not much else, which is normal for a French Quarter ghost walk. Here is the split, taken directly from the operator's own inclusion and exclusion lists.
What Is in the Price
Two things are listed as included: a licensed, insured and bonded tour operator, and the sinister dark history walking tour itself with an in-person guide. New Orleans requires guides to be licensed by the city, so the licensed part is more than marketing. Everything else is on you.
| Line | In the price | Notes |
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| The walk itself | Yes | 1 hour 45 minutes with an in-person guide |
| Building entry | No | None stated and none promised |
| Alcoholic drinks | No | Available for purchase at the last stop |
| Hotel pickup | No | Not offered, arrive on foot or by rideshare |
| Gratuities | No | Not stated as included |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24h | Full refund if cancelled 24 hours before departure |
What You Might Pay on the Day
The only stated extra is alcohol at the last stop. The Louisiana legal drinking age is 21, so a 17 or 18 year old on this adults-only walk cannot buy a drink there. No museum admission, transport or mandatory extras are listed. Tips for the guide are not mentioned in the listing either way.
For scale, this is mid-priced for the Quarter. A ghost and vampire walking tour runs $21, and the haunted carriage tour sits at $65. If you want the cemetery after dark instead, the night bus tour is $45.
Sources: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, National Park Service, French Quarter on Wikipedia
Jackson Square, where this tour meets at the black fence. Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Route, Stop by Stop
Here is the honest part: the listing gives no stop list. The route is described only as French Quarter true crime and dark history stops, so this section covers what is fixed and what the operator says about the walk rather than a stop-by-stop list nobody has published.
The Meeting Point
The walk meets in Jackson Square, along the black fence right across from the entrance of St. Louis Cathedral. You will see a check-in flag that says Streets of Sin. Check-in begins 30 minutes before your scheduled time, and the tour must start on time.
The listing is blunt that late arrivals cannot be accommodated, so plan your Uber, Lyft or taxi in advance. St. Louis Cathedral was dedicated on 23 December 1794, two weeks after the second great fire.
What Gets Told Along the Way
The operator describes native Horrorstorians sharing the city's sick, morbid and disturbing secrets, and tells guests to veer off the bright lights and broken bottles of Bourbon Street. That is the whole stated program: true crime and dark history with ghost stories mixed in, on foot through the French Quarter. The French Quarter's grim material runs deep, from the 1853 yellow fever epidemic that killed 8,647 people across Louisiana to the Axeman, who struck between May 1918 and October 1919 and was never identified.
Which of these stories your guide covers depends on the route that night, and the listing does not publish it.
The Last Stop
The only route detail the listing confirms is that the walk ends at a stop where alcoholic drinks can be purchased. The finish point itself is not named and the return point is not stated, so treat the ending location as flexible and ask your guide at check-in if you have dinner plans after.
Who This Tour Rules Out
The age gate here is enforced by the listing, not suggested. Several kinds of traveller should simply book differently.
Families with Kids
Guests must be 17 or over. Ages are listed as adult 17 to 120, so no children, no teens under 17, no exceptions stated. If you are travelling with a family, the family-friendly French Quarter ghost tour runs 1.5 hours from St. Louis Cathedral with no stated age minimum, and the ghosts of New Orleans walking tour lists infants 0 to 5 and children 6 to 11 in groups of up to 9.
Travellers Who Want a Bar Stop or a Drink in Hand
Alcoholic drinks are available for purchase at the last stop, which is a buy-it-yourself arrangement, not a bar crawl. Intoxicated travellers will not be permitted, so arrive sober. Anyone wanting drinks woven through the night should look at the BYOB cemetery bus tour instead.
Travellers Who Want Buildings Entered or a Cemetery
No entry is included anywhere on this walk, and no cemetery is promised. If stepping inside matters, the tour with an interior visit is the one that goes inside a private haunted building. For the cemetery, the official St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 walking tour is one way in.
Travellers Who Need a Softer Tone
The operator promises to educate, entertain and scare you senseless, and the content is adult by design. Compare the tone of the ghost, crime, voodoo and vampire tour, which is not suitable for children under 18 at $37, or the broader French Quarter ghost, voodoo and vampire walk, which is the pick at $33.
Could You Do It Without a Tour?
Partly, yes. The French Quarter is a walkable grid of public streets, and much of what any ghost walk covers can be seen free from the sidewalk.
What You Can Do Alone for Free
The LaLaurie Mansion at 1140 Royal Street is a private residence you can only view from the street, and that is exactly what tours do. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop at 941 Bourbon Street is a working bar you can walk into any time. Jackson Square, the cathedral and Pirate's Alley need no ticket.
The guide to haunted places in New Orleans lists the exteriors worth seeing on your own. For background, the Historic New Orleans Collection at 520 Royal Street is free with tickets, open Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
What a Guide Adds
The stories are the product. A licensed guide carries the dates, the documented record and the legends kept in their place, which is worth more on a subject like Delphine LaLaurie than any plaque. The documented record alone is stark: a fire in 1834, seven people found more or less horribly mutilated according to the New Orleans Bee, and a mob that then wrecked the house.
The LaLaurie Mansion page separates the record from the myth. And one thing is flatly impossible alone: St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 admits visitors only with an approved tour group, which is why the official cemetery tour exists. Read the cemetery tours guide before assuming any graveyard is walk-in.
When Walking Alone Is Enough
If you only want to stand outside the famous houses and read up beforehand, skip the ticket and use the Marie Laveau tomb and Old Ursuline Convent pages as your route. If you want the crimes told properly after dark, a guide earns the $38.
How the Evening Runs
The listing publishes no clock times and no stop list, so the steps below follow the fixed points it does state.
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Check-in
Arrive at the black fence
Check-in opens 30 minutes before your scheduled time in Jackson Square, along the black fence across from the entrance of St. Louis Cathedral. Look for the flag that says Streets of Sin.
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Departure
The tour starts on time
The walk departs at the scheduled time and the operator cannot accommodate late arrivals. Plan rideshare or parking with that in mind.
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First stretch
Into the French Quarter on foot
Your guide leads the group of up to 28 away from Jackson Square into true crime and dark history territory. The listing gives no stop list, so the route is the guide's to run.
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Middle of the walk
Crime, dark history and ghosts
The operator's Horrorstorians mix documented crimes with ghost stories through the Quarter's streets. No building entry is included.
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Last stop
Drinks available to buy
The walk ends at a stop where alcoholic drinks can be purchased. The location is not named in the listing, so confirm with your guide if you need to plan onward travel.
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After the tour
Getting back
No return point is stated. The listing advises planning Uber, Lyft and taxis in advance.
Pros and Cons
An honest read of the listing, the numbers and the fine print.
What we genuinely like
- 5.0 rating from 2,113 verified reviews, the strongest rating with real volume in the comparison
- Adults-only 17 and over keeps the tone adult
- Groups capped at 28, tighter than the 56-seat bus tours
- Fully wheelchair accessible, all areas and surfaces, and service animals are allowed
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure
- Licensed guides, and the operator is insured and bonded
The honest downsides
- No stop list is published, so you book the theme rather than a known route
- No start time is stated in the listing, and the tour leaves exactly on time with no grace for late arrivals
- No building entry is included
- Drinks cost extra and only at the last stop, and the drinking age of 21 excludes part of the 17-plus crowd
- The finish point is not named, which complicates onward plans
Who it's NOT for: Not for families, under-17s, anyone wanting interiors or a cemetery, or travellers who need a published route and start time before booking.
Streets of Sin Against the Other Adults-Only Walks
Three French Quarter walks on this site lean on crime and dark history rather than ghosts alone. They differ on the age rule, the size of the group and how many travellers have rated them.
The Three Walks Side by Side
The table sets the Streets of Sin walk beside the two other crime-led walks, with every figure taken from the operators' own listings on Viator and GetYourGuide.
| Tour | Price | Length | Age rule | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of Sin true crime walk | $38 | 1 hour 45 minutes | 17 and over | 5.0 from 2,113 |
| Hottest Hell walk | $37 | 1.5 - 2 hours | Under 18 not allowed | 4.7 from 197 |
| Lucky Bean ghosts and true crime walk | $30 | 2 hours | Check with the operator for ages 6 to 11 | 4.8 from 26 |
Which One Fits
Streets of Sin is the one with the volume behind its rating: 2,113 reviews at 5.0, a group of up to 28 and a check-in 30 minutes before the start at the black fence in Jackson Square. The Hottest Hell walk costs $37, sets the line at 18 rather than 17 and offers a version with handheld projectors, but its 4.7 rests on 197 reviews. The Lucky Bean walk is the cheapest at $30 and covers about 1 mile, though its 4.8 comes from only 26 reviews and its listing gives two different minimum ages.
A traveller with a 17-year-old in the party can join Streets of Sin and cannot join the Hottest Hell walk.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the Streets of Sin tour in New Orleans cost?
It costs $38 per person on Viator. For context, the ghost and vampire walking tour is $21 and the carriage tour is $65.
Where does the Streets of Sin tour meet?
In Jackson Square, along the black fence across from the entrance of St. Louis Cathedral, at the check-in flag that says Streets of Sin. Check-in opens 30 minutes early and the tour starts on time, as the full listing details explain.
How long is the Streets of Sin true crime tour?
1 hour 45 minutes on foot. If you want a shorter or longer night, the comparison table shows every duration side by side.
Can teenagers join the Streets of Sin tour?
Only those 17 and over, and there is no drinking at the last stop anyway because the Louisiana drinking age is 21. For mixed ages, the family-friendly French Quarter ghost tour has no stated minimum.
Does the Streets of Sin tour go inside any buildings?
No. Entry is not included and the listing promises none. If an interior matters to you, the ghost tour with an interior visit enters one private haunted location for $37.
What happens if the weather is bad?
The experience requires good weather. If it is cancelled for weather or because the minimum number of travellers is not met, you are offered a different date or a full refund.
Is the Streets of Sin tour wheelchair accessible?
Yes, all areas and surfaces are listed as wheelchair accessible, service animals are allowed and the walk suits all fitness levels. The ghost tours New Orleans comparison shows the other options.
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