Purefinder New York Tours
“Each tour peels back the layers of city mythology to reveal what actually happened, using public records, archival research and a tone that gently reminds you this was never the land of moral high ground.”
Purefinder New York offers dark history tours for curious visitors who want something beyond ghost stories. Perfect for Halloween or anytime you want to see the city’s hidden past.
The Outlaws Who Built NYC
Scandal. Subterfuge. Street-level rebellion.
The real architects of New York City weren’t saints. They were schemers.
Central Park: Scandal & Vice
Discover the secrets hiding in plain sight inside New York City’s most iconic park.
Twilight Tour: Death in New York
Explore stories of burial grounds, executions, and forgotten dead as the city transitions from day to night.
Death in New York: Extended Daylight tour
Immerse yourself in New York’s rich history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this in-depth 2.75-hour tour.
The Psychiatric History of New York
Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Oppenheimer in New York
Walk through the mind of a man—J. Robert Oppenheimer—the making of an era, and the streets that shaped them both.
Hell Gate
Explore the treacherous waters of Hell Gate, a notorious one-mile stretch of the East River—between Manhattan and Astoria, Queens—that has claimed countless ships with its deadly currents, jagged reefs, and legendary whirlpools.