Press Release For Immediate Distribution

Middle East and Northeast TENNESSEE - September 7th, 2009 - The fall 2009 tour season has begun and Appalachian GhostWalks' Ghost and History Tours offer local residents of our region as well as area travelers the chance to break from the norm and do a real lantern-lit walking tour packed with "spine-tingling" stories of real history and real ghosts!

With tours appropriate for ages five and up, you're invited to bring your whole family, or tour group on a historic adventure and a walk back through time to visit with the "People of the Past". Each historically accurate tour offers a small piece of a much larger puzzle of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia history as your guide weaves a chilly tale of our region's vast cultural heritage coupled with true, spine-tingling ghost stories. Catering to groups as few as two people, one simple phone call will help you create a memorable fall evening out in one of our area's first western frontier towns.

Appalachian GhostWalks, will be featured in the upcoming fall 2009 issue of "Smoky Mountain Living" and was also the recipient of the Washington D.C. based U.S. Local Business Association's 2008 and 2009 "Tour Operators and Promoters" Award for two years running. In addition, the company was recently nominated "Best Tennessee History Tours" by "Official Best Of". Finally, Appalachian GhostWalks has been voted one of the top five ghost tour companies in the country for the past four years and counting by "Haunted America" in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Twelve different ghost and history tours located here in the heart of the Northeastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Mountains include Historic Dandridge, Erwin and Unicoi County Heritage Museum, the East Tennessee State University Campus, Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site, Greeneville, Rogersville, Blountville, downtown Johnson City's "Little Chicago GhostWalk" and Jonesborough - once listed on the Travel Channel as one of the top ten most haunted towns in America! Other haunted historic tours presently include the historic districts of Bristol, also known as the "Birthplace of Country Music" and Abingdon, Virginia - the "Gate to America's First Western Frontier".

Several bus tours are currently under production for a 2010 inauguration to include the Upper and Lower "Great Smoky Mountains Haunted Adventure Tours" and the "Great Stage Road Haunted Adventure Tour". These tours will include historic sites along the Blue Ridge Parkway and Cades Cove, as well as several 'highly spirited' stops along Tennessee's oldest state road.

All tours operate year-round, nightly by advance reservation. Simply call (423) 743-WALK (9255) with the number in your party, the tour location of your choice, and the date you and your party would like to tour. Also, everyone is invited to visit the award winning tour website at www.AppalachianGhostWalks.com for additional information.

Ten percent of the company's annual profits go to benefit Saint Jude's Children's Research Hospital so come out and support a great cause as you enjoy the thrill, chills, mystery, history, and true ghost stories of our Southern Appalachian Mountains!