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See New York City... In This Hearse

hearsetour.jpg Well this is... dark. There's a new tour company in town and they want to show you the sites. You know, like where our 5th President James Monroe spent his final days, where artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring died, where Heath Ledger last lived, and where mobster "Crazy Joe" Gallo ate his last plate of pasta. Yep, the Dead Apple Tour company wants to show you the darker side of town, and they wanna do it in a 1960 Cadillac Superior Crown Royale hearse.

On your two-hour tour you'll also learn the dark secrets of iconic landmarks like the Empire State Building, discover the deadly secrets of "The Hangman’s Elm," hear the story of the Butcher of Tompkins Park and an 1849 riot involving actors from rival theaters in Astor Place. If you're left wanting more, one tour guide keeps up a Twitter with "death fun facts," like, "More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts."

Tours cost 45 bucks a pop... so goth kids, start saving up your Hot Topic paychecks now—it's probably better than your parents taking you to an Addams Family/American Idiot double header on Broadway.

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  • JMacchia

    I took the tour yesterday and it was really cool. The hearse is sweet and the tour guide and driver are also a couple of characters. Finally something different in NYC and definetely worth checking out.

  • savedbyzero

    Auxiliary cops Marshalik & Pekearo shot

    Ronald Crumpley's shooting spree

  • Mermaid Fornicator

    are ghost bikes part of the tour?

  • JenChungsBaby

    Show them the deaths that really changed the city. Triangle Shirtwaist is a good one. Maybe the Belt Parkway in Queens where Michael Griffith was killed. And where Yusef Hawkins was shot in Bensonhurst. Eleanor Bumpurs' apartment in the Bronx. The subway station where Brian Watkins got knifed. Kitty Genovese's building in Kew Gardens. Not Heath Ledger, real stuff.

  • Papercutninja

    They had this in L.A. too...its pretty cool.

  • zincink

    Goth families will eat this up

  • Kojak

    Ain't that the same as the Ghostbusters car?

  • Kingpin

    The Ghostbusters' car was a 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor combo.

  • ides_of_march

    The Tragical History Tour is coming to take you away.



    Next stop: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

  • Falulah Baker

    I have to admit, thats very clever.

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