A local tour company that began as a Halloween season specialty and developed into a season-long offering with tours throughout Midcoast Maine has been named in second-place as one of “Ten Unforgettable Tours Everyone in Maine Should Take at Least Once” on the website Only in Your State (onlyinyourstate.com/maine/10-unforgettable-tours-me/). Red Cloak Haunted History Tours has been offering evening tours in Boothbay Harbor since 2009 and Wiscasset since 2008.

Red Cloak Haunted History Tours began in 2007 with one tour in Damariscotta and has since grown into a widely diversified company that offers lantern-lit evening walking tours in eight Midcoast towns, cruise ship shore excursions in Bar Harbor in partnership with Intercruises, and works with Maine Maritime Museum on two offerings: “Lighthouse Legends and Lore” tours aboard the museum excursion vessel; and the “Famed Captains and Shipbuilders” cemetery tour aboard the Bath trolley.

The parent company, Red Cloak Tours, also offers custom adventures in Maine focused on historical sites, lighthouses, and locations with paranormal activity; although any tour request is welcome. Red Cloak Tours was created and developed by Sally Lobkowicz of Waldoboro, who continues to own and operate the business.

Red Cloak Tours has also led expeditions to international destinations, documented in their online publication Mysterious Destinations Magazine (mysteriousdestinationsmagazine.com/mysterious-destinations-library), including an active paranormal exploration at the Johnny Cash House in Jamaica. A YouTube video of the Johnny Cash house paranormal exploration in Jamaica has accumulated over 54,000 hits. (To locate the video, Google: Johnny Cash house Jamaica ghost hunt.)

The company is based in Damariscotta with a satellite office in Bar Harbor.  Other villages with Red Cloak Haunted History Tours include Bar Harbor, Hallowell, Camden, Rockland, Damariscotta, and Bath. They are members of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, as well as other Midcoast Maine area chambers. It has been offering evening tours at Lincoln County locations in Damariscotta since 2007, Wiscasset since 2008, and Boothbay Harbor since 2009. Other villages with Red Cloak Haunted History Tours include Bar Harbor, Camden, Rockland, Hallowell, and Bath.

Only in Your State is an online publication that, according to their website, “Exists for one primary reason: to show people in states all across America that there are so many more things to do than they could imagine.” They list a wide variety of activities and attractions in Maine.

For more information on Red Cloak Haunted History Tours telephone 207-380-3806, email redcloaktours@gmail.com, or visit redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com.