From AUD $50.00

  • Duration: 3 Hours (approx.)
  • Location: Surry Hills, NSW
  • Product code: SHWTP

Book a Private Tour 

Book a private tour for a single traveller or up to a group of 20 with Surry Hills local historian, true-crime writer and master storyteller Elliot. 

Options to customise the tour and create the ultimate Surry Hills true-crime/cultural walking adventure experience (based on season and availability): 

  • add a sit-down lunch at a Surry Hills restaurant or bar (i.e. woodfire pizza, pub lunch, sushi, Yulli’s vegan, much more)(+1hr)
  • add a snack/coffee stop at the original Bourke Street Bakery (+30mins) 
  • add one or more stops at a classic Victorian era corner pub and hear stories about its past (+30mins per stop)
  • add a visit to the Brett Whiteley Art Gallery (+45 mins)
  • add a stop at a rum distillery (+1hr)
  • add a brewery tour (+1hr).  

It will be one of the most entertaining adventures you take as you see the fantastic sites and taste the incredible flavours of Sydney’s most vibrant, historic and trendy suburb while being entertained by one of Sydney’s best storytellers.

*A minimum cost of $400.00 applies to private & custom tours.

About the Historical True Crime Walking Tour

On this not-so-typical walking tour you will meander through dark alleys and winding lanes as you discover the dark past of Surry Hills today considered the most trendy suburb in Sydney.  

You will investigate the ghastly crime scenes of eight historical murders committed between 1880 and 1945. Each only being revealed to the Australian public again for the first time in one hundred years. The iconic locations will shock you!

Some of the cases exclusive to Murders Most Foul include.

  • The Case of the Silk Stocking Strangler
  • The Murder of the Woolloomooloo Rose
  • The Crown Street Horror

What You Can Also Expect On This Tour

  • Investigate a cold-case murder from the 1920s using actual crime scene evidence and new insights. You will walk away feeling pretty confident that you have identified the TRUE killer who got away with murder.
  • Be introduced to the long-forgotten third Queen of Sydney’s Underworld. She rivalled Kate Leigh for control of Surry Hills, poisoned many of Tilly Divine’s sex workers, and was considered too extreme for the Underbelly TV series.
  • Discover the stomping grounds of Sydney’s colourful gangs from the 1890s. See the iconic street where 200 members of the notorious Gipps Street Push went on a murderous rampage against its rival gangs.

The Case Files 

Your tour ticket comes with a complimentary copy of the Murders Most Foul: The Surry Hills Case Files e-book. The book contains the actual police evidence, crime scene photography, witness reports, newspaper articles and coroner’s reports for each case. As well as bonus information about the victims and perpetrators.

You will use the old photographs and maps to piece together clues and reconstruct the old police detectives crime scene. 

The book sells on Amazon for $19.99. However, with our exclusive tour offer, you will receive it free with your ticket.

Choose your tour length

Actual content and walking time is typically between 90 minutes and 3 hours. You can choose what you want to do. If your group is gung-ho into walking, adventures and learning as much as possible then you can request a full 3 hour adventure. However, if they’d rather a casual outdoor stroll mixed with some history and local true crime stories, a generous coffee break and to be back by lunch time, you can request a 90 minutes walk. 

The option is yours.