Charleston’s Dark Side...
BULLDOG TOURS
JOHN LAVERNE LOVES HIS job. He’s always enjoyed showing people around his hometown, giving up little bits of juicy information about historic sites and interesting people. As the owner of
BY BARBARA PATRICK
Bulldog Tours, he has the chance to meet and interact with visitors and locals alike. “It started in 2001 as a hobby, and it has taken off,” LaVerne said. “I had been a tour guide since I graduated from Te Citadel in ’91.”
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As a graduate of a prestigious insti- tution of higher learning, LaVerne always thought he’d hold down a regular job. But as his hobby turned into a viable business venture, he gave up that silly notion to concen- trate on exposing Charleston’s beauty and deep, dark secrets. Today, Bulldog Tours employs 50 tour guides who entertain and inform about 60,000 people annually. Te “Charleston Ghost and Dungeon Tour,” Bulldog’s first tour, proved so popular that “Te Dark Side of Charleston Tour” was added within a year. In 2003, the “Charleston Ghost and Graveyard Tour” became the company’s third nighttime walk. With the “dark side” of his business turning a profit, LaVerne ventured into the daylight hours,
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acquiring Te Charleston Stroll in 2006. Just two years later, he tapped into another side of the business when he purchased Culinary Tours of Charleston. His sideline has become a 360-day-a-year, day-and-night proposition. He loves every minute of it and the city that makes it all possible. In return, through donating a por- tion of its ticket sales, Bulldog Tours is helping to preserve Charleston’s historic structures. To date, $1.5 mil- lion has gone to Te Old Exchange Building, Te Old City Jail and the Circular Congregational Church. “It’s an honor to showcase my town,” LaVerne said.
To find out more or for ticket informa- tion, visit
www.BulldogTours.com.
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