Spooked in Seattle
These tours are conducted by AGHOST, which serves as an anacronym for Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle, Tacoma. The organization offers two separate tours, the Capital Hill Tour and the Seattle Pier Tour. The Capitol Hill Tour leads participants through historic Seattle, where there are several mansions from the nineteenth century that are presumed to be haunted. Stops include the Harvard Exit Theater and the Richard Hugo House, which once served as a mortuary. The second tour, the Seattle Pier Tour, travels through Seattle's historic waterfront and Belltown. There are many legends of hauntings dating back to when this area experienced an influx of immigrants from the Alaskan Gold Rush Era. AGHOST tour guides are among the leading paranormal investigators in the United States and visitors are sure to get an informative and spooky Seattle-based tour.
Spooked in Seattle Tours
AGHOST
1001 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98104
253-203-4383
spookedinseattle.com
Haunted Happenings: Private Eye Tours
This van tour is run by a local ghost enthusiast and visits many places previously occupied by Seattle residents in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These places are reportedly haunted and include locations, such as old hotels, mortuaries, theaters, and burial grounds. This tour was rated by "Seattle" magazine as "a tour worth taking" in 2002. According to the website, this is an ideal tour for those interested in historic Seattle's less documented ghost tales and haunted happenings. This tour lasts three hours.
Private Eye Tours
1715 North 122nd Street
Seattle, WA 98133
206-365-3739
privateeyetours.com
Pike Place Market Ghost Tours
Conducted on Friday and Saturday nights, this spooky tour runs year-round and takes participants through the historically haunted Pike Place Market. According to the Market Ghost website, this tour is currently one of the longest running tours in the nation. Reservations must be made in advance. The tour is based on research done by paranormal investigator Mercedes Yaeger. This is an above ground tour and with advance notice, the tour can be made wheelchair accessible.
Market Ghost Tours
1410 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
Seattle, WA 98101
206-322-1218
marketghost.com
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Marc Andreottola has been a published writer for nine years. He earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago and an M.F.A. in fiction from Brown University. He has published pieces in "The Barcelona Review," "Useless Magazine," "Pop Matters," "K48," "The Lifted Brow" and elsewhere.
